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I am a historian of Imperial Russia and the world, interested in the history of knowledge very broadly defined. My first book, Spies and Scholars: Chinese Secrets and Imperial Russia’s Quest for World Power, deals with the construction of a Russian intelligence network in Qing Dynasty China between 1650 and 1850. It was published with Harvard University Press in April 2020.

Education

PhD, History, Harvard University, 2016

AM, History, Harvard University, 2011

BA, History and Philosophy, Fordham University, 2009

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