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.: Spring '17 :.

10 things you did not know about Polish electronic, experimental and otherwise unconventional literature

Dr. Piotr Marecki

Assistant Professor at the Department of Contemporary Culture, Institute of Culture, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, lecturer at the Polish National Film, Television and Theater School in Łódź, Poland, and Skalny Visiting Professor

Wednesday, April 5th

7:30 pm @ Sloan Auditorium, Goergen Hall, UR River Campus

The 50 minute lecture will consist of ten 5 minute presentations of surprising, interesting or just plainly incredible facts about Polish experimental literature, providing a flash course in the literary wonders of the Land of King Ubu.

Piotr Marecki holds a PhD in cultural studies from The Jagiellonian University. Since 1999 he is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of "Ha!art" magazine, website newspaper and the Publishing House and chairman of the board at Korporacja Ha!art Foundation. His interests include Polish literature after 1989, independent culture, digital literature, and cultural margins. In 2013/2014 he was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at MIT in Cambridge, MA. He is affiliated with the Electronic Literature Organization.

Free and open to the public. Parking on designated University lots is free.