Department of Germanic
and Slavic Studies
Newcomb Hall 305
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA 70118
Phone: 504-865-5276
Fax: 504-865-5277
Email: ger-sla@tulane.edu
Professor Brumfield
and A. Carr.
Kathryn Schild | e-mail
Newcomb 305 C | 504-862-3095
Visiting Assistant Professor of 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. Schildis currently teaching Russian language (first and second year), and a course on nineteenth-century Russian literature: "Literature, Nation, and Empire" (readings in English translation). In the spring, she will be offering a course on Soviet and Post-Soviet culture. Shehas also taught courses on Tolstoy and Dostoevsky ("The Wages of Sin"), literature and revolution, Slavic culture, and murder in Russian literature.
She is an enthusiastic traveler, cook, and reader. Please e-mail her to join the mailing list for department-sponsored events about Russian language and culture!
Tulane U., Dept. of Germanic & Slavic Studies, Newcomb Hall 305, New Orleans, LA 70118 504-865-5276 ger-sla@tulane.edu