Lora Wheeler MjolsnessLecturer, Russian |
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Research Interests |
19th century, 20th century and Contemporary Children's Literature; Soviet and Russian Animation; Russian Folklore | |
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Research Abstract |
Lora Wheeler Mjolsness received her Ph.D. in Slavic Languages and Literatures from the University of Southern California. Her dissertation Children in Transition: Popular Children's Magazines in Late Imperial and Early Soviet Russia, 1900-1932, explores the themes of the orphaned hero, the female protagonist, the role of education and the use of fantasy in these magazines. Her most recent publications have been on Russian and Soviet animation, both for children and adults. Her other interests include 19th and 20th century Russian literature, Russian and Soviet cinema, modern Russian art and Russian folklore. | |
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“Russian Adventures in 3-D Animated Film: Alenushka and Yerioma” Kinokultura, April (2009). "Vertov’s Soviet Toys: Commerce, Commercialization and Cartoons." Studies in Russian andSoviet Cinema Volume 2. Issue 3 (2008): 247-267. "Clare Kitson’s Yuri Norstein and Tale of Tales." Animation: An Interdisciplinary Journal 2 (2006) 299- 302. "Russian Web Animation From St. Petersburg to Siberia." Animation Journal 13 (2005): 54-66. |
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CONFERENCE PAPERS "The Brumbergs and Soiuzmultfilm. To be Presented at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) Annual Conference in Los Angeles, March 17-21, 2010. "Ivan Ivanov-Vano: Writing Soviet Animation" To be Presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS) Annual Conference in Boston, November 12-15, 2009. "Animated Auteurs: The Brumberg Sisters and Early Soviet Animation." To be Presented at the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AATSEEL) Annual Conference in San Francisco, December 27- 30, 2008. Vertov’sSoviet Toys: Commerce, Commercialization and Cartoons. Presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS) Annual Conference in New Orleans, November 15-18, 2007. "Abandoning Childhood: Coming of Age in Post-Soviet Film." Presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS) Annual Conference in Washington, D. C. November 16-19, 2006. "Cool or Cooler? The Siberian School of Animation." Presented at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) Annual Conference in London, March 31- April 3, 2005. "Reading Russian is Easy." Presented at the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AATSEEL) Annual Conference in Philadelphia, December 27- 30, 2004. "Glasnost’, Childhood and Animation: The Power of Transformation." Presented at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) Annual Conference in Minneapolis, March 6-9, 2003. “Soviet Animation: The Representation of Childhood.” Presented at the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AATSEEL) Annual Conference in New York, December 26-30, 2002. “Learning to Read: Contemporary Portrayals of Russian Adolescent Girls.” Presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS) Annual Conference in Pittsburg, November 15-18, 2002. “The Animated Collapse of Soviet Childhood” Presented to the Society of Animation Studies (SAS) Annual Conference in Los Angeles, September 2002. "Children at the Movies: A Child's Reception to Early Russian and Soviet Cinema." Presented at the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AATSEEL)Annual Conference in New Orleans, Dec. 27-30, 2001. The Adolescent Orphaned Hero in Late Imperial and Early Soviet Children’s Literature." Presented to The International Interdisciplinary Conference on National and Cultural Identity in Children's Literature and Media, University of Reading, UK, April7-9, 2001. "Russian Girl Power:Female Heroes in pre- and post-Revolutionary Children's Magazines." Presented at the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AATSEEL) Annual Conference in Washington D.C.,December 27-30, 2000. |
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| Last updated | 07/23/2009 | |