Janet M. Hartley Explained

Janet Margaret Hartley FRHS is an emeritus professor of international history at the London School of Economics.^[1]

Early life

Janet Hartley was born in 1954. She studied history at University College, London, before completing her doctorate at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at the University of London.

Career

Hartley is a specialist in Russian history, in particular the comparison of Russia and the West from the seventeenth century onwards and why Russia became one of the "Great Powers" in the nineteenth century.^{[2] [3]} Much of her research has also focused on the history of Siberia and its people.^[4]

Selected publications

• The Study of Russian History from British Archive Sources (editor) (1986)
• Guide to Documents and Manuscripts in the United Kingdom relating to Russia and the Soviet Union (1987)
• Russia in the Age of the Enlightenment (editor with R. Bartlett), (1990)
• Alexander I (1994)
• Finland and Poland in the Russian Empire: A Comparative Study (editor with M. Branch) (1995)
• Britain and Russia in the Age of Peter the Great (editor with M. Anderson et al.) (1998)
• A Social History of the Russian Empire 1650-1825 (1999)^{[5] [6]}
• Charles Whitworth: Diplomat in the Age of Peter the Great (2002)
• Russia-1762-1815: Military Power, the State and the People (Greenwood Press, 2008)^{[7] [8]}
• Russian History and Literature in the Eighteenth Century (editor), includes a piece by her on ‘The Army and Prisoners’ (2013)
• Siberia: a History of the People (2014)^{[9] [10] [11] [12]}
• The Volga: A History (Yale University Press, 2020)^[13]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hartley . Janet . Emeritus professor Janet Hartley . London School of Economics and Political Science . 21 October 2022.
2. Web site: Professor Janet Hartley. Lse.ac.uk. 19 August 2014.
3. Web site: INTERVIEW: Editor Theodora Clarke speaks to Janet Hartley, author of Siberia: A History of the People - Russian Art + Culture. 7 October 2014. Russianartandculture.com. 14 October 2017.
4. Web site: Janet Hartley . Worldhistory.columbia.edu. 10 December 2021.
5. 4286784. Review of A Social History of the Russian Empire, 1650-1825, ; The Russian Peasantry, 1600-1930: The World the Peasants Made. Gary. Marker. 14 October 2017. Social History. 26. 2. 251–253.
6. Web site: Potter on Hartley, 'A Social History of the Russian Empire 1650-1825' - H-Russia - H-Net. networks.h-net.org. 14 October 2017.
7. Web site: Russia, 1762-1825. Abc-clio.com. 14 October 2017.
8. Russia, 1762–1825: Military Power, the State, and the People.(Studies in Military History and International Affairs.). John P.. LeDonne. 1 December 2008. The American Historical Review. 113. 5. 1626–1627. 14 October 2017. 10.1086/ahr.113.5.1626.
9. Web site: Siberia . Yale University Press . 19 August 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140821004804/http://www.yalebooks.com/yupbooks/book.asp?isbn=9780300167948 . 21 August 2014 .
10. Web site: Siberia: a History of the People by Janet M Hartley, review: 'not the most colourful account'. Tom. Payne. 31 July 2014. Telegraph.co.uk. 14 October 2017.
11. Web site: Siberia: A History of the People by Janet M Hartley, book review: A. 7 August 2014. Independent.co.uk. 14 October 2017.
12. Web site: Siberia: A History of the People by Janet M Hartley. Vanora. Bennett. 20 July 2014. Thetimes.co.uk. 14 October 2017.
13. Web site: The Volga: A History of Russia's Greatest River by Janet M Hartley. Farah. Abdessamad. 21 February 2021. Asianreviewofbooks.com. 10 December 2021.