Dr Emily Finer

Senior Lecturer

Phone
+44 (0)1334 46 3648
Email
ef50@st-andrews.ac.uk
Office
Room 37
Location
United Colleges
Office hours
On leave in Semester 2, 2025-26

 

Research areas

I work on transnational and multilingual interactions between English, Polish, Ukrainian, Yiddish and Russophone language cultures. I was the founding convenor of the degree in Comparative Literature which brings together all the languages and cultures taught in the School of Modern Languages at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø.

My research into the was awarded a ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø / Emory Collaborative Grant and I was joint PI on the funded by UUKi.

My other research focus is on intersections between global science fiction, exoplanet science, and space policy. I was PI for a STAIRS grant ‘Forecasting Reproduction in Space’ which asked whether science fiction and scientific papers address similar issues around reproduction and agency and investigates the techniques used in literary and scientific writing to communicate complex ethical issues. This follows my earlier research and on Viktor Shklovskii, a literary theorist who aimed to make literary analysis more scientific. I am Co-Director of an interdisciplinary research centre: .

I have been an interviewee and researcher on The Cultural Front (BBC Radio 4), The Sunday Feature (BBC Radio 3), the Red Mars Series (BBC Radio 4), and (BBC Radio 4).

I offer research-led Honours modules on the following topics:
-        Children’s Literature in Russian (1900-present day)
-        East European Modernisms
-        Pushkin Out of Context

I am Director of Postgraduate Research and convenor of the School Ethics Committee for Modern Languages.

PhD supervision

  • Viktoriia Medvied

Selected publications

  • Open access
    Puranen, E., Finer, E., Helling, C. & Smith, V. A., 4 Mar 2024, In: Journal of Science Communication. 23, 1, 19 p., A04.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Finer, E., 23 Oct 2023, In: Kajet Digital. Online

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Finer, E., 20 Apr 2022, Oxford research encyclopedia of literature. Lynch, D. S. (ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 22 p. (Oxford research encyclopedias).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

  • Open access
    Finer, E., 19 May 2020, In: Modern Languages Open. 2020, 1, p. 1-20 20 p., 6.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Finer, E., Feb 2019, In: Jewish Culture and History. 20, 1, p. 43-61

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review