
Dr Jade McGlynn
Leverhulme Early Career Post-Doctoral Fellow
Research interests
- Security
- History
Biography
Jade McGlynn is a Leverhulme EC Researcher in the War Studies department at King’s College London. She holds a DPhil from the University of Oxford, where she previously worked as a Lecturer in Russian. She is a frequent contributor to international media, including BBC, CNN, DW, Foreign Policy, The Times, The Telegraph and The Spectator.
Qualifications:
- DPhil Oxford (Russian)
- MA by Research (Russian and E European Studies) Birmingham
- BA/MA (Oxon) Russian and Spanish (Oxford)
Research interests
Memory politics, identity construction, Russian war on Ukraine since 2014, media and propaganda
Publications
- Jade McGlynn, Russia’s War, Polity Press, forthcoming 17 March 2023 https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=russias-war--9781509556755
- Jade McGlynn, Memory Makers: The Politics of the Past in Putin’s Russia, Bloomsbury Press -forthcoming June 2023. https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/memory-makers-9781350280762/
- Jade McGlynn and Oliver T. Jones, eds., Researching Memory and Identity in Russia and Eastern Europe: Interdisciplinary Methodologies, Palgrave Macmillan/Springer Press, 2022, https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-99914-8#toc
Peer-Reviewed Articles:
- ‘The Alliance of Victory: Russo-Serbian Memory Diplomacy’. In Memory Studies. First published Online First March 2022. Co-authored with Jelena Đureinović. Open Access.
- ‘United by History: Government Appropriation of Everyday Nationalism during Vladimir Putin’s Third Term’ in Nationalities Papers. Volume 48, Issue 6. Pp 1069-1085. October 2020. Open Access
- ‘Historical framing of the Ukraine Crisis through the Great Patriotic War: Performativity, cultural consciousness and shared remembering’ in Memory Studies. Volume 13. Issue 6. Pp 1058- 1080. First published Online First 2018.
Book Chapters:
- ‘Living Forms of Patriotism: Engaging Young Russians in Military History?’ in Youth and Memory in Europe: Defining the Past, Shaping the Future. Berlin: De Gruyter, April 2022.
- ‘The Great Unifier? War Narratives and Military History Tours in Kalmykia’ in Young Forum of Slavic Literary Studies 2020 Collected Papers. Stuttgart: Ibidem, May 2022.
- ‘Introduction to Memory and Methodology’ in Researching Memory and Identity in Russia and Eastern Europe – Interdisciplinary Methodologies (co-authored with Oliver Jones). Basingstoke:Palgrave Macmillan. September 2022.
- ‘Beyond Analogy: Historical Framing Analysis of Russian Political Discourse’ in Researching Memory and Identity in Russia and Eastern Europe – Interdisciplinary Methodologies. Basingstoke:Palgrave Macmillan, September 2022.
News
Academic insights on Israel and Gaza
Academics and researchers from King’s have shared their expertise around events in Israel and Gaza and the wider consequences of the ongoing conflict.

King's brings experts together to discuss the geopolitical impact of the War in Ukraine
The School of Security Studies at King's College London hosted the 60th Conflict Research Society Conference, an annual event that brings together experts to...

New book explores Russian support for the invasion of Ukraine
Dr Jade McGlynn, Researcher in the Department of War Studies, launched her recently published book 'Russia's War' at King's. The book provides new insights...

Events

Book launch 'Russia's War'
Join us for a discussion panel with Jane McGlynn, author of the book 'Russia's War' and researchers from the Department of War Studies.
Please note: this event has passed.
News
Academic insights on Israel and Gaza
Academics and researchers from King’s have shared their expertise around events in Israel and Gaza and the wider consequences of the ongoing conflict.

King's brings experts together to discuss the geopolitical impact of the War in Ukraine
The School of Security Studies at King's College London hosted the 60th Conflict Research Society Conference, an annual event that brings together experts to...

New book explores Russian support for the invasion of Ukraine
Dr Jade McGlynn, Researcher in the Department of War Studies, launched her recently published book 'Russia's War' at King's. The book provides new insights...

Events

Book launch 'Russia's War'
Join us for a discussion panel with Jane McGlynn, author of the book 'Russia's War' and researchers from the Department of War Studies.
Please note: this event has passed.