Professor Michał Markowski directs in Kraków, Poland, the International Joseph Conrad Literary Festival, one of the most important and largest literary festivals in Europe, October 20-26, 2014.
Jan Karski Days in Chicago will take place September 18-21, 2014. During this time, there will be exhibitions, conversations, theater, film, music, and an academic conference.
Alumna Brittany James (2013 Russian) and LAS undergraduate Cai O’Connell (Russian and political science) began 2014 with an unforgettable cultural experience working at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia—James as a volunteer with…
Archivum Lithuanicum is an annual journal edited by Giedrius Subacius. The Journal is focused on the social history of the Lithuanian language, and concentrates on the usage of language, the relationships among various…
Giedrius Subacius, Professor of Slavic and Baltic Languages and Literatures, will be a member of the editorial board of a new Lithuanian Studies series. Visit the Academic Studies Press site for more information…
Yelena Zotova successfully defended her doctoral dissertation entitled “Envy as an Object of Artistic Representation in Russian Modernist Prose” on March 10, 2014. In the fall Yelena will begin teaching as a Lecturer…
Professor and Head of the Department of Slavic and Baltic Languages and Literatures, Michal Markowski, is among the principal investigators of a newly-approved project, which recently received grant funding from the European Union of $735,000.…
During an interview on Chicago Public Radio’s “Afternoon Shift” program, Giedrius Subacius, UIC professor of Slavic and Baltic languages and literatures, and director of the endowed chair in Lithuanian studies, discussed Lithuanian culture…