Associate Professor
maiorova@umich.edu
Office Information:
3004 MLB
812 East Washington Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1275
phone: 734.647.2133
Faculty;
Russian;
Slavic Languages and Literatures
Education/Degree:
M.A., Russian Language and Literature, Moscow State University, 1980
Ph.D., Russian Language and Literature, Moscow State University, 1983
About
Olga Maiorova is an accomplished scholar. Her area of expertise is Russian literature of the second half of the 19th century; the intersections between literature, intellectual history, and representations of nationality in nineteenth century Russia. Her extensive research on Nikolai Leskov, including editorship of two volumes of his previously unpublished writings, stands out. The author of some sixty scholarly articles, published in the most prestigious journals in Russia and the USA.
U-M Affiliations:
Fields of Study:
- 19th-century Russian literature
- the intersections of literature
- nationalistic discourses
- representations of nationality
