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, 1900s – today (esp. in Russia, East-Central Europe, the South Caucasus, and Central Asia)
– gender and sexuality, minoritized voices
– the body & materiality
– theater & performance
– visual cultures, digital cultures
My disciplinary strengths lie in:
feminist cultural studies | comparative literature | performance studies | gender studies | queer theory | memory studies
Tatiana Klepikova 