Associate Professor Contact Information bjhenry@uw.edu PDL A-211 Office Hours Summer 2025: By appointment only Fields of Interest 19th Century 20th Century Classics Comedy Comic Theory Drama Folklore and Mythology Jewish Studies Literature Russian Yiddish Biography D.Phil., Russian Literature, Oxford University, 1997 Curriculum Vitae (62.1 KB) Research Selected Research Inventing the Modern Yiddish Stage: Essays on Drama, Performance, and Show Business. Co-edited with Joel Berkowitz, Wayne State University Press, 2012. Barbara Henry. Rewriting Russia: Jacob Gordin's Yiddish Drama, University of Washington Press, 2011. Barbara Henry. "Tolstoy on the Lower East Side: Di Kreytser Sonata." Tolstoy Studies Journal 16 (2005): 1-19. Research Advised Muskheli, Veronica. Narration’s Warp and Weft: East Slavic Folktales and Short Stories about Mothers and Daughters. Diss., 2021. Courses Taught Autumn 2025RUSS 110 A: Introduction to Russian Culture and Civilization Spring 2025RUSS 322 A: The Golden Age: Nineteenth Century Russian Literature and Culture RUSS 522 A: Russian Literature of the Nineteenth Century Winter 2025GLITS 251 A: Introduction to Global Literatures: Cross-Cultural Themes RUSS 260 A: Underworlds Autumn 2024RUSS 110 A: Introduction to Russian Culture and Civilization Spring 2024GLITS 252 D: Introduction to Global Literatures: Literary Genres Across Time and Place RUSS 324 A: Russian Folk Literature in English Winter 2024GLITS 251 A: Introduction to Global Literatures: Cross-Cultural Themes RUSS 260 A: Underworlds Autumn 2023RUSS 110 A: Introduction to Russian Culture and Civilization Spring 2023GLITS 251 B: Introduction to Global Literatures: Cross-Cultural Themes RUSS 260 A: Underworlds Winter 2023RUSS 322 A: The Golden Age: Nineteenth Century Russian Literature and Culture RUSS 522 A: Russian Literature of the Nineteenth Century Autumn 2022RUSS 110 A: Introduction to Russian Culture and Civilization Spring 2022RUSS 324 A: Russian Folk Literature in English Winter 2022RUSS 260 A: Underworlds RUSS 322 A: The Golden Age: Nineteenth Century Russian Literature and Culture RUSS 522 A: Russian Literature of the Nineteenth Century Resources & Related Links "So, Why Yiddish?" Affiliations Home Department Slavic Languages & Literatures Related Departments Arts & Sciences Professional Affiliations ASEEES, AATSEEL, AJS Related News Related News Henry's new course (RUSS 120/C LIT 251) explores Underworlds (November 21, 2013) Henry’s latest book reviewed (October 11, 2012) Henry’s book reviewed in The Jewish Daily Forward (April 30, 2012) Henry’s new book (October 6, 2011)
