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Julia Berest is an Adjunct Assistant Professor specializing in Russian European Intellectual History, with a focus on the reception of liberal ideas and Western liberal thought in pre-revolutionary Russia. Her monograph, "Emergence of Russian Liberalism: Alexander Kunitsyn in Context 1783-1840," explores the development of the Russian liberal tradition through the life and writings of one of its earliest exponents, Alexander Kunitsyn, who introduced Russian thought to the ideas of eighteenth-century Enlightenment philosophers. Among her recent publications is a series of articles investigating the reception of J.S. Mill in Russia, particularly examining the theme of happiness in Russian pre-revolutionary thought.
Streams include Archaeology and Bioarchaeology, and Sociocultural Anthropology.