Vladislav Todorov
Senior Lecturer
Office Hours: MW 1-2 pm
Email: vtodorov@sas.upenn.edu
http://www.vladislavtodorov.com
Fall 2009 Courses
RUSS164 Russian Film 1900 - 1945
RUSS196 Russian Short Story (offered through CLPS)
Spring 2010 Courses
RUSS164 Russian and East European Film after World War
II
RUSS275 Russian History in Film
RUSS430 Ethnic Conflict in Film (offered through CLPS)
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), based on its screenplay the Zift movie has been released, sponsored by The Bulgarian National Film Center and The Bulgarian National Television.
Vlad Todorov wins a Balkan Fund Award at the 49th Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Vlad Todorov wins the Best Script Award of the Bulgarian National Film Awards
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).
