Rory Finnin

Rory Finnin is a professor of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Robinson College, Cambridge. He launched the Cambridge Ukrainian Studies programme in 2008. Finnin's primary research interest is the interplay of culture and identity in Ukraine. His broader research interests include nationalism studies, solidarity studies, and cultural memory in the region of the Black Sea. He is also a co-organizer of the Disinformation and Media Literacy Special Interest Group at the University of Cambridge. His book Blood of Others: Stalin's Crimean Atrocity and the Poetics of Solidarity (2022) won eight international book awards, earning distinctions in the fields of Ukrainian Studies, European Studies, Slavic Studies, nationalism studies, and genocide studies.