Dr Olga Makarova

Dr Olga Makarova

Language Teacher (Russian)

Language Centre

Room No
PEL.6.01
Languages
English, Russian
Key Expertise
Russian Language Teaching

About me

I am a Senior Lecturer in Russian Studies at Queen Mary University of London, and here at LSE I am covering maternity leave for this academic year.

I am a Moscow University graduate, having an MA in Linguistics. I have been teaching Russian to speakers of other languages of all levels since 1998. Being a professional translator, I have published a number of translations, some of them book length, including a famous Anton Chekhov: A Life by Donald Rayfield. I have a PhD degree from Queen Mary, University of London for a thesis about the life and works of the publishing tycoon Aleksei Suvorin in late 19C Russia. I am a Fellow of The Higher Education Academy.

Expertise Details

Russian Language Teaching; Translation; Russian 19C Journalism

About the Language Centre

LSE is a centre for the study of the social sciences and this is reflected in its Language Centre.

Our courses focus on language and society, encouraging you to learn how to use language in the contexts you would like to live, study and work in. We teach people to speak languages, but also teach about language (socio-linguistics and intercultural communication) and offer a range of courses on literature and society. 

We offer English for Academic Purposes programmes, BSc programmes a range of undergraduate degree courses that can be taken as part of a degree and a range of language options that can be taken outside of a degree programme. All programmes and courses relate language study and support to the fields of interest of social science students.