Philosophy of Teaching
I believe in education’s power to break down socio-economic, gender, racial, and ethnic barriers; to protect democracy by shaping students into citizens; and to teach ethics. At the beginning of each semester I tell my students my desired outcomes for the course: at the ethical level, tolerance, respect, and work ethics; at the intellectual level, critical thinking, clarity of thought and expression, and a sense of detail; at the human level, an appreciation of cultural diversity, and a sense of global societies past and present. Last but not least, let’s remember the age-old adage according to which, in order to know, understand and accept others, we must first learn to know, understand, and accept ourselves.
Education
- B.A., M.A. in German Studies, Université de Paris IV - Sorbonne
- B.A. in Polish Studies, Université de Paris IV - Sorbonne
- 2nd Year, Institut Libre d’Etudes des Relations Internationales Contemporaines
- Doctorat de Troisième Cycle in the History of International Relations, Université de Paris I - Sorbonne
Areas of Training/Specialization:
- German Language and Civilization
- Polish Language and Civilization
- International Relations
- History of International Relations
Current Research Interests:
- Genesis of the European Union
- 20th Century Europe
- 20th Century Polish Literature and Culture
- 19th and 20th Century European Popular Culture
- The Silk Road of the 21st Century
Professional Appointments
Authored Books and Book Chapters
2005 “Temps et espace de l’écrit: les chronotopes multiples de Claude Michel Cluny.” In Claude Michel Cl uny. Inédits, documents et études critiques réunis par Pierre Brunel et Jean-Yves Masson. Colloque de l’Université Paris IV sorbonne 24-25 juin 2005 (Paris, Editions de La Différence, 2005), 265-279.
2001 "Jozef Wittlin's Passage Through France." Book Chapter in Between Lvov, New York, and Ulysses' Ithaca. Józef Wittlin, Poet, Essayist, Novelist. Ed. by Anna Frajlich (Torun, Poland: Nicolaus Copernicus University Press, 2001), 157-175.
1982 La Ville Libre de Dantzig en crise ouverte,24.10.1938-1.9.1939--Politique et diplomatie (Warsaw: Ossolineum, 1982), 227 p.
Translated Books and Book Chapters
2006 Charles Wright. Appalachia (Circé editions, France). At press.
2005 Jan Zielinski. “Le carré magique.” In Antologia (Bern, CH: Pro Helvetia, 2005), 46-64.
2003 Kaléidoscope. An Anthology of poetry and prose (Cognac, France: Expression Culturelle Editeur, November 2003). Two of the three Polish poets anthologized were: Anna Frajlich’s “Les Femmes de Renoir” and “La Dame à la belette. . .” and Jozef Rostocki’s “Soirée télévisée” and ”Sur ma tombe.” Pp. 157-160.
2003 Anna Frajlich’s Le vent, à nouveau me cherche (Paris, France: Editions Editinter, 2003). Polish-French, 108 p.
2000 Stephen D. Carls's Louis Loucheur and the Shaping of Modern France, 1916-1931. (Lille, France: Les Editions du Septentrion, 1999). English-French, 333 p.
2000 Translations of poems by Ernest Bryll, Andrzej Bursa, Anna Janko, Tomasz Jastrun, Leszek Szaruga, Aleksander Wat, Witold Wirpsza, Jozef Wittlin, and Wiktor Woroszylski for Panorama de la littérature polonaise du XXe siècle, edited by Karl Dedecius (Paris: Noir surBlanc). Appr. 100 poems.
2000 Le Sel de la terre, by Jozef Wittlin, with a historical commentary and translation of the sequel to the novel entitled “La Mort saine,” (Paris, France: Les Editions Noir sur Blanc, 1999).
1998 Une mouche dans ma soupe, by Jozef M. Rostocki. Editions Editinter, Paris, France, 1998, 91 p. Polish-French.
1995 Echapper à ma tombe, by Jozef M. Rostocki, with a translator's introduction. Editions Editiner, Paris, France,1995, 92 p. Polish-French.
1992 La Vie qu'il faut choisir. Selection of poems by Jan Kochanowski, with a translator's introduction. Editions de la Différence, Paros. France, 1992, 193 p. Polish-French.
1991 Le cavalier polonais, by Wladyslaw Grzedzielski. Actes-Sud, Paris, France, 1991, 361 p. Polish-French.
Recent Article Publications
2006 “Fievre d’arbres,” “Abe,” and :La chambre couveuse” translated and with an introduction by Alice-Catherine Carls. Le Journal des Poetes No 3, 2006, p. 7.
2006 “Michael S. Harper, ou l’oeuvre organique”, an introduction followed by selected translations by Alice-Catherine Carls. Poesie Premiere, No. 37, March-June 2007, pp. 4 – 18.
2005 “Perpetuum Mobile: The Literary Travels of Claude Michel Cluny” World Literature Today (May-August 2005, 55-58). Also available online at www.ou.edu/worldlit/onlinemagazine/2005mayaugust/
2005 “Maria Mailat: From ‘The Other Europe’ to the New Europe.” World Literature Today, January-April 2005, 50-54. Also available online at www.ou.edu/worldlit/onlinemagazine/2005januaryapril/
2003 “Functionalism or Federalism? The Genesis of the European Union, 1919-1945.” http://aei.pitt.edu
2003 "Temps, culture, histoire: les trinités multiples de Jean Rouaud." Poésie Première “ (March-June 2003, No. 25, p. 5-15). Reprinted in the “Cincinnati Romance Review,” (Volume 22, Spring 2003), pp. 21-32, and on Jean Rouaud’s web site at http://perso.club-internet.fr/jacwuart/Etude/ACarls.html.
