Maria Hristova

Maria Hristova is Assistant Professor in the Department of World Languages and Literatures and Head of the Russian Section at Lewis and Clark College. Her research is focused on two main topics: the intersection of gender, sexuality, and religion in contemporary Russian-language women’s writing; and environmental themes in (post)Soviet literature and film. She has published on sociolinguistics in the Balkans, Russian domestic travel writing, and on post-secular themes in Andrey Zvyagintzev’s films.