Zach Ramon Fitzpatrick, Germanic Studies Ph.D. student, has published an essay entitled “The World(s) of Anna Suh: Race, Migration, and Ornamentalism in Bis zum Ende aller Tage (Until the End of Days, 1961).” The essay…
Krishni Burns, Lecturer of Latin, recently blogged about her new project Calliope’s Library: Books for Young Readers for the Society for Classical Studies. In the post, Burns details the project’s genesis as well…
Germanic Studies Ph.D. student Erin Gizewski has been elected to a 3-year term as graduate student representative to the executive board of the Austrian Studies Association.
Patrick Fortmann, Associate Professor of Germanic Studies, has recently published Kristallisationen von Liebe with Wilhelm Fink. Publishers Description: In the German context, the notion of romantic love, characterized by ambiguity, uncertainty, and elusiveness, emerges…
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…
Heidi Schlipphacke, Associate Professor of Germanic Studies, has been elected as Vice President of the Goethe Society of North America. She will serve in this role beginning in November 2021 and will become…
The April 2021 adaptation of Plautus’s Casina by UIC Classics alumna Luana Davila was recently featured by the Society for Classical Studies. In an interview, Davila and her collaborator, Amy Gerwert Valdez, a Theater…
Kara Morgan-Short, Professor of Hispanic Linguistics and Psychology, gave one of three plenaries at the 2021 ALAK International Symposium for Young Researchers in Applied Linguistics & International Conference. The conference was held online…
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,…
Hanae Kim, Visiting Lecturer and Coordinator of Korean Studies Program, in collaboration with Korean American Students Association (KASA), hosted a Korean History and Culture Seminar for K12 Teachers. As part of the one-day…
