Faculty Profile for Dr. Ewa Siwak

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Dr. Ewa Siwak
Senior Lecturer — Dept of World Languages & Literatures
CENT 119
phone: (512) 245-7285

Biography Section

Biography and Education

M.A. in German, Warsaw University
Ph.D. in German Literature and Translation Studies, The University of Texas at Austin

Teaching Interests

German language, German civilization

Research Interests

Habsburg Galicia, Galician feminism, cultures in contact, translation studies

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Siwak, E. (n.d.). Review of Martin Rohde. Nationale Wissenschaft zwischen zwei Imperien: Die Ševčenko-Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften, 1892–1918 (in press). East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies. Retrieved from https://ewjus.com/index.php/ewjus/about
  • Siwak, E. (2021, July). Review of Scott O. Moore. Teaching the Empire: Education and State Loyalty in Late Habsburg Austria. Journal of Austrian Studies. Lincoln, NE, USA: University of Nebraska Press. Retrieved from https://nebraskapressjournals.unl.edu/journal/journal-of-austrian-studies/
  • Hnatiuk, O. (2019). Courage and Fear (translated from the Polish by Ewa Siwak). (E. Siwak, Trans.). Brighton, MA, USA: Academic Studies Press; Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute. Retrieved from https://www.academicstudiespress.com/ukrainianstudies/courage-and-fear
  • Siwak, E. (2019, October). Review of Sandra Boihmane. Malina—Versteck der Sprache: Die Chiffre “Malina” in Ingeborg Bachmanns Werk und in Zeugnissen von Zeitzeuginnen. Feminist German Studies. Lincoln, NE, United States: University of Nebraska Press. https://doi.org/10.5250/femigermstud.35.0137.
  • Siwak, E. (2018). Transparent, Fluent, and Readable: Ingeborg Bachmann’s Prose in English. Journal of Austrian Studies, 51(1), 47–73.

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Golden Apple Award for Teaching, College of Liberal Arts. August 30, 2023
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching, Office of the President. May 30, 2023
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi Favorite Professor, Alpha Chi Honor Society/University College. April 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Excellence in Service, College of Liberal Arts. July 12, 2019
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi Favorite Professor, Alpha Chi Honor Society/University College. April 22, 2016

Selected Service Activities

Member
Professional Dispositions Committee
September 2022-Present
Chair
Project Chair, American Association of Teachers of German, South Texas Chapter
January 1, 2022-Present
Member
Teacher Education Council
January 2021-Present
Organizer
SPARK for German
January 2020-Present
Co-Director
Texas State German Contest
February 28, 2015-Present