Polina Barskova

Research Bio

Polina Barskova is an assistant professor in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literature.  Her scholarly publications include articles on Nabokov, Bakhtin brothers, early Soviet film, and the aestheticization of historical trauma. Her book, Besieged Leningrad: Aesthetic Responses to Urban Disaster was  published in 2016. She has also authored many books of poetry in Russian. 

Research Expertise and Interest

poetry, Nabokov

Teaching

Courses taught during the three most recent terms
2026 Spring
  • Studies in Russian Literature  [SLAVIC 134N]  

  • Russian Culture Taught in Russian: Country, Identity, and Language  [SLAVIC 190]  

  • Graduate Colloquium  [SLAVIC 200]  

  • Special Study for Graduate Students  [SLAVIC 298]  

  • Directed Research  [SLAVIC 299]  

2025 Fall 2025 Spring
  • Advanced Readings in Russian, East European and Eurasian Languages  [SLAVIC 100L]  

  • Dostoevsky  [SLAVIC 134C]  

  • Supervised Group Study for Undergraduates  [SLAVIC 198]  

  • Supervised Independent Study and Research  [SLAVIC 199]  

  • Graduate Colloquium  [SLAVIC 200]  

  • Directed Research  [SLAVIC 299]  

  • Twentieth-Century Russian Literature  [SLAVIC 46]  

  • Directed Group Study  [SLAVIC 98]