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Michael Makin

Name: Michael Makin

Title(s):

  • Associate Professor, Slavic Languages & Literatures

Contact Information: 734.647.2142 , mlmakin@umich.edu

Website: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/slavic/facstaff

International Institute Affiliation(s):

  • CREES
  • CICS

Department Affiliation(s):

  • Slavic Languages & Literatures

Education Background: B.A., Russian and French, University College, Oxford University, 1980; M.A., St. Antony's College, Oxford University, 1982; D.Phil., Modern Languages, New College, Oxford University, 1985

World Area(s) of Study/Interest:

  • Russian and East European Studies

Related Countries:

  • Russia
  • Soviet Union

Research/Teaching Specialization: 19th- and 20th-century Russian literature, the life and works of the poet Nikolai Klyuev, Russia's literary museum culture

Area/Int'l Course(s) Taught: Russia Today; Chekhov; Dostoevsky; Images of the "Provincial" in 19th- and 20th-Century Russian Culture (in Russian); Introduction to Slavic Folklore: From Vampires to Urban Tales; The Magic and Mystery of St. Petersburg; New Writing in the New Russian