New Research on Discourses of Childhood

Marja Sorvari is an assistant professor of Russian language and culture at the University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu Campus. Her current research interests include children and childhoods in post-Soviet contexts, multilingual literature, and border studies. She has published book chapters and journal articles on autobiographical studies and feminist and gender studies in Russian literature and culture. Her recent publications include articles on how childhood is imagined and remembered in post-Soviet (autobiographical) fiction. Email: marja.sorvari@uef.fi