Anna Namestnikov

Anna Namestnikov is an FWO Fundamental Research Fellow within the Russian department of the Translation, Interpreting and Communication Section (Faculty of Arts and Philosophy) at Ghent University. In 2020, she obtained a Master’s degree in Eastern European Languages and Cultures (Ghent University), and during her studies she also studied at the University of Ljubljana and the Ural Federal University in Yekaterinburg. As a teaching and research assistant (2021-2023, Ghent University), Anna co-taught Russian grammar and Russian literature. In her ongoing doctoral research, supervised by Piet Van Poucke, she is investigating the system of literary translation in Russian émigré magazines during the interwar period (1919-1939). The project focuses on the role of translation and cultural transfer in the hybrid and transcultural context of the first wave of Russian emigration. Anna has presented her research at national and international conferences, including as Judith Woodsworth Junior Keynote in 2025, and has published in the journal Translation and Interpreting Studies, among others. Central to her work are themes such as diaspora, cultural transfer, translation history and emigration literature.