Marina Filipovic

Visiting Lecturer in Russian

Associations

Russian

Roger Williams Hall, Room 227

207-786-8348mfilipov@bates.edu

About

Pronouns: she/her/hers  она/её

Marina Filipovic received her M.A. in Slavic Languages and Literatures from University of Illinois at Chicago, with a specialization in Russian and Yugoslav literatures; 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’s teaching ranges from the nineteenth century to the present-day Russia, and across all periods of Soviet culture, including Yugoslav and post-Yugoslav cultures.

Her research interests include Russian, Soviet, and post-Soviet literatures and film, technology, gender, the Russian 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

EUS/RUSS 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

EUS/RUSS 247 Contemporary Russia on Film

 

Expertise

Current Courses

Winter Semester 2024

EUS 247 / RUSS 247
Contemporary Russia on Film

RUSS 102
Elementary Russian II

Short Term 2024

RUSSS 27
From Baba Yaga to Putin: Myths and Legends in Russian Culture

Fall Semester 2024

EUS 317 / GSS 317 / RUSS 317
Beyond Human: Cyborgs and Technology

RUSS 201
Intermediate Russian I

RUSS 301
Advanced Russian I