About
Forrest is a cultural historian of the Russian Empire with broad training in early modern European and global history. He is especially interested in the history of religion, magic, and historical formations of rationality. His dissertation, "Empire of Superstitions: The Civilizational Geography of Enlightenment Russia" is a cultural history of magic, superstition, and irrationality in the Russian Empire during the late eighteenth century.
Research Grants and Fellowships:
- Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies Graduate Student Research Fellowship (2023-2024)
- ASEEES Cohen-Tucker Dissertation Research Fellowship (2019-2020)
- Fulbright Research Award (Declined, 2019-2020)
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Fields of Study:
- Russian Empire and the Soviet Union
- Early Modern Europe
- Empire and Colonialism
- Gender & Sexuality
- European Enlightenment
- Magic & Witchcraft
- History of Science
- Anthropology of Religion
- History of the Public Sphere
- Cultural History
