Marina Aptekman is an assistant professor of Russian Language and Literature at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. She received her Ph.D. in Slavic Languages and Literatures at Brown University in 2003. Her recent publications include articles “Forward to the Past or Two Radical Views on Russian Nationalist Future: Pyotr Krasnov’s Behind the Thistle and Vladimir Sorokin’s Day of Oprichnik” (SEEJ), and “Kabbalah, Judeo-Masonic Conspiracy and Post-Soviet Literary Discourse: from Political Tool to Virtual Reality.”(Russian Review).

"Marina Aptekman makes skillful use of rich and diverse source materials, some new and others interpreted in an original and innovative way. This is an important and thought-provoking contribution to the field of Russian-Jewish cultural relations."—Mikhail Krutikov, associate professor of Slavic Languages and Literature, University of Michigan

Marina Aptekman is an assistant professor of Russian Language and Literature at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. She received her Ph.D. in Slavic Languages and Literatures at Brown University in 2003. Her recent publications include articles “Forward to the Past or Two Radical Views on Russian Nationalist Future: Pyotr Krasnov’s Behind the Thistle and Vladimir Sorokin’s Day of Oprichnik” (SEEJ), and “Kabbalah, Judeo-Masonic Conspiracy and Post-Soviet Literary Discourse: from Political Tool to Virtual Reality.”(Russian Review).

"Marina Aptekman makes skillful use of rich and diverse source materials, some new and others interpreted in an original and innovative way. This is an important and thought-provoking contribution to the field of Russian-Jewish cultural relations."—Mikhail Krutikov, associate professor of Slavic Languages and Literature, University of Michigan

Marina Aptekman is an assistant professor of Russian Language and Literature at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. She received her Ph.D. in Slavic Languages and Literatures at Brown University in 2003. Her recent publications include articles “Forward to the Past or Two Radical Views on Russian Nationalist Future: Pyotr Krasnov’s Behind the Thistle and Vladimir Sorokin’s Day of Oprichnik” (SEEJ), and “Kabbalah, Judeo-Masonic Conspiracy and Post-Soviet Literary Discourse: from Political Tool to Virtual Reality.”(Russian Review).

"Marina Aptekman makes skillful use of rich and diverse source materials, some new and others interpreted in an original and innovative way. This is an important and thought-provoking contribution to the field of Russian-Jewish cultural relations."—Mikhail Krutikov, associate professor of Slavic Languages and Literature, University of Michigan