Vladimir I. Khazan

Khazan

DSc in Philosophy, 

Professor at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem

 

PhD thesis:

The Theme of Death in the Russian Poetry of the 20th Century (S. Esenin, M. Tsvetaeva, A. Akhmatova)

DSc Thesis:

Poetry of the Silver Age: Themes and Poetics

Research interests:

History of Russian literature of the 20th century (at home and abroad); problems of the Russian-Jewish cultural dialogue. 

Professional Service:

  • Member of the Academic Council of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Member of the Academic Council of the magazine “Sdvig/Shift” (Naples)
  • Member of the Editorial Board of the academic series “Emigrantica” (IWL RAS, Moscow)

Awards and distinctions:

Professor Emeritus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Teaching Activity:

Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Russian and Slavic Studies, the author of the project “School of the Humanities University Knowledge”.

 

Academic publications — over 200 publications.

Monographs

  • Problems of S. Esenin’s Poetics. Moscow; Grozny, 1988. 185 pp.
  • The Theme of Death in Lyric Cycles of the Russian Poets of the 20th Century (S. Esenin, M. Tsvetaeva, A. Akhmatova). Grozny, Chechen State University, 1992. 171 pp.
  • O. Mandelshtam and A. Akhmatova: Outlines of Dialogue. Grozny, Chechen State University, 1992. 277 p.
  • Dovid Knout: The Fate and Creative Work. Lyon, Centre d’Études Slaves André Lirondelle; Université Jean-Moulin, 2000. 209 p.
  • Problems of Russian-Jewish Literary Dialogue of the 20th Century. Jerusalem, Gesharim; Moscow, Mosty kul’tury Publ., 2001. 431 p.
  • Petersburg in the Poetry of Russian Emigration (the first and second waves). Introduction, preparation of the text, and commentaries by R. Timenchik and V. Khazan. St. Petersburg, Akademicheskii proekt Publ., 2006. 847 p.
  • The Odyssey of Captain Boevsky: A Russian Sailor in the Holy Land. Moscow, Dom evreiskoi knigi Publ., 2007. 422 p.
  • Pinchas Rutenberg: From Terrorist to Zionist. In two volumes. Jerusalem, Gesharim; Moscow, Mosty kul’tury Publ., 2008. 976 p.
  • Osip Dymov. I Remembered and Wanted to Relate...: From the Memoir and Epistolary Heritage: In two volumes, vol. 1: This Is What I Remember / Transl. from Yiddish by M. Lemster; Ed. with a preface and commentaries by V. Khazan. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Center of Slavic Languages and Literatures, 2011. 714 p.
  • Osip Dymov. I Remembered and Wanted to Relate...: From the Memoir and Epistolary Heritage: In two volumes, vol. 2: Friends and Fellow Artists / Compilation and commentaries by V. Khazan. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Center of Slavic Languages and Literatures, 2011. 566 p.
  • Cure for the Incurable: An Epistolary Dialogue between Lev Shestov and Max Eitingon. Moscow, Vodolei Publ., 2014. 278 p. (with E. Il'ina)
  • The Life and Work of Andrei Sobol, or the Story of How Everything Turned out the Other Way Around. St. Petersburg, Izdatel'stvo imeni N.I. Novikova; Galina skripsit Publ., 2015. 912 p.
  • “A Double Burden, a Double Cross”: Andrei Sobol as a Russian-Jewish Writer. Boston, Academic Studies Press, 2017. 179 p.

Collective Works (Editor)

  • From Shalom Aleichem to Ivan Bunin, ed. V. Khazan. Jerusalem, Studio Click, 2022. 686 p. (Series “Russian History and Culture in the Archives of Israel”, Book I)
  • Margolin Yu. Journey to the Land of the Convict; the Road to the West; Poetry, comp. and ed. by M. Shauli, with introd. by V. Khazan. Jerusalem, Studio Click Ltd Publ., 2023. 704 p. (Series “Russian History and Culture in the Archives of Israel”, Book II, Part 1)
  • Margolin Yu. Letters, comp. and ed. by V. Khazan. Jerusalem, Studio Click Ltd, 2024. 750 p. (Series “Russian History and Culture in the Archives of Israel”, Book II, Part 2)

Selected Essays

  • “Andrei Sobol’ in Odessa.” Moria, no. 8, 2007, pp. 145–178.
  • “Pinchas Rutenberg, Odessa 1919.” Moria, no. 7, 2007, pp. 120–145.
  • “‘Was Everything in Reality?’ (Commentary for the One Literary-Biographical Mystification).” A Century’s Perspective: Essays on Russian Literature in Honor of Olga Raevsky Hughes and Robert P. Hughes. Stanford, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures Stanford University, 2006), pp. 464–489. (Series “Stanford Slavic Studies”)
  • “Between Russia and Palestine (Materials on P. Rutenberg’s Biography from his Israeli Archive.” Jews and Slavs. Vol. 17: The Russian Word in the Land of Israel, the Jewish Word in Russia. Jerusalem, 2006. pp. 55–77.
  • “On One Incredible Discussion, or Berlin Impulses of Jabotinsky’s Novel ‘Samson Nazorei’.” Russian Berlin, 1920–1945. Moscow, Russkii put' Publ., 2006, pp. 239–262.
  • “A Jewish Accent of the Eurasian Movement.” Quadrivium: Festschrift Professor W. Moskovich. Jerusalem, s.n., 2006, pp. 339–346.