Sasha Lindskog (PhD candidate in Slavic in Baltic Studies) has accepted the position of Lecturer in Polish Studies at the University of Chicago. Congratulations Sasha!
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Conrad Festival in Kraków, Poland! LCSL’s Hejna Family Chair in Polish Literature Michal Markowski serves as artistic director for this major international literary event, which just released…
The UIC Department of Slavic and Baltic Languages and Literatures is pleased to announce the creation of the Dr. Bolesław and Krystyna Mazur Scholarships in Undergraduate Polish Studies. Thanks to the generous donation…
Prof. Julia Vaingurt (Slavic and Baltic Languages and Literatures) has been named a Faculty Fellow at the Institute for the Humanities for the 2018-2019 academic year. Her project is entitled “The Poetics of…
Dr. Julia Vaingurt, Professor of Slavic and Baltic Languages and Literature, receives the Silver Circle Award. “Since 1966, the Silver Circle Award has been presented to some of UIC’s best teachers. Winners, who…
The School of LCSL is delighted to announce the call for papers for our annual In/Between Conference, which will be held on March 9-10 2017. The keynote speaker is Susan Goldin-Meadow, Professor of…
AATSEEL, the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages, has named Michał Paweł Markowski the 2017 recipient of the award for Outstanding Contribution to Scholarship. The award will be given at their annual…
Washington, DC— Keely Stauter-Halsted, Professor of History and Hejna Family Chair in Polish Studies, has been selected as the winner of the 2016 Joan Kelly Memorial Prize for her book The Devil’s Chain: Prostitution and…
Professor and Head Michał Paweł Markowski‘s most recent collection of essays Kiwka [The Dribble], which premiered at the Conrad Festival this past October, has been shortlisted (with 4 other titles) for “Nagroda Gdynia” [The Gdynia…
Congratulations to Russian minor Sarah Lee for receiving this year’s Riddle Prize! The Riddle Prize, named for a former Chancellor and his wife, is awarded each year at Commencement to an outstanding graduating senior…
