Emily Shaw

emilyshaw@wisc.edu

Status:   ABD

Previous Education:  

BA, University of Virginia, 1997

MA, University of Virginia, 2001

Research Interests:   19 th century Russian literature, Slavic folklore, feminism, psychoanalytical criticism, character studies

Hometown:  Floyd, VA

Minor - Related Field:   Slavic folklore

Courses taught/positions held:   Served as a TA for the following courses: Tale and Legend in Slavic Folklore, Calendary and Agrarian Ritual in Slavic Folklore, Ritual and Family Life in Slavic Folklore, Dracula, Dostoevsky, Russian 101, Russian 102, Survey of 19 th Century Russian Literature, Survey of 20 th Century Russian literature

Dissertation Title: Dismissing the Traditional Model of Religious Authority: A Study of Will and Power in Dostoevsky and Tolstoy

MA Thesis, 2001 :   Pushkin and the Art of Lying
 
Languages:   Russian, Reading knowledge of French, Serbo-Croatian, Polish

Conference presentations:   " Pushkin and Lying," University of Virginia Graduate Student Conference, April 2000

"The Riddle of Life and Death in The Death of Ivan Ilych ," AAASS Southeastern Regional Conference, Spring 2001

"Rereading Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilych : A Study in Personal Distance,"   AATSEEL Wisconsin, Fall 2004

Research - Study Abroad:   

ACTR Summer Program in St. Petersburg

Informal semester study abroad in Voronezh

Awards and Fellowships:     

President's Fellowship, University of Virginia

University Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Madison