M.ART's homepage: CV

M.ART's CURRICULUM VITAE

about

I graduated from UVA, Captain; it's not exactly a charm school.
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

address

Maria Artemtsuk
Dept. of MLCS, University of Alberta
200 Arts Building, T6G 2E6
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada

contacts

Office: 442-A, Arts Building
Telephone: (780) 492-0789
e-mail: artemtsu@ualberta.ca

education

January 2006-present -- University of Alberta (Canada)
- Faculty of Arts
- Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies
- Russian Studies Program
- Ph.D. Candidate (ABD);
2001-2004 -- University of Tartu (Estonia)
September 2003-December 2003 -- University of Milan (Italy)
- Faculty of Humanities
- Foreign Languages and Literature
- Lingua e Letteratura russa
- European Region Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students (also known as ERASMUS program)
- ERASMUS student;
1997-2001 -- University of Tartu (Estonia)

area of specializations

Russian ode of 18th century (Trediakovskij, Lomonosov, Sumarokov, Derzhavin) and Russian poetry of the 1st half of 19th century (Tjutchev)

teaching experience

January 2009-April 2009 -- University of Alberta (Canada)
- Faculty of Arts
- Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies
- Russian Studies Program
- Principal Instructor for Russian 112 -- Beginners' Russian
- part-time, 12 hours/week
January 2006-December 2006 -- University of Alberta (Canada)
- Faculty of Arts
- Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies
- Russian Studies Program
- Apprentice Teaching Assistant for Russian 111-112 -- Beginners' Russian
- part-time, 12 hours/week
June 2006 -- University of Alberta (Canada)
- Faculty of Arts
- Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies
- Russian Studies Program
- Assistant for a Russian: Learn it, Live it, Love it course at Dubna Summer School (Russia)
- part-time, 12 hours/week
January 2003-May 2003 -- Vara School (Estonia)
- Teacher of Russian language
- full-time, 25 hours/week

work experience

January 2007-December 2008 -- University of Alberta (Canada)
- Faculty of Arts
- Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies
- Russian Studies Program
- Research Assistant
- part-time, 12 hours/week;
September 2008-December 2008 -- University of Alberta (Canada)
- External Affairs Department, Development office
- Student Calling Program
- Student Caller
- part-time, 14-20 hours/week;
January 2007-Aprill 2007 -- University of Alberta (Canada)
- Faculty of Arts
- Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies
- Canadian Slavonic Papers
- Research & Editorial Assistant
- part-time, 6 hours/week;
May 2004-January 2005 -- Royal Caribbean International
- Room Service Attendant
- full-time, 40+ hours/week
August 2001-September 2001 -- University of Tartu (Estonia)
- Faculty of Philosophy
- Department of Slavonic Languages and Literatures
- Russian Literature Studies
- Editorial Assistant at Ruthenia online project
- part-time, 12 hours/week;

awards

September 2008-April 2009 -- University of Alberta (Canada)
- Faculty of Arts
- Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies
- Tuition Suplement scholarship;
January 2006-December 2007 -- University of Alberta (Canada)
- Provost Doctoral Entrance Award;
February 20, 2002 -- University of Tartu (Estonia)
- Faculty of Philosophy
- Department of Slavonic Languages and Literatures
- Russian Literature Studies
- the first laureate of the J.M. Lotman award; the research Intertextual reading of Tjutchev's poetry;

