Contact Information:

E-Mail: perkowski@virginia.edu

By Post:

Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
PO Box 400783
Charlottesville VA 22904-4783

By Phone: (434) 924-6686

Education:

PhD Harvard University
AM Harvard University
AB Harvard University

Research Interests:

Slavic and general linguistics
Slavic folklore

Recent Publications:

The Darkling: A Treatise on Slavic Vampirism
"On the Legend of Demir Baba, the Iron Father," Zeitschrift für Balkanologie. 34/2, Wiesbaden, 1999, pp. 214-221.
"Linguistic History Engraved in Gold and Silver: Legends on the Coins of St. Vladimir," Palaeoslavica, VIII, Cambridge, 2000, pp. 1-19.