Slavic Studies PhD Alum Colleen Lucey (2016) Publishes New Book Slavic Studies PhD alum Colleen Lucey is currently an Assistant Professor of Russian and Slavic Studies at the University of Arizona where she teaches courses …
Intersectionality in Focus Series Featuring S.A. Karpukhin
This fall the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies will be hosting the Intersectionality in Focus series. The series consists of four sessions throughout the month of October, the first …
Slavic Studies Welcomes Two New Graduate Students!
Slavic Studies is pleased to welcome two new students into our PhD program. Ross Hirzel Originally from Los Angeles, Ross Hirzel graduated from Amherst College in May 2020, where he majored in Russian and German. His senior thesis …
Slavic Studies Congratulates Dr. Zach Rewinski!
Slavic Studies congratulates Zach Rewinski, who recently defended his dissertation, which is titled “Avant-Garde Historians: Poetic Experiments in Factography for the Ten-Year Anniversary of the October Revolution.” We interviewed Zach to find out more about …
Slavic Studies Recognitions for Academic Year 2020-21
We recently came to end of a(nother) challenging academic year, and once again the pandemic prevented us from gathering together, as is our tradition, to celebrate our many successes and to recognize a number of …
Slavic Studies Congratulates Jesse Kruschke!
Slavic Studies congratulates Jesse Kruschke, who has recently defended her dissertation proposal! We interviewed Jesse to find out more about the topic. What are you planning on researching and writing about? Please give us the …
Czech Studies in the Washington Post
Czech Studies in the Washington Post A recent article in the Washington Post about a proposed law in the Czech Republic to allow women to choose non-gendered last names features input by Professor David S. …
Nete Schmidt Retires
It is difficult to imagine Scandinavian Studies at UW–Madison without Nete Schmidt. But that, nevertheless, is what we have to do as she announced that she will retire at the end of this academic year. …
Christine Garlough’s Book Desi Divas Featured on NBC News
GNS+ professor and Folklore Program head Christine Garlough’s book Desi Divas was recently featured on NBC New’s article “Books that show Asian Americans have never been silent.” The book focuses on the political uses of …
How Humor Helped Us Survive Communist Reality in Poland
How Humor Helped Us Survive Communist Reality in Poland A native Pole and former UW-Madison instructor gives a first-person account of life under communism in Poland. Irena Frączek, a longtime instructor and lecturer in the …