Born and raised in Russia; trained in Anglophone, Hispanic, and Slavic Studies in Russia and Germany; inspired by the feminist brightest in Toronto. Now a Freigeist.
Tatiana Klepikova
Research group leader “Light On! Queer Literatures and Cultures under Socialism”
(Freigeist Fellow of the Volkswagen Foundation)
Institute for Slavic Studies, University of Regensburg
My research and teaching interests include:
– transnational and transregional literary and cultural histories (focused on Russia, Eastern Europe, South Caucasus, and Central Asia)
– marginalized memory cultures
– cultural history of HIV/AIDS
– visual cultures & digital cultures
– materiality of the digital
My disciplinary strengths lie in:
feminist cultural studies | gender & sexuality studies | literary studies | theater & performance studies |
medical humanities| digital humanities
Tatiana Klepikova 