Paper submitted with application to Berkeley: “Taking Pale Fire Less Seriously”Research interests: Nabokov, Jewry in the Russian Empire/Soviet Union, 19th-20th century novel, exile
Languages known and/or studied: Russian, French, German, Latin, Hebrew
B.A. in Philosophy and Comparative Humanities, University of Louisville, 2025
Entered Berkeley program in 2026
Paper submitted with application to Berkeley: “No Unified Ableukhov: Orientalism and Imperialism in Andrei Bely’s Petersburg”
Languages known and studied: Russian, French, Czech, Romanian
Research interests: 19th and 20th century Russian literature, the Caucasus and Central Asia, postcolonial theory, philosophy of the self, translation studies
B.A. in Russian and Philosophy, Fudan University, 2025 Entered Berkeley program in 2025 Paper submitted with application: “Well, go, love Ivan!”: Ivan Karamazov unveiled and the “Pro and Contra” debate revisited Languages known and studied: Mandarin, English, Russian, German, Ukrainian, Ancient Greek Research Interests: Dostoevsky; Utopia; Philosophy and Literature; Classical Reception.
B.A. in Literature, Bard College, 2018 Entered Berkeley program in 2022
Paper submitted with application: The Perfect Illusion: Complicated Beauty and the Challenge of Interpreting Nabokov’s “Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle”.
Languages known and studied: English, Russian, French.
