Eliot Borenstein is professor of Russian and Slavic Studies at New York University. His main interests are Russian contemporary literature and cultural studies, conspiracy theories, Internet culture.[1]
1988: B.A. (Russian language and literature), Oberlin College[1]
1989:M.A. (Slavic languages and literatures),University of Wisconsin–Madison[1]
1993: Ph.D. (Slavic languages and literatures), University of Wisconsin–Madison[1]
Borenstein joined the NYU Faculty of Arts and Science’s Department of Russian & Slavic Studies in 1995. Before that he was Assistant Professor at the University of Virginia (1993–95), the residential director for study-away programs in Moscow and St. Petersburg, and was the director of the Fulbright Program for the Russian Federation. he is Vice Chancellor and Vice Provost for Global Programs at New York University.[2]
2001 AATSEEL book prize
2008 AWSS Heldt Prize
"...analyzes Russian national myths and disturbingly popular beliefs in the internet age"... "Borenstein demonstrates how a sense of historical loss and post-1989 political traumas have shaped a significant part of Russian political consciousness in the 21st century."
2020 Wayne S. Vucinich book prize[3] and 2020 AATSEEL book prize
The book is about Soviet nostalgia in Russian literary fiction[4]