Courses of Study
Sections
German, Russian, and Asian Languages and Literature
Last updated: July 19, 2013 at 1:38 p.m.
Stephen Dowden, Chair
Chair and Undergraduate Advising Head, European Cultural Studies; Undergraduate Advising Head, German
German modernism. Romanticism. The Novel: Kafka, Bernhard, Thomas Mann, Broch, Musil, Goethe. Austrian literature.
Irina Dubinina, Undergraduate Advising Head (Russian); Russian Language Program Director
Bilingualism. Russian heritage speakers. Teaching language through culture/film/theater. Second-language acquisition in Russian. First-language attrition.
Yu Feng, Chinese Language Program Director
Chinese language.
Matthew Fraleigh (on leave academic year 2013-2014)
Classical and modern Japanese literature and language. Cultural and literary exchange between China and Japan. Literature and travel.
Xiwen Lu
Lecturer in Chinese.
Robin Feuer Miller (on leave academic year 2013-2014)
Dostoevsky and Tolstoy. Nineteenth-century Russian literature and comparative literature. The novel. Reader-response criticism.
Yukimi Nakano
Lecturer in Japanese.
David Powelstock, Chair, Russian Studies
Nineteenth- and twentieth-century Russian literature. Romanticism. Modernism. Czech literature. Poetry. Translation. Literary theory.
Harleen Singh
South Asian studies. Comparative literature. Postcolonial theory and studies.
Sabine von Mering
Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century German literature. German women writers. Feminist theory. Language pedagogy. Drama.
Pu Wang
Chinese.
Affiliated Faculty (contributing to the curriculum, advising and administration of the department or program)
ChaeRan Freeze (Near Eastern and Judaic Studies)
Gregory Freeze (History)
Eugene Sheppard (Near Eastern and Judaic Studies)
Govind Sreenivasan (History)
Aida Yuen Wong (Fine Arts)
Bernard Yack (Politics)