# Julie Cassiday

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| thesis_title       = The Theater of the World and the Theater of State: Drama and the Show Trial in Early Soviet Russia
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'''Julie A. Cassiday''' is an American literary scholar and Willcox B. and Harriet M. Adsit Professor of Russian at [Williams College](/source/Williams_College). She is known for her expertise in [comparative literature](/source/comparative_literature). Cassiday is a former president of the [Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies](/source/Association_for_Slavic%2C_East_European%2C_and_Eurasian_Studies).<ref>{{cite web |title=Julie A. Cassiday |url=https://dlcl.stanford.edu/people/julie-cassiday |website=dlcl.stanford.edu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Julie A Cassiday |url=https://sites.events.concordia.ca/sites/iccees/en/iccees2020/people/389/Julie%20A%20Cassiday}}</ref>

In 2024, her book ''Russian Style! Performing Gender in Putin’s Russia'' was shortlisted for the [Pushkin House Russian Book Prize](/source/Pushkin_House_Russian_Book_Prize), <ref>{{cite web
 |title=Julie A. Cassiday’s ‘Russian Style: Performing Gender, Power and Putinism’ Shortlisted for Pushkin House Book Prize
 |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/06/12/julie-a-cassidays-russian-style-performing-gender-power-and-putinism-shortlisted-for-pushkin-house-book-prize-a85381
 |website=The Moscow Times
 |publisher=The Moscow Times
 |date=12 June 2024
 |access-date=19 February 2026
}}</ref> and won The Svetlana Boym Best Book in Cultural Studies prize by [AATSEEL](/source/AATSEEL).<ref>{{cite web
 |title=Book Prize Winners for 2024
 |url=https://www.aatseel.org/about/prizes/recent-recipients/book-prize-winners-for-2024.htm
 |website=American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AATSEEL)
 |publisher=AATSEEL
 |date=2024
 |access-date=19 February 2026
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==Books==
* ''Russian Performances: Word, Object, Action''. Co-edited with [Julie A. Buckler](/source/Julie_A._Buckler) and Boris Wolfson, University of Wisconsin Press, 2018
* ''The Enemy on Trial: Early Soviet Courts on Stage and Screen'', Northern Illinois University Press 2000 (Russian translation, Academic Studies Press 2021)
* ''Russian Style! Performing Gender in Putin’s Russia'', University of Wisconsin Press, 2024

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==External links==
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* [https://russian.williams.edu/profile/jcassida/ Cassiday at Williams College]
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