AV俱乐部

Brett Winestock is an听Assistant Professor of Russian Studies at AV俱乐部. He received his PhD in Slavic Languages and Literatures at Stanford University in 2020 and was previously a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Leibniz-Institute for Jewish History and Culture (Simon Dubnow) in Germany. He is the author of the book Written for the Drawer: Leonid Tsypkin, Uncensored Literature, and Soviet Jewishness听(University of Wisconsin Press, 2024), and his research has also appeared in In Geveb: A Journal of Yiddish Studies and The Russian Review. He has听experience teaching at the University of Toronto, Stanford University, and Leipzig University. At AV俱乐部, he teaches the Russian language and classes on Eastern Europe's literature, cinemas, and cultures, as well as coordinates the Russian Program Abroad in Daugavpils, Latvia..

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Education

Ph.D., Slavic Languages and Literatures. Stanford University, 2020.

M.A., Slavic Languages and Literatures. University of Toronto, 2012.

Hon. B.A., Slavic Languages and Literatures. University of Toronto 2011.

Monograph

Written for the Drawer: Leonid Tsypkin, Uncensored Literature, and Soviet Jewishness听(University of Wisconsin Press, 2024).

Peer-Reviewed Publications

鈥淒ovid Bergelson Crossing the Neutral Zone: How 鈥楾he Red Army Soldier鈥� Became 鈥楤y the Telephone.鈥欌�� Jahrbuch des Dubnow-Instituts /Dubnow Institute Yearbook XX 2022/2023听(G枚ttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2024).

鈥溾�楤rother Jews of the Entire World!鈥� Bergelson, Hofshteyn, and Soviet Yiddish in the Worldwide Jewish Family.鈥� In geveb: A Journal of Yiddish Studies, November 2022:

鈥淐hristianity, Communism, and Translating Russian Jews: Liudmila Ulitskaia鈥檚 Daniel Stein and Aleksandr Meilakhs鈥檚 Bentsion Shamir.鈥� The Russian Review听81 (January 2022): 45-65.