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Office Phone
(217) 244-4666
Office Address
2014 FLB
707 S Mathews Ave
M/C 173
Urbana, IL 61801
Research Interests
Czech literature
Forgery and mystification
History of translation
Russian literature
Nationalism in literature
Grants
National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Faculty Fellow 2020
National Council for Eurasian and East European Research, Title VIII National Research Competition Grant
Teaching
SLAV 525 Slavic Folklore
RUSS 220 Golden Age of Russian Literature
SLAV 430 History of Translation
SLAV 452 Eastern Europe and EU Integration
SLAV 576 Methods in Slavic Grad Study
RUSS 511 Russian Literature 1800-1855
SLAV 477 Post-communist Fiction
SLAV 120 Russian & E Euro Folktales
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Padělky jako romantická forma autorství: Rukopisy královédvorský a zelenohorský ze srovnávací perspektivy
Translated title of the contribution :Forgery as a romantic form of authorship: The Czech manuscripts in comparative perspective Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Competing languages of Czech nation-building: Jan Kollár and the melodiousness of Czech
Cooper, D. L., 2008, In: Slavic Review. 67, 2, p. 301-320 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Narodnost' avant la lettre? Andrei Turgenev, Aleksei Merzliakov, and the National Turn in Russian Criticism
Cooper, D., 2008, In: Slavic and East European Journal. 52, 3, p. 351-69 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Vasilii Zhukovskii as a translator and the Protean Russian nation
Cooper, D. L., Apr 2007, In: Russian Review. 66, 2, p. 185-203 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The classical form of the nation: The convergence of Greek and folk forms in Czech and Russian literature in the 1810s
Cooper, D. L., Jan 1 2012, The Voice of the People: Writing the European Folk Revival, 1760-1914. London: Anthem Press, p. 35-48 14 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Press/Media
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Book examines role of famous forgeries in Czech cultural revival
12/12/23
1 Media contribution
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Česká falza zaujala Američana (Czech forgeries interested an American)
12/30/17
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Creators of 19th century Czech literary hoaxes deserve credit, says academic David Cooper
6/9/15
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment / Interview
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Spor o historické rukopisy” (Conflict over historical manuscripts); “Rukopisy očima amerického bohemisty” (The manuscripts in the eyes of an American Bohemist)
3/4/15
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Press/Media: Expert Comment / Interview
Honors & Recognition
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The Czech Forged Manuscripts: Mystifications and Ritual Behavior in 19th-Century Czech Patriotic Society
Cooper, D. (Invited speaker)
Feb 13 2013Activity: Talk types › Invited talk
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Translation, Mystification, and Memory: The Case of the Czech Forged Manuscripts
Cooper, D. (Keynote speaker)
Sep 30 2015Activity: Talk types › Invited talk
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Liška oblúdí tur jarohlavý’: Nebojovný obraz českých bojovníků v Rukopise královédvorském
Cooper, D. (Speaker)
2015Activity: Talk types › Oral presentation
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Authenticity, Translation, and Mystification in Pushkin’s ‘Pesni zapadnych slavian
Cooper, D. (Speaker)
Jun 2014Activity: Talk types › Oral presentation