Sasha Senderovich, Assistant Professor of Russian Studies and Jewish Studies, spent the Spring 2016 on research leave听as a Harry Starr Fellow in Judaica at the . During his fellowship, he continued work on his forthcoming book,听How the Soviet Jew Was Made: Culture and Mobility After the Revolution.听
In April, Prof. Senderovich participated in the international scholarly workshop on "New Directions in Russian Jewish Studies," co-organized by the and the at Brandeis University. He also gave a lecture at Harvard University's Center for Jewish Studies on "Scenes of Encounter: The 'Soviet Jew' in Contemporary Russian Jewish American Fiction." He also gave a lecture,听听at the .听