Course Syllabus

Soviet Jewish Experience

This course offers an examination of the literature and cinema dealing with the experience of Jews from the end of the 19th century to the present, focusing on the late Imperial, the Soviet, and the post-Soviet periods; the experience of Jews in imperial-era and Soviet-era Ukraine will be particularly emphasized. We will study the cultural artifacts dealing with the challenges of co-existence of Jews and their neighbors in the Russian Empire; we will also consider experiences of and reflections on the Bolshevik Revolution, Stalinism, the Holocaust, the post-Stalin period; the place of Jews as individuals and members of a minority group within Russian and Soviet society, ideology, and culture; migration and emigration; everyday life in the Soviet Union, and among immigrant communities in America and elsewhere at the beginning of the 21st century.

All readings and discussions in English.

VLPA, I&S, DIV

The course syllabus is here: RUSS 427--JEW ST 427 Soviet Jewish Experience - Spring 2022.pdf

Contact the professor with any questions at senderov@uw.edu

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