Eliot Borenstein

American Slavist

Eliot Borenstein[a] is professor of Russian and Slavic Studies at New York University. His main interests are Russian contemporary literature and cultural studies, conspiracy theories, Internet culture.[2]

1988: B.A. (Russian language and literature), Oberlin College[2]
1989:M.A. (Slavic languages and literatures),University of Wisconsin–Madison [2]
1993: Ph.D. (Slavic languages and literatures), University of Wisconsin–Madison[2]

Borenstein joined the NYU Faculty of Arts and Science’s Department of Russian & Slavic Studies in 1995. Before that he was Assistant Professor at the University of Virginia (1993-95),[3] the residential director for study-away programs in Moscow and St. Petersburg, and was the director of the Fulbright Program for the Russian Federation. As of 2024[update] he is Vice Chancellor and Vice Provost for Global Programs at New York University.[4]

Books

  • Men without Women: Masculinity and Revolution in Russian Fiction, 1917-1929
    2001 AATSEEL book prize
  • Overkill: Sex and Violence in Contemporary Russian Popular Culture
    2008 AWSS Heldt Prize
  • Plots against Russia: Conspiracy and Fantasy after Socialism
    "...analyzes Russian national myths and disturbingly popular beliefs in the internet age"... "Borenstein demonstrates how a sense of historical loss and post-1989 political traumas have shaped a significant part of Russian political consciousness in the 21st century."[5]
    2020 Wayne S. Vucinich book prize[5] and 2020 AATSEEL book prize
  • 2020: Pussy Riot: Speaking Punk to Power
  • 2023:Marvel Comics in the 1970s: The World Inside Your Head
  • 2022:Meanwhile, in Russia…: Russian Internet Memes and Viral Video
  • 2023:Soviet-Self-Hatred: The Secret Identities of Postsocialism
  • 2023:HBO’s The Leftovers: Mourning and Melancholy on Premium Cable
  • 2024: Unstuck in Time: On the Post-Soviet Uncanny
    The book is about Soviet nostalgia in Russian literary fiction[6]
  • 2024: Harry Potter in Russia: The Politics of Enchantment under Putin, and Russian Culture under Putin

Honors

Notes

  1. ^ The surname is pronounced rhyming with “Foreign wine”[1]

References

  1. ^ https://www.eliotborenstein.net/about
  2. ^ a b c d Eliot Borenstein, a NYU profile
  3. ^ a b c d Eliot Borenstein a Guggenheim Foundation profile
  4. ^ Vice Chancellor and Vice Provost for Global Programs
  5. ^ a b 2020 RECIPIENT / Eliot Borenstein / Plots against Russia: Conspiracy and Fantasy after Socialism
  6. ^ https://www.eliotborenstein.net/unstuck-in-time

External links

  • https://www.eliotborenstein.net/
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