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Russian and Eurasian Studies courses at Bard College draw upon faculty expertise in history, literature, politics, economics, art, music, culture, and religious studies as they relate to Russia and Eurasia, either separately or in a comparative context.

Core Faculty

  • Marina Kostalevsky, Director
    Professor of Russian
  • Oleg Minin
    Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian
  • Olga Voronina
    Associate Professor of Russian; Director, Bard Translation and Translatability Initiative

Affiliated Faculty

  • Jonathan Becker
    Vice President for Academic Affairs; Director, Center for Civic Engagement; Associate Professor of Political Studies
  • Jonathan P. Brent
    Visiting Alger Hiss Professor of History and Literature
     
  • Cecile E. Kuznitz
    Assistant Professor of Jewish History; Director of Jewish Studies
     
  • Sean McMeekin
    Professor of Historical and Political Studies
  • Masha Shpolberg
    Assistant Professor of Film and Electronic Arts
  • Maria Sonevytsky
    Associate Professor of Anthropology and Music
  • Sima Mitchell
    Visiting Associate Professor of Music

    Sima Mitchell

    Visiting Associate Professor of Music

    Sima Mitchell is a music historian specializing in twentieth-century music; opera history, staging, reception, and the relationship between opera and film. An author of books and articles on music history, Prof. Mitchell has also translated critical and biographical works about/by twentieth-century composers.

    Email: [email protected]
    Location: Edith C. Blum Institute
    Office: 203
     

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