Mikhail Vaiskopf is a distinguished scholar of Russian literature. In 1972, he repatriated to Israel, where, after serving in the army, he completed his graduate studies at the Hebrew University. He has taught Russian literature at Tel Aviv University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, as well as Jewish studies and Slavic studies at the Open University of Israel and the Jewish University in Moscow.

His publications include foundational studies on Gogol, as well as the monographs Vo ves’ logos, Pisatel’ Stalin, Ptitsa troika i kolesnitsa dushi, Pokryvalo Moiseia, Vliublyonnyi demiurg, and Agoniia i vozrozhdenie romantizma. Mikhail Vaiskopf also leads an interdisciplinary seminar in Jerusalem.

Vaiskopf’s new book explores Jewish themes in Russian culture, covering a broad range of topics—from Jewish influences on Slavic folklore to Judeophobic stereotypes in Russian Romanticism. A key section of the book is a monographic essay on Vladimir Jabotinsky as a literary figure, and the volume concludes with an essay on narrative structures in the Pentateuch.

Speakers at the presentation include:

Nina Rudnyk (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

Dmitry Segal (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

Anna Sergeeva-Klyatis (Brīvā Universitāte; Yad Vashem)

Join the online presentation via Zoom:

https://huji.zoom.us/j/82370896368?pwd=BcQz4xoYHXJJ5iPwPFrLWoZKO7TOtp.1

Recordings of our workshops:
Press here for the 21.05.
Press here for the 22.05.
Press here for the panel in Hebrew.