Jeremy Hicks

Dr. Jeremy Hicks is a Professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures at Queen Mary University of London. His work focuses on Soviet cinema, Holocaust studies, and visual documentation of historical trauma.

• Key research areas: Soviet film theory, Holocaust representation, cultural memory, documentary filmmaking
• Award-winning author of First Films of the Holocaust: Soviet Cinema and the Genocide of the Jews, 1938–1946

Recent publications explore Soviet and transnational responses to war, genocide, and historical memory across film, literature, and media. Themes include:

• Documentary evidence in war crimes trials
• Post-Soviet cultural identity
• Gender and authorship in Soviet cinema
• Archival reconstruction of trauma

Scientific awards:

• 2013 Wayne S. Vucinich Book Prize for outstanding contributions to Russian, Eurasian, and East European studies

Hicks' work bridges film studies, historical analysis, and media theory, with a focus on Soviet and post-Soviet contexts. His scholarship interrogates how visual media shape collective memory and document atrocity.