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ANDREW D. KAUFMAN, Ph.D.
Lecturer
Dept. of Slavic Languages and Literatures, 109 Cabell Hall
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 22902
Mobile: 818 723 2009 akaufman@virginia.edu
EDUCATION
STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL
OF HUMANITIES AND SCIENCES (1991-1998)
Ph. D. in Slavic Languages and Literatures (1998); Dissertation: "The Searching Subject in Tolstoy's The Cossacks, War and Peace, and Hadji-Murat."
M.A. in Russian (1994); Masters Thesis: "Separation and Unity in Tolstoy's Hadji-Murat."
Areas of Concentration: Nineteenth-Century Prose; Russian Novel; Tolstoy; Dostoevsky; Chekhov.
Related Fields: Intellectual History; Russian and East European Studies; Literary Theory.
AMHERST COLLEGE (1987-1991)
Bachelor of Arts degree summa cum laude in Russian (1991); Senior Honors Thesis: "The Phenomenon of Pechorin in Mikhail Lermontov's A Hero of Our Time."
Secondary Areas of Interest: German; English; History; Philosophy.
PUSHKIN LANGUAGE INSTITUTE, MOSCOW, RUSSIA (1989)
American Council of Teachers of Russian Study Abroad Program; Completed intensive course of study concentrating on Russian language, culture, and social studies.
MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY (1990)
Faculty of Philology, Department of Soviet Literature; One of first Americans to be accepted at the university based on independent application; Completed independently designed, intensive course of study with a focus on nineteenth- and twentieth-century Russian and Russian Soviet literature and culture.
ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS
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Rhodes Scholarship National Finalist
For outstanding academic achievement and outstanding leadership potential; Only student nominated by Amherst College in 1991 to represent college at nation-wide competition.
Northern California Association Phi Beta Kappa Graduate Scholarship
Given annually to the ten outstanding graduate students in Northern California; Only Phi Beta Kappa members eligible to apply, Stanford University (1995).
Graduate Fellow in Slavic Languages and Literatures
One of four selected annually from international pool, Stanford University (1991).
Phi Beta Kappa Society Initiation
For outstanding academic achievement in the liberal arts, Amherst College (1991).
Mikhail Schweitzer Book Award
Given annually "to the student who, in the judgment of the Russian Department, most shares Misha Schweitzer's love of Russian literature and culture," Amherst College (1991).
Amherst Memorial Fellow
Given annually to "students of character, scholarly promise, and intellectual curiosity…in memory of Amherst graduates who gave their lives for an ideal," Amherst College (1991).
Consulate General Prize for Academic Achievement in German Literature
Awarded annually to one student for the best paper written in the German department, Amherst College (1991).
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ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS
Tolstoy and the Quest for Perfection in an Imperfect World. Book about the poetics of Tolstoy's representation of the human quest for existential meaning; The relationship between Tolstoy's poetics and his metaphysics, his art and his ideology; Tolstoy's fascination with both the limitations and possibilities of human consciousness; Tolstoy's use of the genre of the novel and its antecedents in Russian literature; Tentative thesis: Tolstoy used the genre of the novel to create an all-encompassing vision of life, which celebrates human possibility over limitation, and which celebrates the extraordinary in the ordinary flow of everyday life; Estimated date of completion: 2006.
"Existential Quest and Artistic Possibility in Tolstoy's The Cossacks," Slavonic and East European Review, Vol. 83, No. 2 (2005): pp. 208-233.
"Microcosm and Macrocosm in War and Peace: The Interrelationship of Poetics and Metaphysics," Slavic and East European Journal, Vol. 43, No. 3(1999): pp. 495-510.
"Perceptions of the Real, Visions of the Ideal: Nikolai Strakhov's Engagement with War and Peace," under consideration, Slavic and East European Journal.
CONFERENCE PAPERS AND OTHER ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS
"Tolstoy's Hadji-Murat as Retrospective and Recreation"
To be presented at the Southern Conference on Slavic Studies (2006).
