Eastern Europe / Russia

Julia Alekseyeava

Assistant Professor of English and Cinema & Media Studies jaleksey@sas.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: C21/ Contemporary, C20, including Modernism, East Asia, Western Europe, Eastern Europe / Russia, US, Diaspora, Film, Life Writing, Auto/biography, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Formalism/ Structuralism, Film theory, Marxism, Media Studies, Art/ Media

D. Kim

Assistant Professor of Russian and East European Studies dbkim@sas.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Drama, Novel, Philosophical Texts & Intellectual History, Poetry/ Poetics, Scientific Texts and Ideas, Short Story, East Asia, Eastern Europe / Russia, Western Europe, World Literature, C19, C20, including Modernism, Long Eighteenth Century, Digital Humanities, Linguistic Theories and Culture, Sociology of Literature, Translation

Hilah Kohen

Ph.D. Student Website

Fields of Study: Folk Tale & Oral Literature, Historiography and Historical Writing, Diaspora, Eastern Europe / Russia, Jewish Studies, Middle East/North Africa, World Literature, C19, C20, including Modernism, C21/ Contemporary, Digital Humanities, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Linguistic Theories and Culture, Marxism, Post-colonial, Race and Empire, Sociology of Literature, Translation

Hilah Kohen

Ph.D. Candidate Website

Fields of Study: Folk Tale & Oral Literature, Historiography and Historical Writing, Diaspora, Eastern Europe / Russia, Jewish Studies, Middle East/North Africa, World Literature, C19, C20, including Modernism, C21/ Contemporary, Digital Humanities, Gender Studies, Women’s Studies, Queer Theory, Trans Theory, Linguistic Theories and Culture, Marxism, Post-colonial, Race and Empire, Sociology of Literature, Translation

Benjamin Nathans

Associate Professor of History bnathans@history.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Historiography and Historical Writing, Life Writing, Auto/biography, Philosophical Texts & Intellectual History, Eastern Europe / Russia, Jewish Studies, C19, C20, including Modernism, Formalism/ Structuralism, Marxism, Museum/Object Studies

Olga Nechaeva

Ph.D. Candidate nechaeva@sas.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Eastern Europe / Russia, World Literature, C20, including Modernism, Digital Humanities, Post-colonial, Sociology of Literature

Kevin Platt

Interim Graduate Chair of Comparative Literature and Literary Theory, Professor of Russian and East European Studies kmfplatt@sas.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Art/ Media, Drama, Film, Historiography and Historical Writing, Novel, Philosophical Texts & Intellectual History, Poetry/ Poetics, Diaspora, Eastern Europe / Russia, World Literature, C20, including Modernism, C21/ Contemporary, Formalism/ Structuralism, Marxism, Post-colonial, Sociology of Literature, Spatial Theory, Translation, Trauma

Julia Verkholantsev

Associate Professor and Undergraduate Chair, Russian and East European Studies Director, Global Medieval and Renaissance Studies: Director, Undergraduate Humanities Forum, Wolf Humanities Centerjuliaver@sas.upenn.eduWebsite

Fields of Study: Historiography and Historical Writing, Pre-Modern Genres and Literary Forms, Central Europe, Eastern Europe / Russia, Early Modern (C14-C17), Medieval (C6-C14 C.E), Linguistic Theories and Culture, Material Texts, Manuscript Studies and Archival Studies, Narratology