Vasiljeva (Vasilyeva) (née Goldina) Elina Girshevna (19 January 1970, Daugavpils) – Doctor of Philology, Associate Professor.

Elina Vasiljeva was born on 19 January 1970 in Daugavpils to a Jewish father and a Latvian mother.

She graduated from the Faculty of Philology of the Daugavpils Pedagogical Institute in 1987. From 1992 to 1994, she worked as an assistant at the Department of Russian and Foreign Literature, and from 1994 to 2000 as a lecturer at the Department of Russian Literature and Culture at Daugavpils University.

In 1998, Elina Vasiljeva defended her doctoral dissertation in philology on the topic “Childhood 1900–1920 in Russian Prose.” From 2000 to 2005, she served as Associate Professor at the Department of Russian Literature and Culture. She was also Head of Literary Affairs at the Daugavpils Theatre (2001–2003) and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at Daugavpils University (2003–2007).

She has served as Associate Professor at the Department of Russian Literature and Culture (2005–2006) and later at the Institute of Comparative Studies of Daugavpils University.

Her main research interests include Russian literature and the culture of the Jewish diaspora. She is the author of more than 70 publications.

Source: Daugavpils Pedagoģiskā Universitāte. Pētniecība un zinātne 80 gados. Biogrāfisks rādītājs. 1921–2000. Daugavpils: DPU izdevniecība “Saule”, 2001, p. 107.