Associate Professor Contact Information bjhenry@uw.edu PDL A-211 Office Hours Autumn 2024: Thursdays 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. online 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 Winter 2025GLITS 251 A: Introduction to Global Literatures: Cross-Cultural ThemesRUSS 260 A: UnderworldsAutumn 2024RUSS 110 A: Introduction to Russian Culture and CivilizationSpring 2024GLITS 252 D: Introduction to Global Literatures: Literary Genres Across Time and PlaceRUSS 324 A: Russian Folk Literature in EnglishWinter 2024GLITS 251 A: Introduction to Global Literatures: Cross-Cultural ThemesRUSS 260 A: UnderworldsAutumn 2023RUSS 110 A: Introduction to Russian Culture and CivilizationSpring 2023GLITS 251 B: Introduction to Global Literatures: Cross-Cultural ThemesRUSS 260 A: UnderworldsWinter 2023RUSS 322 A: The Golden Age: Nineteenth Century Russian Literature and CultureRUSS 522 A: Russian Literature of the Nineteenth CenturyAutumn 2022RUSS 110 A: Introduction to Russian Culture and CivilizationSpring 2022RUSS 324 A: Russian Folk Literature in EnglishWinter 2022RUSS 260 A: UnderworldsRUSS 322 A: The Golden Age: Nineteenth Century Russian Literature and CultureRUSS 522 A: Russian Literature of the Nineteenth CenturyAutumn 2021RUSS 110 A: Introduction to Russian Culture and Civilization 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)
