Vitaly Chernetsky
- Professor - Slavic and Eurasian Languages & Literatures
Contact Info
1445 Jayhawk Blvd.
Lawrence, KS 66045
Biography —
Russian literature and culture; Postmodernism; Diasporic cultures
Research —
Russian literature and culture (film, theatre, visual arts); Ukrainian literature and culture; East and Central European literatures and cultures; Central Asian literatures and cultures; intellectual history of Russia and Ukraine; cultural aspects of globalization; postmodernism/postmodernity; Modernism/modernity; modernist and postmodernist writing worldwide; postcolonial theory and postcolonial writing; identity and community; diasporic cultures; nationalism and ethnicity; literary and cultural theory; cultural studies; film and film theory; feminist theory; gender studies; LGBT studies; language pedagogy.
Research Interests
- Russia
- Ukraine
- Russian literature
- Ukrainian literature
- Soviet literature
- Soviet culture
- Soviet film
- Soviet cinema
- Post-Soviet culture
- Post-Soviet literature
- Eastern Europe
- Central Europe
- East European literature
- East European culture
- East European cinema
- Central Asia
- Central Asian cinema
- Central Asian film
- Gender Studies
- LGBT studies
- Globalization
- Postmodernism
- Literary theory
- Cultural theory
- Cultural studies
- Film theory
- Translation
- Diaspora
- Diasporas
- Diasporic cultures
Teaching —
Russian literature and culture (film, theatre, visual arts); Ukrainian literature and culture; East and Central European literatures and cultures; Central Asian literatures and cultures; intellectual history of Russia and Ukraine; cultural aspects of globalization; postmodernism/postmodernity; Modernism/modernity; modernist and postmodernist writing worldwide; postcolonial theory and postcolonial writing; identity and community; diasporic cultures; nationalism and ethnicity; literary and cultural theory; cultural studies; film and film theory; feminist theory; gender studies; LGBT studies; language pedagogy.
Grants & Other Funded Activity —
Ukraine’s Ongoing Social Transformation and Its Literary Representations. National Endowment for the Humanities. (8/31/2015). Federal. Status: Funded