Roy Robson

Associate Professor, History

Education:

Ph.D, history, Boston College

M.A., history, University of Pittsburgh

B.A., English/history, Allegheny College

Areas of Expertise:

Russian culture and society, Russian religious life, Russian history, religious views on science.

Background & History:

Dr. Robson has been a faculty member in the Humanities Department at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia since 1997.  His teaching areas include history of Russia/USSR, modern Europe, religion and society in Russia, religious and scientific cosmology and European intellectual heritage.  Before coming to USP, he was an assistant professor at Fayetteville State University and previously an adjunct assistant professor at Boston College.

Dr. Robson demonstrated his expertise of Russia through his book, Old Believers in Modern Russia, in 1995.  He is writing another book called A History of Solovetskii, which should be published later this year.  He has written journal articles and book chapters on religion and modern Russia and spoken at conferences in America and across Europe on topics pertaining to the history and modern times of Russia.  He has been a peer referee for Russian Review, Slavic Review and the Harvard Papers in Ukrainian Studies.  He is a member of many professional organizations, including the American Historical Association, Southern Slavic Association, American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies and the Slavic Folklore Association.

Dr. Robson has received grants and fellowships from many agencies, including Fulbright, American Council of Learned Societies, the International Research and Exchange Board, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.