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 …
Maksim Hanukai on “Spectral Performance” in Putin’s Russia
Maksim Hanukai, Assistant Professor of Slavic Studies, has recently published an article in the prestigious Slavic Review titled “Resurrection by Surrogation: Spectral Performance in Putin’s Russia.” Hanukai investigates the growing importance in Russia of practices …
2021 Wisconsin Slavic Conference: April 9-10
The UW-Madison Slavic Graduate Student Organization presents the 2021 Wisconsin Slavic Conference on April 9 and 10, 2021! Friday, April 9 The Keynote Lecture by Professor Ilya Vinitsky (Princeton University), titled “Fake Tolstoy as …
GNS+ Alum Molly Thomasy Blasing Publishes New Book
Molly Thomasy Blasing (PhD, Slavic Studies, 2014) Slavic Studies PhD alum Molly Thomasy Blasing is currently an Assistant Professor of Russian Studies in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the …
Karen Evans-Romaine Recognized by AATSEEL
Karen Evans-Romaine Recognized by AATSEEL Slavic Studies Professor and Co-Director of UW-Madison’s Russian Flagship Program has received the 2020 AATSEEL award for Outstanding Contribution to the Profession. The American Association of Teachers of Slavic and …
Can Inclusivity Cross a Language Barrier?
Lost in Transition: Can Inclusivity Cross a Language Barrier? By: S.A. Karpukhin “Compared to their American counterparts, Russian inclusive terms are not meant to represent or empower; they are meant, ultimately, to be tokens of …
Turkish Shows and Films Now Offered as a Course at an American University!
This week GNS+ professor Nâlân Erbil was featured in Turkish language newspaper Önce Vatan Gazetesi. This interview, originally conducted in Turkish, is part of a series of interviews with influential Turkish-Americans for the Turkish speaking …
Featured Slavic Courses for Spring 2021!
SLAVIC 245/LITTRANS 247 – Performance & Power What does it mean “to perform” and what does performance do? How can performance be harnessed to challenge or impose oppressive structures of power? In this course, we …