Vladislav Todorov

Lecturer

Office Hours: TBA

Email: vtodorov@sas.upenn.edu

http://www.vladislavtodorov.com

Fall 2008 Courses

RUSS190 Terrorism
RUSS196 Russian Short Story (offered through CGS)

Bio
Vladislav Todorov has received his M. A. from the Bulgarian Theater and Film Academy, Sofia, Ph.D. from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.

He is the author of several scholarly books on modernism, political aesthetics, performing and visual arts, terrorism and global governance: Chaotic Pendulum: Inquiries in Terrorism and Governmentality. (Sofia: Espace Culture, 2005, Short Paradox for the Theater and Other Figures of Life. (Sofia: Sofia University Press, 1997,) Red Square, Black Square: Organon for Revolutionary Imagination. (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1995,) The Adam Complex: Essays in Politics and Culture. (Sofia: Ivan Vazov, 1991.)

He has contributed articles and essays to journals such as The Yale Journal of Criticism, College Literature, L'infini, Neue Literatur, Likovne Besede, etc. He has served as a columnist and regular commentator for a number of major Bulgarian weekly and daily papers. His work has been translated in French, German, Russian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovenian.

He has published a novel noir Zift (Plovdiv: Janet-45, 2006), a screenplay based on it is currently in production, sponsored by The Bulgarian National Film Center and The Bulgarian National Television. The expected release date of the film is March, 2008. Short fiction in English include “The Somersault.” Chelsea 76 (2004) and “The Four Luxemburgs: From the Diary of a Traveler.” Postmodern Culture v.3 n.2 (January, 1993).