The Hungarian Academy of the Arts (Magyar Művészeti Akadémia) has recently published a translation of Stefan and Lucy Hejna Family Chair in Polish Language and Literature, Michał Markowski’s Anatomia ciekawości (The Anatomy of…
Congratulations to Sonya Gupta, a senior majoring in Russian and biological sciences, on being a finalist for the Rhodes Scholarship, the oldest and one of the most prestigious international scholarships in the world!…
Julia Vaingurt, Associate Professor of Russian, was recognized by the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AATSEEL) with the 2020 Award for Excellence in Post-Secondary Teaching. This major award…
First Lady of Lithuania Diana Nausėdienė visited UIC on September 23, 2021. As part of her visit, she met with Prof. Giedrius Subačius, Endowed Chair in Lithuanian Studies from UIC’s Department of Polish,…
Michał Markowski, Stefan and Lucy Hejna Family Chair in Polish Language and Literature, has recently published a new book Polska, rozkosz, uniwersytet (Poland, Pleasure, University) with Jagiellonian University Press in Krakow, Poland. A description…
Mona Zubi, a 2021 graduate in public policy and minor in Russian, has been awarded the U.S. Department of State’s Critical Language Scholarship to participate in intensive foreign language programs this summer. This…
Karen Underhill, Associate Professor of Polish, was recently interviewed as part of the Polish Cultural Institute New York’s “Encounters with Polish Literature,” a monthly video series in English “for anyone interested in literature…
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Professor Emerita Olga Nedeljkovic on April 20, at the age of 84. Olga joined the Department of Slavic and Baltic Languages and…
The Science Council of Lithuania has awarded Prof. Giedrius Subačius, Endowed Chair of Lithuanian Studies, a grant of $15,000 to publish a monograph on the history of Lithuanian orthography. The book will be…
Matthew Kendall, Assistant Professor in the Department of Polish, Russian, and Lithuanian Studies, has been named a Faculty Fellow by the UIC Institute for the Humanities for the 2021-2022 academic year. As a…
