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PRESENTATIONS ON CAMPUS

Presentation on Ukraine and Russian, Office of Fellowships Fireplace Seminars, 2014

Presentation on the Septuagint version of the Book of Esther, Fiddler Hillel, February 28, 2014

Scholar in Residence, NU Chabad House, November, 2011

Scholar-in-residence, NU Fiddler Hillel, three presentations, May 14-15, 2010

Presentation on the Czech Torah Scroll and the Holocaust, Law School, April 8, 2010

Presentation at CICS on Lenin’s Jewish Question, January 14, 2010

Presentation at Willard Hall Fireplace on Lenin and his Jews, May 14, 2009

Presentation at Jewish Baccalaureate Graduation, June 15, 2007

Mediator at Alan Dershowitz’s presentation, Hillel Foundation, May 10, 2007

Mediator at Ra’anan Gissin’s presentation, Hillel Foundation, April, 2007

Presentation on Jews’ Encounter with Communism, 1920-1930: new approaches, CICS, February 23, 2007

Presentation on Judaic New Year, Hillel Foundation, September, 2006

Presentation on the Homiletics of Passover Liturgy, Hillel Foundation, April 2, 2006

Presentation at Frank Safford Political Science Seminar on Ukraine, CICS, May 17, 2005

Paper on Jews, Cabbages, and Kings: from Shabbat to Redemption, Chabad House, April 8, 2005

Paper on the Making of a Historian: Confessions, NU Hillel Foundation, April 27, 2004.

Paper on the Soviet Army Day and Soviet Popular Mentality, NU Hillel Foundation, February 23, 2004.

Paper on the Genocide in Ukraine, Penal Discussion, NU Norris Center, February 17, 2004.

ADVISING, EDITORIAL BOARD, AND PEER REVIEWING

MA in Jewish Studies, University Kyiv Mohyla Academy, Kyiv, Ukraine (program review)

Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv, Ukraine (program review)

Boston University (2015, tenure review)

Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel (tenure review)

Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel (tenure review)

Ariel College, Ariel, Israel (tenure review)

Sara Lawrence College, NY (tenure review)

Charleston College, Charleston, SC (tenure review)

Stanford University Press (since 2015), peer-review

Wayne State University Press (since 2014), peer-review

Cambridge University Press (since 2010, invited), peer-review

Memorial Foundation of Jewish Culture (since 2010), doctorate dissertation proposals, peer-review

Stanford University Press (since 2015), peer-review

European Association in the Humanities, peer-review (since 2011)

Slavic Review (Since 2010, invited), peer-review

Studies in Jewish-Christian Relations, e-journal (since 2010, invited), peer-review

Northwestern University Press (since 2009, invited), peer-review

National Endowment for the Humanities (since 2009), peer-review, member of the Selection Committee

The Journal of Jewish Identities (since 2009), peer-review

Brill Judeo-Slavic Book Series (since 2007), member of the editorial board, peer-review

Russian Review (since 2009, invited), peer-review

Canadian Slavonic Papers (since 2006, invited), peer-review

The Ukrainian Quarterly: a Journal of Ukrainian and International Affairs (since 2004; invited)

Ab Imperio (invited editor, no. 3, 2004), since 2006—peer-review

Religion Compass (since 2008, invited), peer-review

Israeli Academy of Sciences, peer-review

Tkuma International Journal for Holocaust Studies (since 2004; invited)

Princeton University Press, advising and consulting

Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, advising and consulting

Bedford/St. Martin’s Publishers, advising and consulting

Allyn & Bacon/Longman Publishers, advising and consulting

NURJ—Northwestern University Research Journal (since 2009, invited)

My Jewish Learning: trans-denominational on-line encyclopedia, co-editor (www.myjewishlearning,com)
SERVED ON EXAMINATION COMMITTEE OF GRADUATE STUDENTS
Alexander Fontana, Zachary Jacobson, Stefka Hadjiandonova, Erin-Marie Legacey,

Richard Lutjens, Meghann Pytka, Lev Daschko, Vanda Rajcan

DISSERTATION READER
Richard Lutjens, “Jews in Hiding in Nazi Berlin, 1941-1945”
Meghann Pytka (Northwestern University), “Policing Binary—Patrolling the Nation: Race and Gender in Polish

Integral Nationalism, from partitions to parliament (1883-1926)

Paul Radensky (Jewish Theological Seminary of America, NY): “Hasidism in the Age of Reform: A Biography

of Rabbi Duvidl ben Mordkhe Twersky of Tal’noye”

Joshua Shanes (University of Wisconsin/Madison): “National Regeneration in the Diaspora: Zionism, Politics,

and Jewish Identity in Late Habsburg Galicia, 1883—1907”

Arkadii Zeltser (Hebrew University, Jerusalem): “The Jews of North East Belorussia between Two World Wars

(1917—1941)”

Vassili Schedrin (Brandeis University): “Jewish Bureaucracy in Late Imperial Russia: A

Phenomenon of Expert Jews (uchenye evrei), 1850-1917”

MEMBERSHIP

The Sixteenth-Century Society (2011-present)

Association for the Study of Nationalities, New York (2010-2011)

International Association in the Humanities, Kharkiv, Ukraine (2009-present)

Ukrainian Jewish Encounter Initiative, Ottawa, Canada (2007-present)

Center for International and Comparative Studies (CICS) at NU, Evanston, Il (2003-present)

Free Ukrainian University, Munich, Germany (2008-present)

Association of Jewish Studies (AJS), New York (1996-2012)

World Association for Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, Israel (2001-2009)

Shevchenko Scientific Society (NTSh), New York, NY (2007-present)

Tkuma International Holocaust Center, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, and Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan

LANGUAGES

Native: Russian, Ukrainian

Fluent: English, Hebrew, Spanish

Semi-Fluent: Italian, Polish, German

Reading knowledge: Yiddish, Aramaic, Ladino, French, Portuguese, Belorussian, Latin
OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE

Chief Janitor, Central Telegraph, Kyiv, 1981—1983

Janitor, “Red Star” Hotel, Kyiv, 1980—1981

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