Natasha Rulyova

Natasha Rulyova is an Associate Professor in the Department of Modern Languages at the University of Birmingham. She specializes in translation studies, post-Soviet media, and genre theory. Her research focuses on collaborative self-translation, notably analyzing Joseph Brodsky’s bilingual works. She has led AHRC-funded projects like the Genre Studies Network (2012-2013) and currently leads a project integrating literature into A-level history curricula. Rulyova has extensive experience in media commentary, appearing on BBC Radio and contributing to The Conversation.

Education: MPhil in European Literature and PhD from Trinity College, Cambridge. Previously worked as a Research Fellow on Post-Soviet Television Culture (2002-2006) before joining Birmingham’s CREES in 2006. Holds the role of Russian Language Lead since 2013.

Research Interests:

• Self-translation mechanisms and collaborative processes
• Russian media culture under Putin
• Genre theory’s interdisciplinary applications
• Russophone literary diversity

Key Publications:

• Joseph Brodsky and Collaborative Translation (Bloomsbury, 2020)
• Genre Trajectories: Identifying, Mapping, Projecting (Palgrave, 2015)
• Television and Culture in Putin’s Russia: Remote Control (Routledge, 2009)

Contributions: Organized international workshops on genre studies and media research methodologies. Engaged in public lectures, including a 2023 discussion with Guzel Yakhina on contemporary Russophone literature.