Polish Professor and Department Head Michal Pawel Markowski, directs, for the seventh time, the major European literary event The Conrad Festival in Kraków, Poland. The festival takes place October 19-25. Over 150 eminent guests from…
Five UIC students win medals in the ACTR National Post-Secondary Russian Essay Contest. In this year’s contest, there were 1,087 essays submitted from 68 universities, colleges, and institutions across the nation. Three judges…
Russian major John Stachelski and Russian minor Sarah Lee have won LASURI awards to assist faculty members Julia Vaingurt and Colleen McQuillen, respectively, with their research in 2015-16. The mission of the LAS Undergraduate…
Michał Paweł Markowski has been nominated to the Central Europe Literary Award “Angelus”, for his latest book Day on Earth. Traveling Prose (Wydawnictwo Poznańskie 2014). The Award is given to the best original…
Friedrich Schlegel Lecture Between the Collective and the Idiosyncratic, or What is Polish Literature? Michał Paweł Markowski (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Milwaukee’s guide to current events and entertainment included Colleen McQuillen’s latest book “The Modernist Masquerade” in a profile of five recent books on Russia.
February 1 is the deadline for proposals for the Chicago Language Symposium, co-sponsored by the LCLC, DePaul, U of C, and Northwestern. Proposals from all languages and TESOL are welcome. See below for…
Dreambox Gallery presents: Michal Pawel Markowski ESSAY. IMAGE. FICTION. LINE AND LAND Photography Exhibition – January 16-31 Opening Reception – Friday, January 16, 6:30-9:30pm Book presentation and reading at 7:00pm
Sixth Annual In/Between Conference March 5-6, 2015 The School of Literatures, Cultural Studies and Linguistics invites papers based on all current research by our faculty and graduate students. No matter your topic, we’d…
We are pleased to announce the first ever interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference in Literature and Cultural Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago hosted by graduate students from different departments in the School of…