Erik Zitser

Ernest (“Erik”) Zitser is the Librarian for Slavic and East European Studies, library liaison to the International Comparative Studies (ICS) Program, and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Slavic & Eurasian Studies. He is also the co-founder and managing editor of an open access, peer-reviewed, scholarly journal called ВИВЛIОθИКА: E-Journal of Eighteenth-Century Russian Studies.

Education
2000, Ph.D., Columbia University
1995, MA, Columbia University
1992, BA, University of California, Los Angeles

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Librarian for Slavic & Eastern European Studies Duke University Libraries, University Initiatives & Academic Support Units

In the News

Published February 19, 2025

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Published April 7, 2024

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Published April 13, 2022

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Recent Publications

The Myth of Catherine the Great and the Horse: A Critical Review of the Historiography

Journal Article Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History · January 2024 Full text Cite

Il parlait assez bien français et plusieurs langues: Foreign Language Acquisition and the Diplomatic Self-Fashioning of Prince Boris Ivanovich Kurakin

Journal Article Quaestio Rossica · January 1, 2023 Using the example of Prince B. I. Kurakin (1676-1727), the Imperial Russian diplomat who served as extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador to France (1724-1727), this article seeks to contribute to the ongoing discussion about the possible reasons for ... Full text Open Access Cite

Compiling a Guide to Open Access Historical News Sources from Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Countries

Journal Article Slavic and East European Information Resources · January 1, 2021 The digitization of historical news sources–both print and audio-visual–has altered the information landscape for researchers in all scholarly disciplines that investigate the past. Thanks to the initiative of nonprofit cultural heritage institutions, comm ... Full text Cite

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External Links

Academia.edu Department webpage ВИВЛIОθИКА: E-Journal of Eighteenth-Century Russian Studies