Dr. Vladimir Golstein

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Biography

Vladimir Golstein holds a Master of Science in Computers from the Moscow Institute of Management, a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Columbia University, and a Doctorate in Slavic Languages and Literatures from Yale University. Prior to joining Brown University, he taught at Oberlin College from 1990 to 1993 and at Yale University from 1993 to 2003. He has taught a wide range of graduate and undergraduate courses that explore Western and Russian literary traditions. His scholarly interests encompass Russian culture, religion, philosophy, and poetry from past centuries. Golstein is the author of 'Lermontov's Narratives of Heroism' (Northwestern University Press, 1998) and has written numerous articles on 19th- and 20th-century Russian authors, including Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Chekhov, Tsvetaeva, and Bulgakov. He is currently completing a monograph on the conflict between generations in Russia.

Research Interests

Courses

Russian Culture: Peter the Great to Putin Crime and Punishment Literature Russian Cinema Russian Literature Translation II: Tolstoy to Solzhenitsyn Dostoevsky Roaring Twenties: Literature, Arts, Politics in Post-Revolutionary Russia Russian Poetry: Silver Age

Requirements for Brown University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GRE General
TOEFL
Total
Required:90
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Undergraduate degree in Economics or related field
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Specialization Notes

Department: Department of Economics