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Pavel Golubev joined the Department of History of Art as a Visiting Research Scholar in 2021 after leaving Ukraine following the Russian invasion. He previously served as Chief of the Exhibition Department at the Odesa National Fine Arts Museum.
Research interests of Pavel Golubev center on the representation of sexuality in Eastern European art of the 19th and 20th centuries, with a focus on Poland, Russia, and Ukraine. His explorations in this area have resulted in seven books, including a multivolume edition of the private diaries of the queer symbolist artist Konstantin Somov. Golubev's publication of Somov's everyday intimate notes, chronicling the artist's life in Saint Petersburg, New York, and Paris from 1917 to 1929 is considered as one of the most seminal documents in the history of Russian modern art. Golubev has also authored a monograph on Somov and homosexuality in early modernism (2019), which explores the representation of same-sex desire in art and literature during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He also curated the exhibition "Konstantin Somov: Uncensored" at the Odesa Fine Arts Museum in 2019, accompanied by a monographic catalog authored by Golubev.
Pavel Golubev received his degree from Moscow State University in 2006 and successfully defended his Ph.D. there in 2018 under the supervision of renowned expert Mikhail Allenov, focusing on the history of queer art—a pioneering study in Russia.
During his time at Penn, Golubev is drafting a monograph on sexuality in Eastern European art, further exploring how this region has represented sexuality throughout history. He is frequently invited to speak at universities across the United States, sharing his insights on the representation of same-sex desire in Eastern European art and literature, as well as the broader cultural and historical contexts surrounding these representations.