Talia Kollek

Talia Kollek is completing her doctorate in Russian and East European Studies at the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies. Her research examines Russian LGBTQ+ civil society and migration. She completed her master's degree at the Higher School of Economics in Saint Petersburg in Applied and Interdisciplinary History. Her master's thesis was on Soviet hockey, examining the ways in which sport is used to construct broader ideological frameworks. Her undergraduate work focused on historical narratives in the Russian education system.

Talia began working with Gender Wars: East and South in November 2022.