Marina Filipovic
Lecturer in Russian
Associations
Russian
Roger Williams Hall, Room 227
About
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Marina Filipovic received her M.A. in Slavic Languages and Literatures from University of Illinois at Chicago, with a specialization in Russian and Yugoslav literature; and her Ph.D. in Russian literature and film from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Before joining the faculty at Bates in 2021, she was teaching Russian literature, film, and language courses at William & Mary. Marina teaches courses in Russian and European Studies and specializes in early Soviet literature and film.
Her research interests include Soviet and post-Soviet literature and film, technology, gender studies, the avant-garde, socialist realism, Soviet history of science, Yugoslav and post-YU literatures and film
Courses Taught at Bates College:
RUSS 102: Elementary Russian II
RUSS 201: Intermediate Russian I
RUSS 301: Advanced Russian I
EU/RU 313: Hard & Soft Socialism: Literatures, Films, and Cultures of the USSR and Socialist Yugoslavia
RUSS s27: From Baba Yaga to Putin: Myths and Legends in Russian Culture
Expertise
Current Courses
Winter Semester 2023
EUS 247 / RUSS 247
Putin’s Russia on Film: Russian Cinema in Contemporary Cultural and Political Context
RUSS 102
Elementary Russian II