Vitaly Chernetsky


Vitaly Chernetsky
  • Professor - Slavic and Eurasian Languages & Literatures

Contact Info

Wescoe Hall, 2140
Lawrence
1445 Jayhawk Blvd.
66045, KS 66045

Biography

Russian literature and culture; Postmodernism; Diasporic cultures

Research

Russian literature and culture (film, theatre, visual arts); Ukrainian literature and culture; East and Central European literatures and cultures; Central Asian literatures and cultures; intellectual history of Russia and Ukraine; cultural aspects of globalization; postmodernism/postmodernity; Modernism/modernity; modernist and postmodernist writing worldwide; postcolonial theory and postcolonial writing; identity and community; diasporic cultures; nationalism and ethnicity; literary and cultural theory; cultural studies; film and film theory; feminist theory; gender studies; LGBT studies; language pedagogy.

Research Interests

  • Russia
  • Ukraine
  • Russian literature
  • Ukrainian literature
  • Soviet literature
  • Soviet culture
  • Soviet film
  • Soviet cinema
  • Post-Soviet culture
  • Post-Soviet literature
  • Eastern Europe
  • Central Europe
  • East European literature
  • East European culture
  • East European cinema
  • Central Asia
  • Central Asian cinema
  • Central Asian film
  • Gender Studies
  • LGBT studies
  • Globalization
  • Postmodernism
  • Literary theory
  • Cultural theory
  • Cultural studies
  • Film theory
  • Translation
  • Diaspora
  • Diasporas
  • Diasporic cultures

Teaching

Russian literature and culture (film, theatre, visual arts); Ukrainian literature and culture; East and Central European literatures and cultures; Central Asian literatures and cultures; intellectual history of Russia and Ukraine; cultural aspects of globalization; postmodernism/postmodernity; Modernism/modernity; modernist and postmodernist writing worldwide; postcolonial theory and postcolonial writing; identity and community; diasporic cultures; nationalism and ethnicity; literary and cultural theory; cultural studies; film and film theory; feminist theory; gender studies; LGBT studies; language pedagogy.

Grants & Other Funded Activity

Ukraine’s Ongoing Social Transformation and Its Literary Representations. National Endowment for the Humanities. (8/31/2015). Federal. Status: Funded