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, Assistant Professor of Russian Studies and Jewish Studies, is spending the current semester on research leaveÌýas a Harry Starr Fellow in Judaica at the Center for Jewish Studies at Harvard ³Ô¹ÏÍø.

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Prof. Senderovich presented a chapter of his book in progress,ÌýSeekers of Happiness: Mobility, Culture, and the Creation of the Soviet JewÌýat theÌýÌýon March 7. He also delivered a namedÌýÌýon March 24 on his new research project on contemporary fiction by Soviet-bornÌýémigréÌýJewish writers in America.

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Prof. Senderovich's collaborative translation, with Harriet Murav, of Soviet Yiddish writer David Bergelson's novelÌýÌý[Mides-hadin] has been offered a contract by Northwestern ³Ô¹ÏÍø 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 theÌýÌýseries. Prof. Senderovich plans to incorporate this book into the syllabus for his CU Boulder course, "."

His article, "Scenes of Encounter: The 'Soviet Jew' in Fiction by Russian Jewish American Writers" has been accepted for publication inÌýProoftexts: 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 theÌýLos Angeles Review of Books.Ìý

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On February 25, he conducted aÌýÌýat an event organized jointly by the ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Connecticut's and the Charter Oak Cultural Center in Hartford, CT. He also guest taught a seminar on Gary Shteyngart's memoirÌýLittle FailureÌýearlier the same day at UConn-Storrs.