Professor Dr. Daria Smirnova

Biography

Daria Smirnova is a Lecturing Fellow in the Department of Slavic & Eurasian Studies at Duke University. Her scholarship focuses on transnational memory and autobiographical writing, particularly concerning contemporary authors in post-socialist and post-Soviet contexts. Smirnova critically examines the interplay between personal and collective history, exploring the intersections of memory, gender, and political critique in literature. Her comparative approach to these themes is informed by her diverse academic experiences in multiple countries, including Russia, Lithuania, Germany, and the United States. She actively engages with contemporary scholarly discourse through her publications, including research on the social political theory of Nikolai Dobroliubov and reflections on the significance of storytelling as emphasized by Olga Tokarczuk in her Nobel Prize lecture.

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