Maija Jansson

Maija Jansson is a Visiting Professor at Yale University and Director Emerita of the Yale Center for Parliamentary History. She holds a Ph.D. from Temple University (1985). Her research focuses on parliamentary history, early modern European politics, and Anglo-Russian relations, with notable contributions to the editing of parliamentary proceedings and diplomatic histories.

Education:

• Ph.D. in History, Temple University, 1985

Research Interests:
Her work centers on parliamentary institutions in 17th-century England, including the Long Parliament, and explores diplomatic exchanges between England and Russia in the 16th–17th centuries. She also examines historical methodologies in state-building and political representation.

Publications:
Her key works include co-edited volumes on English parliamentary proceedings (Proceedings in the English Parliaments), Realities of Representation (2007), and studies on Anglo-Russian relations (England and the North, 1994).

Awards:

• Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
• Fellow of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences

Advising and Grants:
No specific advising or grant details are provided in the text.

Labs/Teams:
Associated with the Yale Center for Parliamentary History, focusing on archival research and primary source editions.