Zachary Hoffman
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Lecturer
Office Hours: Mon and Wed, 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
Field & Specialties
Modern Russia
East Asia
Nations and Nationalism
Empire
Popular Culture
Education
Ph.D., University of Virginia, 2017
- Dissertation: "Orienting the Empire: Russian Identity and East Asian Imperialism in the Conservative Press, 1894-1905"
M.A., History, Miami University 2010
- Thesis: "Neither This Ancient Eart Nor Ancient Rus' Has Passed On: A Microhistorical Biography of Ivan Bunin"
B.A., History with International Studies Minor and Certificate in East Asian Studies, Shippensburg University 2006
Publications
"Subversive Patriotism: Aleksei Suvorin, Novoe Vremia, and Right-Wing Nationalism during the Russo-Japanese War," Ab Imperio 1 (2018): 69-100
Awards & Honors
Albert Gallatin Graduate Research Fellowship, Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, 2015
International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) Individual Advanced Research Opportunity Fellowship, 2014
Dumas Malone Graduate Research Fellowship, Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, 2014
Buckner W. Clay Endowment for the Humanities Summer Research Grant, Institute of the Humanities and Global Cultures, 2013
Fellowship for Study in Russian Language at Indiana University Summer Workshop in Slavic and East European Languages, Title VIII Program for Research and Training in Eastern Europe and Eurasia, 2011
Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies Travel Grant for Study Abroad in Russia, Miami University, 2009
Courses Taught
University of Virginia, Department of History and College of Arts and Sciences
Russian History since 1917
Modernity and Mass Culture in Europe, 1848-1918
Empires and Ideologies in East Asia, 1850-present
A History of Fake News
Revolutions: Past, Present, and Future
Western Civilization II, Europe Since 1500: Person, Nation, and Empire
Piedmont Virginia Community College, Division of Fine Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Western Civilization II, Europe Since 1648