Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies
mlmakin@umich.edu
Office Information:
3016 MLB
812 East Washington Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1275
phone: 734.647.2142
Slavic Languages and Literatures;
Russian;
Faculty
Education/Degree:
B.A., Russian and French, University College, Oxford, 1980
M.A., St. Antony's College, Oxford, 1982
D.Phil., Modern Languages, New College, Oxford, 1985
About
Michael Makin's research interests include Russian poetry and prose of the twentieth century, contemporary Russian culture, problems of Russian textuality, the "Russian style" in art and culture, and the life and culture of the Russian provinces. Among his publications are the books Nikolai Klyuev: Time and Text, Place and Poet (Northwestern University Press, 2010) and Marina Tsvetaeva: Poetics of Appropriation (Oxford University Press, 1993; Russian translation – Marina Tsvetaeva: Poetika usvoeniya, 1997). His current research includes work on: "phantom" and fragment texts in Russian literature (he is working on a book provisionally entitled Broken Russian); literary museums and literary tourism in Russia, Britain, and America (for a book to be entitled Is there a Writer in the House?); and Russian cultural stylization and national identity (for a book to be entitled As Russian as…).
Professor Makin's CV [links away]
U-M Affiliations:
- CREES
- Slavic Languages & Literatures
Fields of Study:
- 19th-, 20th-, and 21st-century Russian literature and culture
