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Anita Starosta

Anita Starosta

Associate Teaching Professor

English | Global and International Studies | German and Slavic Languages and Literatures

311 Burrowes Building

Office Hours:

  • Tuesdays 2:00-3:00 pm
  • Thursdays 1:30-2:30 pm
  • and by appointment

Education

  1. Postdoctoral Fellowship, Brown University, Pembroke Center for Teaching & Research on Women
  2. Ph.D. University of California, Santa Cruz, History of Consciousness
  3. B.A. Cornell University, summa cum laude, College Scholar in Literature

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Professional Bio

Dr. Starosta is the author of the monograph Form and Instability: Eastern Europe, Literature, Postimperial Difference (Northwestern University Press, 2016) and co-editor, with Wlad Godzich, of Second-Hand Europe, a special issue of boundary 2: an international journal of literature and culture (2014). One of her current projects is to edit and translate a volume of writings by philosopher Józef Tischner. She's a member of the Editorial Collective of boundary 2: an international journal of literature and culture, and holds an elected position on the Board of the American Comparative Literature Association.

Courses taught: ENGL 312: Globality and Literature ENGL/WMNST 490: Women Writers & Their Worlds GLIS 101: Introduction to Globalization GLIS 400: Picturing Humanity (Capstone Seminar) POL 1-2-3: Elementary & Intermediate Polish