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Elzbieta Sklodowska

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William R. Randolph Professor in Arts & Sciences

Expertise: Cuban narrative and culture, memory, Spanish-American narrative, testimonial literature

Bio: Sklodowska is an expert on Cuban narrative and culture, the poetics and politics of memory, the Spanish-American narrative from the 19th and 20th centuries, and testimonial literature. She has published six books, including two edited volumes, and more than 60 articles, book chapters and reviews printed in three languages. In addition, she has translated a number of contemporary plays from English into Polish.

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Work:(314) 935-5197
E-mail:esklodow@artsci.wustl.edu
Address:Campus Box 1077
One Brookings Drive
St. Louis, MO 63130

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Elzbieta Sklodowska has defined the future vision of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures (http://record.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/2205.html)

May 14, 2004 -- While Elzbieta Sklodowska's research and teaching interests focus on the Spanish language and the history and culture of Cuba and the Caribbean, her role as chair of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures in Arts & Sciences takes on a much broader appeal.



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Additional Background: Sklodowska's contributions to students in Spanish recently were acknowledged with a Certificate of Recognition for Excellence in Mentoring, awarded by the Graduate Student Senate.

After earning a master's degree in Spanish from the University of Warsaw in 1979, Sklodowska came to the United States and earned a doctorate from Washington University in 1983. She returned to Poland and taught at the University of Warsaw for several years. Sklodowska returned to the United States as a Mellon Fellow at the University of Pittsburgh and followed that with another fellowship at the National Humanities Center in North Carolina.

She joined the Washington University faculty in 1990 and became a full professor seven years later. During her tenure, she also has served as visiting professor at Emory University and the University of Illinois.

Most notable among her many accomplishments are being awarded the habilitacja, a degree granted in certain European countries for substantial work done beyond the doctorate; the "Premio Plural," the Mexican literary award for best critical essay; the "Premio Discurso Literario," award for best essay from the University of Oklahoma; and the Northeast Modern Language Association Foreign Language Book Award, for her monograph on Latin American testimonial narrative, considered a seminal study on the subject.

Sklodowska serves on the editorial boards of five scholarly journals and is the general editor for Latin American literature of Revista de Estudios Hispanicos, published by the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures.


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