Video: Gary Shteyngart reflects on immigration, memory, and Russian Jews in the 2018 Stroum Lectures
Author Gary Shteyngart, in conversation with Professor Sasha Senderovich, shares stories from his memoir "Little Failure."
How Gary Shteyngart’s Russian Jewish past informs his literary present
Novelist Gary Shteyngart's Soviet-inflected humor is more relevant than ever in Trump's America.
Failure is an Option: Immigration, Memory, and the Russian Jewish Experience with Gary Shteyngart
The Stroum Center for Jewish Studies proudly announces its 2018 Samuel and Althea Stroum Lecture series with Gary Shteyngart. A decade and a half ago, with
2018 Stroum Lectures with Gary Shteyngart
Novelist Gary Shteyngart will explore questions of humor, identity, and politics in a series of conversations with Professor Sasha Senderovich.
Sasha Senderovich releases new translation of Yiddish novel “Judgment”
Professor Sasha Senderovich's new translation of David Bergelson's Yiddish novel sheds light on "the death of the shtetl" during the 1920 Russian Civil War.
Finding Chagall in Belarus
Galya Diment on the scene in Vitebsk, Marc Chagall's favorite town.
Fresh Takes on Jewish Studies at 5/2 Grad Symposium
Overview and full schedule of the May 2 research showcase for our five fantastic Graduate Fellows.
From the American Midwest to the Jewish-Soviet Crossroads
How Graduate Fellow Cyrus Rodgers found his way from a Midwest childhood to the complex work of Jewish-Soviet writers like Isaac Babel.