presentations and conference participation

March 14-15, 2008 -- University of Alberta (Edmonton, Canada)
- Faculty of Arts
- Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies
- MLCS Graduate Student Conference -- Beyond Borders: The Global Community 2008
- presentation: Death as a price for hybrid identity for a Russian tsar (Peter III and Catherine II in 1762);
February 21-22, 2008 -- University of Alberta (Edmonton, Canada)
- Faculty of Greaduate Studies and Research (GSR)
- GSR Graduate Student Conference -- The Architecture of History - Rethinking Interpretations of Past and Present
- presentation: Germans on the Russian throne: Peter III and Catherine II ;
January 3-5, 2008 -- St Hugh's College, University of Oxford (Oxford, U.K.)
- British Society for Eighteenth–Century Studies
- 37th Annual Conference of the BSECS
- presentation: Elizabeth has risen from the dead / Both Church and Palace now exult: Catherine II as a savior of Russian Orthodox Church in 1762;
January 27, 2007 -- University of Alberta (Edmonton, Canada)
- Faculty of Arts
- Humanities Computing programme (HUCO)
- 6th Annual Humanities Computing Conference
- presentation: XML as a tool of analysis of functions and correlations of topoi and motives in the Russian odes of 1762;
Aprill 28-30, 2006 -- University of Tartu (Tartu, Estonia)
- Faculty of Philosophy
- Department of Slavonic Languages and Literatures
- The Annual Conference of Young Researchers
- presentation: The motive of 'rivers turning back' in the poetry of Josif Brodsky;
Aprill 23-25, 2004 -- University of Tartu (Tartu, Estonia)
- Faculty of Philosophy
- Department of Slavonic Languages and Literatures
- The Annual Conference of Young Researchers
- presentation: F.I. Tjutchev as a 'gnat' and 'mosquito';
November 16, 2003 -- National Library of Estonia (Tallinn, Estonia)
- International Conference Tjutchev through the centuries dedicated to the 200th anniversary of F.I. Tjutchev's birth
- presentation: Genre transformations in the F.I. Tjutchev's poem 'Urania';
Aprill 25-27, 2003 -- University of Tartu (Tartu, Estonia)
- Faculty of Philosophy
- Department of Slavonic Languages and Literatures
- The Annual Conference of Young Researchers
- presentation: 'The gates of Janus': some remarks about the history of one Tjutchev's word usage;
February 21-23, 2003 -- University of Tallinn (Tallinn, Estonia)
- Institute of Slavonic Languages and Cultures
- 5th Annual Conference of Young Researchers
- presentation: Tjutchev, Zhukovskij and Lomonosov: some examples of intertextual correspondence;
Aprill 26-28, 2002 -- University of Tartu (Tartu, Estonia)
- Faculty of Philosophy
- Department of Slavonic Languages and Literatures
- The Annual Conference of Young Filologists
- presentation: Tjutchev as an ode writer: by the example of poem 'Urania' (1820);
February 22-24, 2002 -- University of Tallinn (Tallinn, Estonia)
- Institute of Slavonic Languages and Cultures
- 4th Annual Conference of Young Researchers
- presentation: Description of 'wife's death' in Tjutchev's poetry;
Aprill 20-23, 2001 -- University of Tartu (Tartu, Estonia)
- Faculty of Philosophy
- Department of Slavonic Languages and Literatures
- The Annual Conference of Young Filologists
- presentation: Tjutchev's 'Vision' and 'Oleg's shield': is it one poem or two different texts?;
22-24, Detsember 2000 -- Russian State University for the Humanities (Moscow, Russia)
- Institute for Higher Research in the Humanities
- IV Annual Lotman Conference: Graduate Students in memory of Yuri Lotman
- presentation: Reconstruction of contexts -- what does it give us? (by the example of a F.I. Tjutchev's poem "Look, on the expanse of the river…");
28-30, Aprill 2000 -- University of Tartu (Tartu, Estonia)
- Faculty of Philosophy
- Department of Slavonic Languages and Literatures
- The Annual Conference of Young Filologists
- presentation: Some biblical implication of Tjutchev's poem 'Probleme';
23-25, Aprill 1999 -- University of Tartu (Tartu, Estonia)
- Faculty of Philosophy
- Department of Slavonic Languages and Literatures
- The Annual Conference of Young Filologists
- presentation: 'German' and 'Turk' in Tjutchev's poetry: to the problem of contextual synonyms;

