Marina Filipovic

Visiting Lecturer in Russian

Associations

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

20th century Russian literature, gender, post-Yugoslav cinemas, Russian avant-garde, Russian Film, Russian media, socialist realism, Soviet cinema, Soviet history of science, Stalinism, technology, Yugoslav cinema

Current Courses

Fall Semester 2025

Beyond Human: Cyborgs and Technology

EUS 317 / GSS 317 / RUSS 317

What is a cyborg and how does this political and cultural concept evolve through various historical periods? How are transformative relations between humans, animals, and machines imagined across cultural texts? What is trans- and post-humanism? The course examines changing ideas of constructing, en…

Intermediate Russian I

RUSS 201

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

RUSS 301

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…

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