Rory Finnin is professor of Ukrainian studies at the University of Cambridge, UK. He launched Cambridge Ukrainian studies in 2008. Rory Finnin has also curated and organized over 40 exhibitions and cultural events, from the Cambridge Festival of Contemporary Ukrainian Film to the Cambridge Vsesvit Literary Evening, which have enriched public understanding of Ukraine’s language, history, and society in Great Britain and beyond. Rory Finnin’s primary research interest is the interplay of culture and identity in Ukraine. He also focuses on the history of colonialism in Crimea and studies Crimean Tatar literature and culture. His recent book, Blood of Others: Stalin's Crimean Atrocity and the Poetics of Solidarity (University of Toronto Press, 2022), has won eight international book awards, earning distinctions in the fields of Ukrainian studies, European studies, Slavic studies, nationalism studies, and genocide studies.