invited publications

Микросюжет поворачивания рек вспять в поэзии И. Бродского // Русская филология. 18. In Russkaja Filologija. 18. Tartu: Tartu Ulikooli Kirjastus, 2007.
[The motive of 'rivers turning back' in the poetry of Josif Brodsky. In Russkaja Filologija. 18. Tartu: Tartu University Press (Tartu Ulikooli Kirjastus), 2007.]
Ф.И. Тютчев - "комар" и "мелкая букашка" // Лотмановский сборник - 3. Тарту, 2005.
[F.I. Tjutchev as a 'gnat' and 'mosquito'. In Lotmanovskij sbornik. 3. Tartu: Tartu University Press (Tartu Ulikooli Kirjastus), 2005.]
Врата Януса: к истории одного тютчевского словоупотребления // Русская филология. 15. Тарту, 2004
[The gates of Janus: some remarks about the history of one Tjutchev's word usage. In Russkaja Filologija. 15. Tartu: Tartu Ulikooli Kirjastus, 2004.]
Тютчев, Жуковский и Ломоносов: некоторые примеры // Studia Slavica. Таллинн, 2004.
[Tjutchev, Zhukovskij and Lomonosov: some examples of intertextual correspondence. In Studia Slavica, Tallinn: Tallinn University Press (Tallinna Ulikooli Kirjastus), 2004.]
Тютчев-одописец: на примере стихотворения "Урания" (1820) // Русская филология. 14. Тарту, 2003.
[Tjutchev as an ode writer: by the example of poem 'Urania' (1820). In Russkaja Filologija. 14. Tartu: Tartu University Press (Tartu Ulikooli Kirjastus), 2003.]
Описание "смерти жены" в поэзии Тютчева // Studia Slavica. Таллинн, 2003.
[Description of 'wife's death' in Tjutchev's poetry. In Studia Slavica, Tallinn: Tallinn University Press (Tallinna Ulikooli Kirjastus), 2003.]
"Видение" и "Олегов щит" Тютчва: слитно или раздельно // Русская филология. 13. Тарту, 2002. С. 66-71.
[Tjutchev's 'Vision' and 'Oleg's shield': is it one poem or two different texts? In Russkaja Filologija. 13. Tartu: Tartu University Press (Tartu Ulikooli Kirjastus), 2002; republished online in Toronto Slavic Quarterly, N13, Summer 2005.]
Некоторые библейские подтексты стихотворения Тютчева "Probleme" // Русская филология. 12. Тарту, 2001. С. 65-70.
[Some biblical implication of Tjutchev's poem 'Probleme'. In Russkaja Filologija. 12. Tartu: Tartu University Press (Tartu Ulikooli Kirjastus), 2001.]
Некоторые контексты стихотворения Тютчева "Смотри, как на речном просторе…" // Маргиналия [интернет-издание]
"Немец" и "турок" в лирике Тютчева: к проблеме контекстуальных синонимов // Русская филология. 11. Тарту, 2000. С. 58-64.
['German' and 'Turk' in Tjutchev's poetry: to the problem of contextual synonyms. In Russkaja Filologija. 11. Tartu: Tartu University Press (Tartu Ulikooli Kirjastus), 2000; republished in Tartuskije Tetradi. Moscow: OGI, 2005.]

clubs & organizations:

September 2008-present -- Slavic and East European Studies (SEES) Area Council,
- position: graduate student representative;
January 2008-present -- Canadian Association of Slavists (CAS),
- position: fellow;
January 2008 -present -- British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (BSEC),
- position: fellow;
September 2007-April 2008 -- International Graduate Students Career Club, UofA International,
- position: member;
January 2007- May 2007 -- Russian Club, UofA campus,
- position: active participant;
1999-2002 -- Student Scientific Society, University of Tartu,
- position: chairperson, creator and editor of the society web page

volunteer experience:

March 2, 2008 -- a voluntary participant of Global Citizenship Curriculum Development interview (International House, U of A);
October 3, 2007 -- a volunteer for Study Abroad session from Russian Language & Literature program (U of A);
September 29, 2007 -- a volunteer for Faculty of Arts Reunion Weekend event A Taste of the Arts! (U of A);
February 10, 2006 -- a volunteer for Study Abroad session from Russian Language & Literature program (U of A);
January 2006 -- a presentation about Estonia for the International week 2006 Realizing human rights on-stage event (U of A);

creative works:

January 2007-April 2008 -- as Dr. J. Pogosjan's Research Assistant at the University of Alberta designed and created Dr. Pogosjan's web homepage;
March 2008 -- two photos -- [1] & [2] -- published in the March, 2008 issue of International House Newsletter;
February 2008 -- What I want ("A Love Poem to Egypt"), a poem published in the March, 2008 issue of International House Newsletter and written as a result of participation in the Romancing the Globe workshop, which took place in the International House on February 12, 2008;
December 2007 -- A Deer and the Mountains: a photo submitted for the 3rd Annual Faculty of Arts Winter Solstice & Silent Auction;
October 2007 -- Together: a photo published in Fait Accomplit (a prose, poetry, and pictures magazine of Comparative Literature program students, UofA)
Fall 2007 -- a photo submitted to the HAIRWASH PROJECT web site;
January 2006-April 2006 -- a member of Humanities Computing Student Team (together with LianLian Chu, Michael Lewcio & Dale Storie), which created and launched online searchable catalogue for the Edmonton Small Press Association (ESPA) library and archive (UofA, Community Services Learning (CSL) program);
2002 -- designed and created the third version of the Student Scientific Society web page (University of Tartu);
2001 -- designed and created the second version of the Student Scientific Society web page (University of Tartu);
1999-2000 -- designed and created the first version of the Student Scientific Society web page (University of Tartu);