Dr. Agnieszka Jezyk

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Agnieszka Jeżyk earned her Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Chicago for her thesis on the excessive matter in Bruno Jasieński’s poems. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Polish Studies in the Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures at the University of Washington in Seattle. Her research includes a working manuscript discussing marginal subjectivities in 1920s Polish avant-garde poetry and focuses on representations of deadly technologies in Central European avant-garde works. Agnieszka’s interests also encompass critical theory with an emphasis on psychoanalysis, Slavic horror, and material culture during the Cold War in Central Europe. She has worked previously at the University of California, Los Angeles from 2017-2019 and the University of Toronto from 2019-2022.

Research Interests

Courses

POLSH 405 Second-Year Polish POLSH 420 Modern Polish Literature GLITS 251 Introduction Global Literatures: Cross-Cultural Themes SLAVIC 320 Europe: Post-World War II East European Fiction GLITS 315 Literature Disciplines POLSH 320 Introduction Contemporary Polish Culture POLSH 403 First-Year Polish

Requirements for University of Washington

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:80
IELTS
Overall
Required:6.5
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:105
Overall
Required:105
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited college or university
Application Checklist
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Specialization Notes

Standard Graduate School requirements for University of Washington apply to most departments listed unless specified otherwise by the program.