Biography Language(s): Danish Research/Language Interests: In my research, I am mainly interested in the intersection of form and politics, and questions of fiction and fictionality: What it is, how it works, and what it implies. In 2023, I published the monograph Karl Ove Knausgård and the Autofictional Novel, in which I argue that Norwegian writer Karl …
Biography Language(s): Polish, Bosnian/Croatian/Montenegrin/Serbian, Russian, Italian, Spanish, German. Reading knowledge of Silesian, Molise Slavic, Old Church Slavic. Structural knowledge of other Slavic and Romance languages. Research/Language Interests: Multilingualism and identity in East-Central Europe, transnationalism and transnational studies, regional literary production, borderland studies, sociolinguistics, critical discourse studies, digital humanities. About: I am a scholar of language, literature, …
Biography Languages: English, Kiswahili, Kinyarwanda Research and Teaching Interests: The folklore of emergency & post-conflict expressive culture; internet folklore & online communities; supernatural storytelling & occult belief; contemporary legends, rumor panics & conspiracy theories; memetic warfare; African verbal traditions; Upper Midwestern culture; the folklore of migration; the folklore of nationalism; campus cultures & student traditions; foodways; …
Biography Language: Swedish Research/Language Interests: I’m a public folklorist and my research focuses on Scandinavian-American folklife. Currently, I work on a project titled “Sustaining Scandinavian Folk Arts in the Upper Midwest,” but I also research the intersections of immigration, labor, and creative expression. In addition, I work with indigenous communities on issues of sustainability, cultural …
Tom DuBois is the Halls-Bascom Professor of Scandinavian Folklore, Folklore, and Religious Studies in the Department of German, Nordic and Slavic.
Biography Language(s): English, Danish, Russian Research/Language Interests: Tove Ditlevsen and 20th Century Scandinavian female writers, childhood in Nordic region and children’s literature Undergraduate Courses: Scand 250 Intro to Scandinavian, First and second-year Danish Language Education:• Ph.D. in progress University of Washington – Seattle• Master’s of Art in Russian and Slavic Studies, University of Arizona• Teaching …
Biography Language: German Research/Language Interests: 18th-21st century German literature and culture; lyric poetry; Race in/and German literature and philosophy; music and literature; meter, rhythm, and prosody; sound/text relations. About: Hannah Vandegrift Eldridge is Professor of German and Associate Chair in the Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She works on German …
Biography Language(s): Russian, German. Other languages for research: French, Polish Research/Language Interests: Boris Pasternak, intertextuality in Russian Modernism, interrelationship of music and literature, German-Russian literary relations, European Modernism and Romanticism; foreign language pedagogy About Me: I have dual interests in Russian Modernist poetry and in Russian language pedagogy, and music intersects with both interests. I hold …
Biography Language: German Research/Language Interests: Asian German Studies; German Film History; (Post-)migration; Asian Diaspora in the German-Speaking World; Queer Studies; Gender-Inclusive and Gender-Neutral Language in German; Contemporary Television and New Media About: Zach Ramon Fitzpatrick joined the department of German, Nordic, and Slavic+ in fall 2023. He previously taught at Wesleyan University and DePaul University. He completed …
Biography Language(s): Kazakh, RussianResearch/Language Interests: Russian, Kazakh, Foreign language pedagogy. About Me: I am most interested in language pedagogy, methodologies and cross-cultural communication in Russian and Kazakh languages, literature and culture. I work on teaching Russian and Kazakh languages as well as the development and integration of tools to accelerate learning. Affiliated Departments: CESSI and …