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Sergey Toymentsev is an Assistant Professor of Russian at Saint Louis University's College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures. He holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Rutgers University (2014) and a Specialist Diploma in Russian and English Literature from Kazan State University (2000). His research focuses on Russian cinema, particularly the works of Andrei Tarkovsky and film-philosophy through a Deleuzian lens, alongside memory studies and post-Soviet cultural analysis.
- Education: Ph.D., Comparative Literature, Rutgers University (2014)
- Professional Memberships: American Association for Teachers of Slavic Languages, ASEES
His work blends close textual analysis with theoretical frameworks, examining themes like cinematic ontology, historical trauma, and political aesthetics. Key publications include edited volumes on Tarkovsky and Sokurov, as well as essays exploring memory politics in Putin's Russia and Deleuzian taxonomies of Soviet cinema.
Toymentsev has received prestigious fellowships including the Swedish Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship (2019) and Pontica Magna Fellowship (2018). He actively reviews for journals like Studies in Russian & Soviet Cinema and conducts interviews with contemporary filmmakers. His upcoming projects include a book on mnemonics in hybrid regimes and a Deleuzian analysis of Russian film history.
