Marina Filipovic
Visiting Lecturer in Russian
About
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
EUS 317/GSS 317/RUSS 317 Beyond Human: Cyborgs and Technology
EUS 233 / RUSS 233 Russian Myths and Legends
Expertise
Current Courses
Fall Semester 2026
Contemporary Russia on Film
The course engages students with contemporary Russia through cinema and discusses a European culture that is, at the same time, non-Western in its political make-up. Topics discussed include the colonial center and its contemporary political and cultural ambitions, imperial periphery and Russia’s …
Intermediate Russian I
This course, offered in the fall semester, is a continuation of Elementary Russian, with an emphasis on fostering all four language competencies. Students focus on more detailed study of grammatical issues; vocabulary building and intermediate fluency; reading more complicated, unedited Russian pros…
Advanced Russian I
This course, normally offered in the fall semester, focuses on advancing students’ fluency in Russian in all four competencies. Students are exposed to a variety of unedited materials and registers and work closely with contemporary Russian culture. Emphasis is placed on engaging students in advan…