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Burnstein is designing this project to be a global cultural history, spanning a transnational geography that includes Russia, Galicia, the former Hapsburg Empire, the United States, and Israel.&nbsp; He hopes to turn his analysis on himself and interrogate his own romanticization of the Shtetl and understand how the shame and pride of his family\u2019s own <em>shtetlekh<\/em> origins have helped fuel their own understandings of their identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Advisor<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/frances-tanzer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Frances Tanzer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Education:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>B.A., Whitman College, Washington, 2020<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>M.S., University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2022<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fellowships:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.claimscon.org\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Claims Conference Fellow (The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany)<\/a> , 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Albert M. 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