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Adam Laten Willson

Adam Laten Willson holds a BA in Liberal Arts from St. John’s College, Santa Fe, NM (2007), and an MLitt in Comparative Literature from University of Glasgow (2019, Award of Distinction). The majority of his Master’s program was devoted to Russian and European modernism, culminating in a dissertation which interrogated the ludic theme of disappearance in the writings of Daniil Kharms and Georges Perec. His current research focuses on Central Asian Socialist Realist literature. Other interests include Russian avant-garde performance/performativity, European decadence, Russian postmodernism, and structuralist sociology. Adam is also currently undertaking a second Masters in Russian language at Middlebury College.