Biography Area(s) of Study: Russian orientalism, contemporary Russian literature, Central Asian Russophone literature. About: I received my BA in World Languages and Literatures from Nazarbayev University in 2015. I hold an MA in Slavic Languages and Literatures from UW-Madison. I am currently a PhD Candidate in Russian Literature with a minor in Russian, Eastern European, …
Biography Area(s) of Study: 20th century Russian literature. SLA. About Me: I got my B.A from Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan. Then, I spend two years in the University of Colorado Boulder where I received my master degree. My master thesis was based on Tolstaya’s novel The Slynx. I looked at how the grotesque functions on different …
Biography Area(s) of Study: 19th Century Literature, Folklore, Peasant Studies About: Isabella Palange graduated from Harvard University in 2016 with a bachelor’s degree in Folklore and Mythology, focusing in Russian language and culture. Following graduation, she spent a year as a Fulbright English teaching assistant in Ulan-Ude, Russia and participated in the Russian Overseas Flagship Program …
Biography About: Aleksandr Perchatkin is a graduate student in the Slavic program. He graduated with honors in Humanities from NYU Shanghai, where he also minored in Russian & Slavic Studies and Global China Studies. He has studied at the University of Amsterdam and NYU New York as an exchange student. His academic and professional interests …