Irina Anisimova

IMG_0041This April, Irina Anisimova received a PhD in Russian Literature from the University of Pittsburgh; she defended her dissertation “Heterotopia in Contemporary Russian Fiction” on November 19 2014. She also received a PhD in Comparative Literature (with the emphasis on African American literature) from the University of South Carolina. Next year, she will hold a postdoctoral position at Havighurst Center at Miami University. She has published in such journals as The Comparatist and Slavic and East European Journal and a regular contributor to the online journal Kinokultura, dedicated to post-Soviet cinema.