Biography Area(s) of Study: Historical linguistics. About Me: I received my BA in German from UW-Madison and am currently working towards completing my dissertation in German and Dutch linguistics. Education: – University of Wisconsin-Madison, BA in German
Biography Area(s) of Study: Medieval translation. Cultural transmission. Old Icelandic romances. Arthurian literature. Gender construction in literature. About: Holly is a PhD student in Scandinavian Studies. Following the medieval romances north, she first became interested in Old Norse literature through working with the Old Norse translation of Tristan and Isolde as part of her undergraduate …
Biography Area(s) of Study: 20th century German and Austrian literature; history and culture of the Austro-Hungarian Empire; Addiction Studies; Disability Studies. Pronouns: He/him About: I am a PhD candidate in the German program and Editorial Assistant for Monatshefte as of 2026. I received B.A.s in German and English and Creative Writing from the University of …
Biography Area(s) of Study: 20th century Russian literature. SLA. About Me: I got my B.A from Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan. Then, I spend two years in the University of Colorado Boulder where I received my master degree. My master thesis was based on Tolstaya’s novel The Slynx. I looked at how the grotesque functions on different …
Biography Area(s) of Study: 19th Century Literature, Folklore, Peasant Studies About: Isabella Palange graduated from Harvard University in 2016 with a bachelor’s degree in Folklore and Mythology, focusing in Russian language and culture. Following graduation, she spent a year as a Fulbright English teaching assistant in Ulan-Ude, Russia and participated in the Russian Overseas Flagship Program …
Biography About: Aleksandr Perchatkin is a graduate student in the Slavic program. He graduated with honors in Humanities from NYU Shanghai, where he also minored in Russian & Slavic Studies and Global China Studies. He has studied at the University of Amsterdam and NYU New York as an exchange student. His academic and professional interests …
Biography Area(s) of Study: Sociolinguistics, language contact between German and BCMS (Bosnian/Croatian/Montenegrin/Serbian) Pronouns: he/him About: Lowell is from Orono, Maine and attended Bowdoin College, graduating with a major in Anthropology and a minor in German. After college, he spent three years teaching English in St. Pölten and Vienna as a Fulbright Austria USTA. When he’s …