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Larissa V. Rudova is the Yale B. and Lucille D. Griffith Professor of Modern Languages and Professor of German and Russian at Pomona College, where she has served since 1991 as Coordinator of the Russian Section. A leading scholar in Russian literary and cultural studies, she bridges historical and contemporary analysis across multiple disciplines.
Her educational foundation includes a Ph.D. from the University of Washington, with fluency in English, Russian, and German enabling deep engagement with primary sources. Rudova's intellectual trajectory spans Soviet cultural history to post-Soviet transformations.
Research expertise centers on Russian and European modernism, Soviet/post-Soviet cultural politics, gender representations, children's literature, and socialist fashion. Her work consistently interrogates how cultural production shapes identity, particularly examining childhood as a philosophical and visual category. Recent scholarship reveals evolving methodologies from textual analysis to visual culture studies.
Publication trends show increasing focus on childhood representations and gender in Russian contexts, with 2023's co-edited volume Historical and Cultural Transformations of Russian Childhood synthesizing decades of research. Earlier works established foundational analyses of Pasternak while later studies expanded into fashion theory and cinematic representations.
Teaching excellence is demonstrated through diverse courses including Russian cinema, gender representations, fairy tales across eras, and modern Russian literature. Her pedagogy connects historical contexts with contemporary cultural production, emphasizing critical analysis of visual and literary texts.
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