Marina Zilbergerts Bitzan

Ph.D. Candidate in Comparative Literature

Focal Groups:
Philosophy and Literature

Contact:

marinazb@stanford.edu

BIO:

Marina began her graduate studies in Comparative Literature at
Stanford in September 2011. She is interested in figurations of exile,
practices and theories of translation, and the intertextual
connections between modern Jewish literature and the Bible, Talmud,
and Midrash. She works on texts in Hebrew, Aramaic, Yiddish, and Russian. In her free time, she teaches Talmud and indulges
longstanding passions for metaphysics, quantum mechanics, and vegetarian cookery.

EDUCATION:

2011: M.A., Jewish Literature, Graduate Theological Union

Thesis: "Visions of Paradox: Redifining the Human in Modern Hebrew Literature on the Living Dead"

2009: B.A., Biology and Philosphy, Yeshiva University

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