Dr. Stefan Lacny

Biography

Stefan Lacny is a Lecturer (Teaching) in Russian Culture and Language Translation at University College London's School of Slavonic and East European Studies. He recently completed his PhD in Slavonic Studies at the University of Cambridge, focusing on Soviet cinematic depictions of Poles and Ukrainians between 1925 and 1941, particularly in the context of the Soviet annexation of eastern Poland in 1939. Lacny is a cultural historian specializing in Russia and the Soviet Union, as well as Ukraine and Poland in the twentieth century, with a particular emphasis on cinema. His research interests delve into Stalin-era formulations of national identities and the significance of borders in the Soviet cultural imagination. He has also been a visiting student at the University of Warsaw and has taught as a guest lecturer at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. Lacny holds both BA and MPhil degrees from the University of Cambridge, where he has gained a comprehensive education in modern and medieval languages, including French and Russian.

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