Instructor: ASYA PERELTSVAIG

ASYA PERELTSVAIG

Asya Pereltsvaig received a Ph.D. in Linguistics from McGill University and taught at Yale and Stanford, and has been teaching in lifelong education programs since 2010. Her expertise is in language and history, and the relationship between them. Her most recent book, Languages of the World: An Introduction, 3rd edition (2020) was published by Cambridge University Press. Asya is a popular instructor for several Osher Lifelong Learning Institute programs around the country. She was the faculty host for a trip to the Baltic countries and St. Petersburg in July 2017.

ASYA PERELTSVAIG is currently teaching:

Class Title	Semester	Date(s)	Program
Russia Beyond Russians	Spring	Online, Starting: 1/23/25	Osher Lifelong Learning

ASYA PERELTSVAIG has previously taught:

• Language Myths Debunked!
• The Last of the Romanovs: Russia on the Eve of the Revolution
• Putin's Russia: Two Years into the War
• History of the English Language
• "From Russia With Love": Experiencing Russia Through Film