What is or will (or might be) the focus of your dissertation research? I’d really love to explore queer themes in contemporary Russian literature, film, and/or drama. For now that’s still very broad, but that’s the general direction I’d like to go. Given the climate in Russia around homosexuality right now, it’s also possible that I’ll dive …
What is the focus of your dissertation research? My dissertation, still in early stages, is on disability and holy fools in Russian literature. I’m interested in using the familiar figure of the holy fool as a vehicle to bring disability studies values and concepts into the field of Slavic literatures, and in determining the role …
What is the focus of your dissertation research? I’m in my first year here at UW-Madison, but hopefully my dissertation will be focused on translation of Russian poetry from Russian into English. One of my undergraduate theses focused on translation of Fazil Iskander’s poetry, and I am hoping to continue working with his poetry. Which …