- Source: Eliot Borenstein
Eliot Borenstein 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.
1988: B.A. (Russian language and literature), Oberlin College
1989:M.A. (Slavic languages and literatures),University of Wisconsin–Madison
1993: Ph.D. (Slavic languages and literatures), University of Wisconsin–Madison
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), 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 he is Vice Chancellor and Vice Provost for Global Programs at New York University.
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."
2020 Wayne S. Vucinich book prize 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
2024: Harry Potter in Russia: The Politics of Enchantment under Putin, and Russian Culture under Putin
Honors
2009 Guggenheim Fellowship.
1999: Fulbright Fellowship
1999, 2005: Golden Dozen Teaching Awards
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External links
https://www.eliotborenstein.net/