Discussant Paper: "Gender, Meaning and Modernity in Tolstoy's Prose"
Tolstoy Panel, AATSEEL Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (December 2005).
Chair and Discussant
"Dramatizing History: Tom Stoppard's Trilogy, The Coast of Utopia. AATSEEL Annual Meeting, San Diego (December 2003).
"The Interrelationship of Poetics and Metaphysics in Tolstoy's War and Peace"
Talk given to faculty and students of Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Yale University (March, 1999).
"Prince Andrew at Schoen Grabern"
Conference paper given at the Annual California Graduate Student Slavic Conference, Berkeley, Ca. (April 1998).
"The Dialogue of Self in Tolstoy and Dostoevsky"
Conference paper given at the Annual Conference of the Association of Literary Scholars and Critics, San Francisco, Ca. (November 1997).
"Tolstoy, Nietzsche, and the Problem of Morality"
Conference paper given at the Annual California Graduate Student Slavic Conference, Berkeley, Ca. (April 1996).
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
VISITING LECTURER
DEPARTMENT OF SLAVIC LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA (JAN 2005-MAY 2006)
Undergraduate survey courses and seminars:
"Fourth Year Russian"
"Survey of Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature: The Search for the Self in the Russian Classics"
"All that Glitters: The Meaning of Money in the Russian Mind, Past and Present"
"Tycoons, Tyrants, and Tortured Souls in Russian Literature"
"Struggles with Authority in the Russian Novel, 1861-1922"
Graduate seminars:
"An Extraordinary Ordinariness: Anton Chekhov and the Creation of Modern Realist Theater"
"Tolstoy's Art and the Art of Reading Tolstoy"
"The Russian Short Story"
INSTRUCTOR and ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR
DEPARTMENT OF SLAVIC LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES
STANFORD UNIVERSITY (1993-95)
"First year Russian" (developed and taught course in its entirety)
"Struggles with Authority in the Russian Novel, 1861-1922" (co-taught with faculty instructor)
INSTRUCTOR
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY EXTENSION (1999)
"Russia through the Eyes of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky"
INSTRUCTOR, CONTINUING STUDIES PROGRAM
STANFORD UNIVERSITY (1998)
"Russia through the Eyes of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky"
SEMINAR CREATOR/INSTRUCTOR
KTK CONSULTING GROUP (INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT STRATEGY CONSULTANCY)
(SUMMERS 1993-98)
"How to Survive and Thrive in the Wild, Wild East," Seminar about the essentials of Russian culture for American executives doing business in Russia.
VOLUNTEER OUTREACH INSTRUCTOR
FOUNDATION FOR GLOBAL COMMUNITY (1991-93)
"The Experience of Modernity in the Russian Classics," Series of outreach courses designed for enrichment of local community professionals, Palo Alto, Ca. (1991-93).
TEACHING HONORS AND AWARDS
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Centennial Teaching Award
Given annually to Stanford's outstanding graduate student instructors, Stanford University (1994).
Liaison to the Stanford Center for Teaching and Learning
Elected by students and faculty of the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Stanford University (1995).
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PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages
American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies
Central Association of Russian Teachers of America
American Association of Literary Scholars and Critics
LANGUAGES
English-native fluency
Russian-near native fluency
German-speak, read, write fluently
French-speak, read, write
PUBLICATIONS FOR A GENERAL AUDIENCE
Russian for Dummies, co-author (with Serafima Gettys), John Wiley and Sons, forthcoming, spring 2006. Introductory Russian language and culture textbook.
"Levin's Life Lessons" Oprah's Book Club, Oprah.com, August 2004.
"Finding Inspiration in Tolstoy's War and Peace," Oprah's Book Club, Oprah.com, August 2004.
