, Assistant Professor of Russian Studies and Jewish Studies, is spending the current semester on research leave听as a Harry Starr Fellow in Judaica at the Center for Jewish Studies at Harvard University.听
Prof. Senderovich presented a chapter of his book in progress,听Seekers of Happiness: Mobility, Culture, and the Creation of the Soviet Jew听at the听听on March 7. He also delivered a named听听on March 24 on his new research project on contemporary fiction by Soviet-born听茅migr茅听Jewish writers in America.
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Prof. Senderovich's collaborative translation, with Harriet Murav, of Soviet Yiddish writer David Bergelson's novel听听[Mides-hadin] has been offered a contract by Northwestern University Press; the book, which will contain a critical introduction co-written by the translators as well as text notes, is scheduled to appear in 2017 in the听听series. Prof. Senderovich plans to incorporate this book into the syllabus for his CU Boulder course, "The Russian Jewish Experience."
His article, "Scenes of Encounter: The 'Soviet Jew' in Fiction by Russian Jewish American Writers" has been accepted for publication in听Prooftexts: A Journal of Jewish Literary History, where it's expected to be published in 2017. His essay "" on a new novel by the Russian Jewish American writer Boris Fishman appeared this March in the听Los Angeles Review of Books.听
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On February 25, he conducted a听听at an event organized jointly by the University of Connecticut's and the Charter Oak Cultural Center in Hartford, CT. He also guest taught a seminar on Gary Shteyngart's memoir听Little Failure听earlier the same day at UConn-Storrs.