Biography Language: Russian Research/Language Interests: Russian modernist literature and art; Russian émigré literature; late Soviet and post-Soviet culture; Russian poetry; Russian intellectual history; nationalism studies. Education:• Stanford University, Ph.D. in Slavic Languages and Literatures (1998)• Stanford University, M.A. in Russian (1994)• University of Tartu, Estonia, Diploma (BA/MA) in Russian Language and Literature (1991) IRINA SHEVELENKO …
Biography Languages: German, including its historical varieties (Old, Middle, and Early New High German and Old Saxon); Old English; Gothic Research/Language Interests: (Socio-)historical linguistics, syntactic and morphosyntactic change, orality and literacy in early medieval Europe, Carolingian documentary culture, biblical translation, and language epistemologies. About Me: Katerina Somers returned to the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2018. Her …
Biography Languages: German, French, Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic Research/Language Interests: Continental Philosophy, Jewish Thought, Race and Religion, Secularism, Political Theology, Translation Theory, Media Studies About: Adam Stern arrived at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2019. His first book, Survival: A Theological-Political Genealogy, was published with the University of Pennsylvania Press in 2021. Recent articles have appeared in journals …
Biography Language: German, Ukrainian, Polish Research/Language Interests: Twentieth to twenty-first century Ukrainian and German literature; city literature from the 19th to 21st century; theories of transculturality, transnationality, and cultural belonging; literature and politics; medical humanities; women’s writing in Central and Eastern Europe; feminist theory. About: After completing her BA and MA in Lviv, Ukraine, Oksana …
Biography Language(s): Russian Research/Language Interests: Twentieth-century Russian literature; Russian civilization; Russian language; women in Russian literature; literary responses to atrocity. About Me: I am the lead staff member responsible for managing the daily operations of the Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA). My work combines academic administration, advising, grant writing, and project management …
Biography Language(s): Russian Research/Language Interests: Language teaching methodology, instructional technology, and nineteenth- and twentieth-century Russian literature and culture. About: Anna Tumarkin (PhD, Russian Literature, UW-Madison) is Russian Language Program Director and Undergraduate Advisor in the Department of Slavic Languages at UW-Madison. Her research interests include language teaching methodology, instructional technology, and nineteenth- and twentieth-century Russian …
Jolanda Vanderwal Taylor is Professor of Dutch and German in the Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic+.
Biography Language(s): Russian Research/Language Interests: The representation of the musician in 19th century Russian literature. About Me: I received my PhD from UW-Madison in 2002. As a graduate student, I taught first- and second-year Russian and was also a TA for a nineteenth-century Russian literature class and an interdisciplinary course on Russia. Before beginning graduate school, I …
Biography Language: English Research/Language Interests: African American folklife, urban folklife, folklore and crime, car culture, music About: Langston Collin Wilkins is an Assistant Professor of Folklore and African American Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research interests include African American folklife, African American music, urban folklore, car culture and public folklore. Dr. Wilkins received …
Biography Language(s): Polish, Russian, German (reading), French (reading) Research/Language Interests: Adventure in literature, culture and society; Polish and Russian modernism; post-communism; enchantment/disenchantment/re-enchantment; sociology of literature; genre theory. About Me: I am a comparativist specializing in Polish and Russian modernist and contemporary literatures. Before coming to GNS+, I was an Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream at the …