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Marlène Laruelle

Marlène Laruelle is a French historian, sociologist, and political scientist specializing on Eurasia and Europe.

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Marlène Laruelle
Laruelle in 2015
Born (1972-12-21) December 21, 1972
CitizenshipFrench
Alma materNational Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations
OccupationsHistorian
sociologist
political scientist
EmployerGeorge Washington University
Known forStudies on Eurasia and Europe
TitleDirector of the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES)
FatherFrançois Laruelle
Websitemarlene-laruelle.com

Marlène Laruelle (French: [maʁlɛn laʁɥɛl]; born 21 December 1972, Maisons-Alfort) is a French historian, sociologist, and political scientist specializing on Eurasia and Europe.1

She is Research Professor and Director of the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES) at the George Washington University (GW). Laruelle is also a co-director of PONARS (Program on New Approaches to Research and Security in Eurasia),2 Director of GW's Central Asia Program,3 and Director of GW's Illiberalism Studies Program.4 She received her Ph.D. in history at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Cultures (INALCO) and spent time as a post-doc in the area of political science at Sciences Po in Paris. She is Senior Associate Scholar at the Institut français des relations internationales (IFRI).5 Her particular focus of interest is post-Soviet political, social and cultural developments, especially ideologies and nationalism. She is the daughter6 of the French philosopher François Laruelle.

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  1. "Marlene Laruelle _ Elliott School of International Affairs". George Washington University.
  2. "About – PONARS Eurasia". www.ponarseurasia.org.
  3. Central Asia Program team page
  4. "Team | illiberalism.org". Illiberalism Studies Program.
  5. "Marlène LARUELLE". www.ifri.org.
  6. Laruelle, Francois. Philosophy and non-philosophy. Liège-Brussels, Pierre Mardaga. The dedication of the 1989 French-Belgian edition of Francois Laruelle's Philosophy and Non-Philosophy
  7. jstor.org: TOC
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