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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
Grab your friends and join us for another printmaking social hour! This time our theme will be printing bookplates and bookmarks. Bring a book to print a bookplate into. Snag some snacks, make your own linocut prints, and learn more about the UW Textual Studies and UW Global Literary Studies programs. All are welcome!
What: Printmaking Social: Bookplates &… Read more
Professor Domenico Ingenito (UCLA) will deliver a public lecture on Tuesday, April 15, 4:00pm in Denny Hall 359 titled “Translation Beyond English: Forugh Farrokhzad Between Persian and Italian."
View event details on the Slavic Department calendar.
Forugh Farrokhzad (1934-1967) redefined Persian poetry by writing about sex and desire from… Read more
Admitted students and families can engage with the College of Arts and Sciences through several department and program specific events over the next few weeks.
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On February 24th, award-winning Polish poet Krzysztof Siwczyk presented a live reading of poetry from his 2024 volume A Calligraphy of Days at the University of Washington.
In conversation with his translator, Professor Piotr Florczyk, and moderator, Professor Agnieszka Jezyk, Siwczyk engaged in a lively discussion with the audience about his life works.
Krzysztof Siwczyk, Piotr Florczyk and Agnieszka Jezyk
This event was… Read more
Applications are now open for Slavic Slovenia: Language, Culture & Society at a Crossroads.
This is an Early Fall Start (EFS) 2025 program based out of Kamnik, Slovenia from late August to mid-September. The program will last a minimum of 21 days and will be led by Michael Biggins, as director, and Cyrus Rodgers (PhD UW, 2024), who has… Read more
Grab your friends and join us for a printmaking social hour on Thursday, January 30th from 3:30-5 p.m. in HUB 337! Snag some snacks, make your own linocut prints, and learn more about the UW Textual Studies and UW Global Literary Studies programs. All are welcome!
Please join us on Monday, February 24, at 6:00pm, for a reading and conversation with award-winning Polish poet Krzysztof Siwczyk and his translator Prof. Piotr Florczyk, moderated by Prof. Agnieszka Jeżyk.
What: An Evening with Krzysztof Siwczyk
When: Monday, February 24th from 6-7:30 p.m.
Where: CMU 120, University of Washington, Seattle
For more information about the author, please visit the… Read more
Dr. José Alaniz reviews the new translation of the 2020 Czech graphic memoir "Bald" by Tereza Čechová and Štěpánka Jislová for the Journal of International Comic Art blog!
Link to review on BlogSpot
Gordana Crnković gave a talk “In Search of the Lost Futures” at the panel "What Is Yugoslav Literature Today?" at the ASEEES November Convention in Boston.