"Offering a Critique of the Critic: One Shouldn't Choose Antagonism Over Analysis," "Opinion and Commentary," Las Vegas Review Journal, Sunday, March 28, 2004.
"Idei sil'nee, chem tanki" ["Ideas are Stronger than Tanks: An American Responds to a Russian Crisis"], Gorizont, Alma-Ata (1991); in Russian.
"Pis'mo russkomu avtoliubiteliu ot amerikanskogo studenta, vspominaiushchego ikh 'sluchainnuiu' vstrechu" ["Letter to a Russian Cabbie from an American Student, Recalling Their 'Accidental' Encounter"], Iunost', Moscow (1991); in Russian.
MEDIA APPEARANCES
AND PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
DEMOCRACY NOW!
Personal Interview; Discussed universal significance of Tolstoy and his War and Peace on nationally broadcast television show.
(http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/12/06/152225)
PACIFICA RADIO NETWORK
Actor and Tolstoy scholar for national talk radio program. Performed dramatic reading from Tolstoy's War and Peace and presented scholarly talk about the novel during 18-hour national broadcast (heard on 400+ radio stations nationally), December 6, 2005.
OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB
Russian Literature Expert for internationally renowned book club with 1,000,000+ members. Was commissioned to create multi-media educational content for www.oprah.com to help make Tolstoy relevant to a contemporary American audience; Wrote articles and created an original "Audio Pronunciation Guide to Russian Characters' Names in Anna Karenina," Chicago, Ill. (2004).
SILVER RAIN RADIO (Serebryannyi Dozhd')
"Amerikanskii Korrespondent" ("American Correspondent"). Periodic guest on national Russian radio talk show; Discussed (in Russian) American political, social, and economic issues, and current American perceptions of Russia, Moscow, Russia (2000).
TOASTMASTERS INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNICATION AND LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
Received Best Inspirational Speech Award for "Why Russian Literature Matters" (1999) at regional public speaking competition, Stanford, Ca. (1997-present).
Elected President, Stanford Chapter, 1999.
THEATER TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
The Stella Adler Academy of Acting
Chekhov, Stanislavsky, Russian influences on American theater, scene study (2003-04).
The Lee Strasberg Acting Studio
Intensive Method acting training, including sense memory workouts, imagination exercises, emotional and affective memory work, monologue and scene study, Los Angeles, Ca. (2002-03).
American Academy of Dramatic Arts
Intensive dramatic conservatory training with courses in acting, dance, voice and speech, the Greek and Roman classics, Shakespeare, and musical theater, Los Angeles, Ca. (2001-02).
Professional and Community Theater
Performed Lopakhin in "The Cherry Orchard," Treplev in "Seagull," York in "Henry VI," Angie the Ox in "Guys and Dolls," Captain in "Mister Roberts," Leo Gordon in "Paradise Lost," Agate in "Waiting for Lefty," Phillip in "Orphans," Eddie Gordon in "Conversations with My Father," Mel in "Prisoner of Second Avenue," Father in "The Dining Room," and Howard in "Picnic" (1999-present).
BUSINESS EXPERIENCE IN RUSSIA
Associate Consultant, Bain and Company
Associate Consultant (one of two selected for Moscow office in nationwide competition); Member of case team devoted to turnaround strategy for a Russian salt manufacturer; Formally presented in Russian recommendations to Russian client for repositioning strategy, Moscow, Russia (Summer 1995).
Founding and Managing Partner, KTK Consulting Group
International management strategy consultancy for Western firms doing business in Russia; Managed budget of $50,000 and staff of seven; Performed market research and analysis in Russia; Made strategic business introductions in Russia for American clients; Led seminars on essentials of Russian business culture, Moscow, Russia (Summers 1993-94, 1996-98).
PERSONAL
Have traveled widely in Middle East, Far East, F. S. U., and Europe.
Avid athlete-Squash: Member of Varsity team at Amherst College, California State Champion (1992); Tennis: Member of Varsity team at Amherst College
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