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
Current Courses
Fall Semester 2025
Beyond Human: Cyborgs and Technology
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
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…
Winter Semester 2026
Elementary Russian II
This course, offered in the winter semester, is a continuation of RUSS 101 with an emphasis on acquiring all four language competencies. The course continues to foster building basic fluency and ability to read simplified passages in Russian. Students continue their immersion in Russian culture thro…