Basic Info

First Name
Mariya
Last Name
Levitanus
Affiliation
The University of Edinburgh
Countries
Central Asia, Kazakhstan
Field
Counselling and Psychotherapy, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Central Asian Studies, Psychosocial Studies

Scholar's Bio

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Position
Lecturer
Short Bio
Mariya Levitanus is a Lecturer in Counselling and Psychotherapy at the University of Edinburgh. Her doctorate thesis from The University of Edinburgh was entitled: Regulation and Negotiation of Queer Subjectivities in post-Soviet Kazakhstan. Mariya’s interests include everyday experiences of gender and sexuality in Post-Soviet Central Asia, gender and sexuality within counselling and psychotherapy and qualitative research methodologies
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Recent/Major Publications

Levitanus, M. (2022) ‘Agency and Resistance Amongst Queer People in Kazakhstan’, Central Asian Survey, doi:10.1080/02634937.2021.2008874.