Recent News
Recent faculty books from the University of Washington include those from linguistics, Slavic languages and literature and French. UW News spoke with the authors of four publications to learn more about their work. Scrutinizing and confronting AI hype Emily M. Bender, UW professor of linguistics, co-authored The AI Con: How to Fight Big Techs Hype...… Read more
Contemporary Slavic Horror across Media: Cursed Zones, edited by Professor Agnieszka Jezyk, will be released by Manchester University Press on June 17, 2025. Professor José Alaniz is among the contributors to the anthology, with the essay "Post-Soviet gothic and the East European zombie."
Book description:
In the Western cultural production that puts individual or collective fear at its center, East/Central Europe has been portrayed as an othered space of horror - lawless,… Read more
In March 2025, Svetlana Ostroverkhova presented “Public Executions in 19th-century England, France, and Russia: An Evil Performance” at the 45th Annual Mid-America Theatre Conference.
In May 2025, Svetlana Ostroverkhova presented "Turkish Language Reform: How Far Did It Go?” at the 18th AATT Graduate Student Conference.
Taylor Eftimov won the "2024 Alexander Dunkel Graduate Student Essay Prize" as the best Graduate Student Essay for the Western Association of Slavic Studies, a regional affiliate of ASEEES.
Eftimov presented her paper, titled "Homeland and Slovenia's 'Southern Burden'," at the Western Social Science Association (WSSA) Conference in Seattle on April 4, 2025.
UW Slavic Department Professor Jose Alaniz presents his latest book, Moscow 93. Dr. Alaniz will be joined to discuss his book by Professor Sasha Senderovich, also of the UW Slavic Department.
When: Tuesday, May 27, 2025, 12-1 p.m.
Where: Thomson Hall (THO), Room 317
About the book: Russia in the 1990s: what better place for 20-… Read more
Seattle-based Polish artist Kalina Winska will hold an artist talk at the closing of her exhibition "Natural Households" at 2pm on May 17 at the Method Gallery.
Exhibition at Method Gallery:
KALINA WINSKA
Natural Households
Exhibition Run:
April 3rd - May 17th
Artist Talk & Closing:
May 17th, 2-4 PM
Link to… Read more
Following its theatrical release, How I Learned to Fly dazzled European audiences and claimed awards on the international stage. Join us on May 21 for an exclusive screening at the University of Washington with director Radivoje Andrić.
What: Film Screening: How I Learned to Fly with director Radivoje Andrić
When: Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 6-9 p.m.
Where: Kane Hall 210, University of Washington, Seattle
“12-year-old… Read more
"For all that my project with co-translator Harriet Murav seems to align with the presidents supposed interest in fighting antisemitism, there it was: Our grant was being terminated, in accordance with 'an urgent priority for the administration,' as the NEH was 'repurposing its funding allocations in a new direction in furtherance of the Presidents agenda,'" writes Sasha Senderovich, associate professor of Slavic languages and literatures at the UW.… Read more
Event date: Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at 7 p.m. at Third Place Books, Ravenna
Third Place Books is thrilled to welcome filmmaker, photographer, and Chekhov scholar Serge Gregory for a discussion of his new book, The Sirens of the Hotel Louvre: An Actress, a Writer, and the Creative Life in the Silver Age of Chekhov. Gregory will be joined in conversation by… Read more