Slavists of the World Unite!

The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures welcomes two Polish scholars who will present their research on Slavic topics. Their visit offers our community an opportunity to learn about methodological and conceptual approaches in our field by accomplished scholars from Eastern Europe. One of the 30-minute talks will be in Russian, which gives us a rare opportunity to engage with a scholarly presentation in a language other than English.

Prof. Joanna Piotrowska, is the Head of the Russian Language and Literature Section at the Institute of Specialized and Intercultural Communication, University of Warsaw. She specializes in nineteenth-century Russian literature, the cultural history of Warsaw under the Russian Empire, and Polish-Russian literary and cultural relations. She is the author of Рецепция позднего Льва Толстого в польской прессе: процессы информационного и культурного трансфера (WUW, 2021).

Prof. Katarzyna Jakubowska-Krawczyk is Acting Head of the Department of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Warsaw and Head of the Laboratory for the Study of Ukrainian Identity. She specializes in Polish-Ukrainian cultural relations, national identity and stereotypes, and contemporary children’s literature in the context of trauma, war, and revolution. She is the deputy editor-in-chief of Studia Ucrainica Varsoviensia.