Xenia Cherkaev

Xenia Cherkaev

Center Associate

Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology

xenia.cherkaev@gmail.com

Areas of Expertise

Field
Anthropology/Archaeology
History
Law
Regional Studies
Slavic Languages and Literatures
Time Period
20th century
Soviet period
Post-Soviet period
Topic
animals
ethics
illiberalism
property
socialism
Location
Russian Federation

Xenia Cherkaev is interested in the possibility of a collectivist modern life. Her work focuses on the fringes of property law and on Russian illiberal politics: on collectivism, networks of mutual aid, and on animals as legal subjects and objects. She is the author of Gleaning for Communism: The Soviet Socialist Household in Theory and Practice (Cornell 2023).