Interests: Versification and comparative poetics, especially 19^th century; comparative folkloristics and folkloric imitations; political functions of folklore; the oral epic tradition (especially Ukrainian); pan-Slavism; political poetry; Bohemistics; music, ethnomusicology

Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Czech, Polish (reading/writing), Slovak (reading), French (reading), BCS (studying), Finnish (hobby)

Education:

BA in Slavic Languages and Literatures, Stanford University (2019)