Wisconsin Slavic Conference 2022 Organized by Assel Almuratova, Jesse Kruschke, and Isabella Palange, this year’s Wisconsin Slavic Conference was held on March 25-26. We thank Prof. Joanna Niżyńska (Indiana University), who gave an inspiring keynote talk titled “Polish-Jewish Memory Fifty Years after March ’68: A Challenge Map,” and Prof. José Vergara (Bryn Mawr), our returning …
Slavic Studies to offer Ukrainian language and culture in Fall 2022 Slavic Studies is delighted to announce that Dr. Oksana Stoychuk, a native of Lviv in Ukraine, will be teaching Ukrainian language and culture in Fall 2022. First-Semester Ukrainian language for three credits will be offered at both undergraduate and graduate levels (GNS 270/370); it …
Humanities Now: Russia’s Invasion of UkraineAndrey Ivanov, Anna Tumarkin, Francine Hirsch, and Kirill Ospovat Hosted by the Center for Humanities For over a month, we’ve witnessed the brutal attack by Russian forces on the people of Ukraine. The war of aggression changes daily, as defiant Ukrainian leaders and citizens defend homes and cities alongside a mass …
Please join us for one or more events connected with the Wisconsin Slavic Conference (WSC) that will take place this weekend. On Thursday, March 24 at 4pm, returning PhD alum José Vergara will give a CREECA talk in 206 Ingraham titled “James Joyce’s Russia and the Nightmare of Paternity.” On Friday, March 25 at noon …
On February 16, Dr. Leszek Gardeła of the National Museum in Denmark presented a guest lecture titled “What did Vikings do in Poland (And Why Should We Care)?” via Zoom. During the online visit, Dr. Gardeła discussed notable archeological finds and hypotheses of a Viking presence in the Polish lands and answered questions from the …
Professor Emerita Judith Kornblatt Lecturing at Harvard Divinity School Slavic Studies Professor Emerita Judith Kornblatt will be giving a (virtual) lecture at Harvard Divinity’s School Center for the Study of World Religion on Thursday, 3-10 at 11:30am (CDT). The talk is titled “The Writing of Wisdom: Divine Sophia in Russia.” The registration link is here.
We are teachers of Russian language and culture as well as other languages and cultures of Europe. Vladimir Putin’s launching of war on Ukraine, which has been condemned by the United Nations as a flagrant violation of the UN Charter and by the US government as an unjustified and unprovoked attack, places a burden of responsibility on us to respond. …
Ingrid Andersson – Joredemoder: Poems of a MidwifeAlumni Ingrid Andersson talks about her recently published poetry book Jordemoder: Poems of a Midwife and the journey that has led her to writing it. Having a Swedish mother, Ingrid Andersson was raised with Swedish ideas on birth and motherhood. Growing up in the U.S. alongside Swedish culture, …
Professor Emerita Judith Deutsch Kornblatt has come full-circle. She began her career as a graduate student at Columbia University teaching Lit/Humanities in the core curriculum there, and is currently teaching a course on “What Are the Humanities?” in a joint program at Tel Aviv University that includes undergraduates from Columbia and Israelis and international students …
Slavic Studies congratulates Laura Little, who recently defended her dissertation, which is titled “Becoming an Andegraund Poet: Elena Shvarts and the Literary Environment of the Late Soviet Era.” We interviewed Dr. Little to find out more about her topic. What’s your dissertation about? Please give us the elevator pitch. My dissertation focuses on the poet …