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Lyudmila Parts is a Professor at McGill University specializing in Russian Studies, with expertise spanning 19th-20th century literature, Chekhov scholarship, and post-Soviet cultural analysis.
She earned her MA and PhD from Columbia University, establishing foundational expertise in Russian literary traditions.
Her research critically examines symbolic geography and nationalist discourses, particularly through travel writing like Karamzin's Letters of a Russian Traveler, where she analyzes micro-encounters and identity construction. Current work investigates cultural narratives underpinning Russian aggression against Ukraine, connecting historical provincial myths to contemporary geopolitics.
Recent publications reveal consistent thematic threads: spatial dynamics in Russian identity, center-periphery tensions, and literary responses to nationalism, with increasing focus on Ukraine-related discourses since 2022.
