Benjamin Jens

bcjens@wisc.edu

ABD, Entered PhD Program in Fall 2001

Previous Education:   BA in Russian & International Relations, UW-Madison, 1999

Research Interests:    Dostoevsky, Chekhov, Eastern Orthodoxy, Literature of the former Yugoslavia, Pan-Slavism, epic poetry, folktale

Hometown:    Kiel, WI

Minor, Related Field:   Folklore, Serbo-Croatian

Courses taught/positions held:  

TA in Russian 101
20th Century Russian Literature in Translation

Dissertation Topic:    Kenosis in Dostoevsky, Chekhov and Bely

Languages :    Russian, Serbo-Croatian

Conference presentations:  

"Silence in the Brothers Karamazov,"   AATSEEL-WI, 2002

Research - Study Abroad:  

1998-99, 2000 in Russia
Summer 2004 in Croatia

Related Activities- Interests:   Music, Film, Hockey, Travel