University of Wisconsin–Madison

Month: February 2024

SEEJ Symposium on Rethinking Pedagogical Practices

The Winter 2023 issue of the Slavic and East European Journal, just published, features a symposium titled “Rethinking Pedagogical Practices at the Nexus of Pandemic and War: Technology, Access, Equity, Inclusion, and Representation in Our Field.” The symposium was coordinated by UW-Madison Professor Karen Evans-Romaine and Slavic Studies PhD alum Shannon Donnally Quinn (Michigan State …

President’s AATSEEL 2024 Roundtable on Representation in Slavic Studies

At the February 2024 national meeting of the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AATSEEL), which took place in Las Vegas, UW-Madison Professor Karen Evans-Romaine, who is the current president of the organization, convened a roundtable titled “Representation in Slavic Studies: What are teaching? Why? To whom?,” and a number of …

ACTR Elects New Board Members

Congratulations to Aselle Almuratova, a current PhD student in our Slavic Studies program, who was recently elected to serve on the board of the American Council of Teachers of Russian as its graduate student representative. Also elected to serve on the board is José Vergara, a 2016 PhD alum of our graduate program who now …

Professor Wodzyński Receives Prestigious Award

Slavic Studies congratulates Assistant Professor Łukasz Wodzyński on winning the award for Best Article published in the Slavic and East European Journal for 2023. The article is titled “In Search of Wild Beaches: Adventure in Michał Witkowski’s Lovetown,” and we previously profiled it here. Congratulations, Łukasz!

Congratulations to Marsel Khamitov on TA Award!

Slavic Studies extends congratulations to Marsel Khamitov on winning the Letters & Science Early Excellence in Teaching Award. Mr. Khamitov was selected “from among a field of outstanding nominees” and the award “speaks to [his] impressive contribution to the educational mission of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.”

Award-Winning Polish Poet Julia Fiedorczuk Comes to UW–Madison

In the last few years, global crises have disrupted the lives of millions of people, including a pandemic, Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, and the climate crisis. This month, the UW–Madison Polish Program is hosting a meeting with Julia Fiedorczuk, a contemporary Polish poet and author whose work deals with these issues. Please join us for …

Václav Havel’s Meanings: His Key Words and Their Legacy

This volume, co-edited by David S. Danaher in GNS+ and Kieran Williams from Drake University, has been published by Prague-based Karolinum Press with North American distribution through University of Chicago Press starting this May. The volume seeks to understand how certain words in Havel’s thought serve as intellectual touchstones around which his larger message takes …