Yuliya Ladygina

Yuliya Ladygina specializes in 19th- and 20th-century Eastern European literatures and cultures, with research interests in 19th-century Russian and Ukrainian literature, 19th-century German and Russian intellectual history, nationalism in Eastern Europe, interwar literature, Soviet and post-Soviet cinema, and the state-sponsored informational warfare in contemporary Russia and Ukraine. Her book, Bridging East and West: Ol’ha Kobylians’ka, Ukraine’s Pioneering Modernist (University of Toronto Press, 2019), stands out among many published articles, reviews, conference presentations, and translations of Ukrainian literature into English. Currently, Ladygina is working on a book project, War on Reels: Cinematic Response to the Ukraine Crisis, which examines the legacy of Soviet and Hollywood war films, as well as the influence of contemporary media practices in (mis)representing war, terror, and terrorism, in cinematic depictions of the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian conflict.