German & Slavic Studies

Kathryn Schild | e-mail
Newcomb 305 C | 504-862-3095

Professor of Practice in Russian

Kathryn Schild earned her Ph.D in the University of California, Berkeley Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, with an emphasis on Soviet literature. She has also studied at Princeton University, Moscow State University, and Boğaziçi University in Istanbul.

Her research interests include how literature presents identity, power, and nationality; Soviet literary politics; and cross-cultural encounters.  Her dissertation, "Between Moscowand Baku: National Literatures at the 1934 Congress of Soviet Writers," argues for a new understanding of Soviet literature as multinational.  She has also worked on the intersection of Russian and Turkish literature. 

Dr. Schild teaches Russian language (first and second year), literature, and culture courses. Previous courses include "Literature and Revolution", "Soviet and Post-Soviet Culture", "Murder in Russian Literature", and "The Un/Holy in Russian Literature: the Devil Wears Pravda." In spring 2013, she is teaching "The U.S. through Russian Eyes" (readings and films in English translation).  She will offer "Tolstoy and Dostoevsky: The Wages of Sin" in the fall. She is also an enthusiastic traveler, cook, and reader.
 

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