View from the Solovetsky Monastery, Northern Russia. Photo credit Clare Griffin

Publications for a General Audience

I regularly share my research over on twitter, and publish open access blogs and articles written for the general public. Please contact me here for writing or interview requests.

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Podcasts and Videos

My episode of Untenured Tracks

My episode of The Global History Podcast

History of Science ON CALL - a history of science response to the COVID-19 pandemic
My video in Russian
My video in English

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Fiction

I write short stories from a neuroatypical perspective, in particular I am working on a series of gothic short stories which I refer to as Neurodivergent Gothic. The first of these, "The Scratch Of The Pen," you can find below.

'The Scratch Of The Pen,' short story, Breath & Shadow, Winter 2021.

'Doorhandles,' Wordgathering: A Journal of Disability Poetry and Literature 14:2 (June 2020).

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Histories of Science, Medicine, and Disability

Here are some of my publications on the history of science written for a general audience:

'Such a Pretty Tsaritsa'

'Bodies Without Pain: Examining Soldiers’ Wounds in Early Modern Russia'

'Human Remains in Russia'

'Of Roots and Scrolls'

'Re-Centering Europe'

'What's in a Vodka? Juniper Vodkas and the History of Distilling in Russia'

'Russian Recipes'

‘How to Heal a Foreigner in Early Modern Russia’

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Mental Health Advocacy

I write about my experiences as an academic living with OCD and bipolar over at my own Eclecticisms blog, and also elsewhere:

'Maybe I Am Secretly A Robot'

'Is It Still Mental Health O'Clock Or What?'

'An Unreliable Mind'

'My Brain Is Not The Issue Here'