Maria Livadchenko

I am interested in the nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Russian literature, material, and visual culture. My research focuses on Russian prose and novel theory, examining how space, agency, and meaning emerge through narrative form. In particular, I explore how imperial optics, phenomenology, temporality, and modes of attention shape representations of agency and Russian identity.

At Columbia, I plan to expand my research on Chekhov. My other interests include Russian emotional matrices and the ways European philosophical and literary models are adapted in Russian prose and lived narratives. Finally, I continue to explore digital humanities as visual and performative tools for representing the spatial and narrative forms of Russian prose.

I received my undergraduate degree in Public Administration from Lomonosov Moscow State University, including a semester at Sciences Po, Paris, and my M.A. in Russian and Slavic Studies from New York University.

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French