2003 World Press Encyclopedia. Edited by Dawn Desjardins (Gale Publishing, 2nd Edition, 2003). “France,” pp. 314-337.
2002 “Afghanistan, bin Laden, and Oil.” Public Justice Report, Vol. 25, No. 3, 2002, p. 5.
2002 “Stage Manager, Philosopher, Witness: The Aesthetics of Brokenness in the Works of Zofia Romanowicz.” Polish Review, Vol. 47, No. 1, 2002, pp. 3-10.
2002 Co-authored with Megan Naughton: “Functionalism and Federalism in the European Union.” Public Justice Report, Vol. 25, No. 2, 2002, p. 8-9.
2002 “L’exil et le retour,” a study of Józef Wittlin. Poésie Première (March-June 2002, No. 22, p. 16-28). Reprinted in “Jatzinka,” a local historical publication of Saint-Jean-de-Luz, in 2003.
2001 “Reóyser, Filozof, Ðwiadek: Estetyka z»amania w utworach Zofii Romanowicz.” Archiwum Emigracji (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland), Vol. 4, 2001, p. 43-49.
2000 Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe. From the Congress of Vienna to the Fall of Communism. Edited by Richard Frucht (Garland Publishing, 958 p.). “Sovietization,” "Soviet Union", "Russification", “Russophobia", "Stalin", and "Zhdanovshchina".
2000 “Hostage to a Pipeline: Russia, the Caucasus, and the Silk Road of the 21st Century.” Public Justice Report, Vol. 23, No. 3, 2000, p. 8-9.
Recent Academic Translations
2004 “L”Age d’or du Minnesota: Hommage à James Wright, John Berriman, et Saul Bellow,” by Henry Parker (Poésie Première, October 2004).
1997 "Clarté, grâce, humour: l'intellect de Wislawa Szymborska," by Anna Frajlich. in Poésie Première, No. 8, Summer 1997, pp. 3-17. English and Polish into French.
Recent Literary Translations
2006 Selected poems of Rhode Island Poet-Laureate Michael S. Harper, the 2006 UT Martin Civil Rights Conference keynote speaker, have appeared in French for the first time
2005 “In Memoriam, Jacek Kaczmarski.” Brief bio-biblio with two poems. Le Journal des Poètes, No. 2, 2005, p. 8.
2005 Ren Powell. Poems. Le Journal des Poètes (at Press).
2004 “Tribut à Czes»aw Mi»osz,” by Anna Frajlich. Le Journal des Poètes, No. 4, 2004.
2004 “L’âge d’or du Minnesota” by Henry Parker. Poésie Première, No. 30, November 2004-February 2005, 26-43.
2003 Seven poems by Carl J. Buchanan, with translator’s introduction. Le Journal des poètes, No. 3, 2003, p. 4.
2003 Stuart Dybek. Five poems, with translator’s introduction. Le Journal des poètes, No. 2, 2003, p. 3.
2003 Six poems by Anna Frajlich, with translator’s introduction, in Le Journal des poètes, No. 1, 2003, p. 3.
2002 “Hommage à Józef Wittlin.” 7 poems and a prose excerpt by Józef Wittlin, with a translator’s introduction. Poésie Première (March-June 2002, No. 22, p. 16-28). Polish-French.
2001 “Un poète conteur: Stuart Dybek,” 9 poems by Stuart Dybek with a translator’s introduction and bio-bibliography. Poésie Première (November 2001-February 2002, No. 21, p. 50-60).
2001 “Poésie sans frontières. Entretien avec Carl J. Buchanan,” followed by “Sur la poésie,” by Carl J. Buchanan, and by 7 poems by Carl J. Buchanan. Poésie Première (March/June 2001, No. 19, p. 35-50).
2001 “Parabole,” and “Pietá,” by Wyslawa Szymborska, with a translator’s notice. Le Journal des Poètes, 70th Anniversary edition, No. 1, 2001, p.12.
2000 12 poems by Anna Frajlich, with a translator’s introduction, in Poésie Première (March/June 2000, No. 16, p. 74-84).
Professional Reviews
- Over 130 book reviews published or at press since 1979 in The Historian – The American Historical Review – The Christian Century – Christianity Today – The Denver Quarterly – East-Central Europe – Fides et Historia – History – The American Book Review – The Polish Review – Slavic Review – Niepodleg»oÑf-- World Literature Today – Canadian American Slavic Studies
- Peer Review of manuscripts for World Literature Today, World History Connected, Longman, McGraw Hill, Bedford St. Martin’s, West Educational Publishing, Wadsworth, and Houghton Mifflin.
Recent Professional Papers
2005 “Les mots qui brûlent de joie, de fête et de bonheur”. Workshop presentor, Atelier I, Biennales de Poésie, Liege, Belgium.
2005 “Temps et espace de l’écrit chez Claude Michel Cluny.” Cluny Colloquium at the Sorbonne, Paris, France.
2005 “Presentation of Anna Frajlich and of her French translations.” Keynote speaker, Anna Frajlich Colloquium at the Sorbonne, Paris, France.
2004 “The Genesis of the European Union, 1930-1945.” Siena College’s World War II Conference, Loudonville, NY, June 4, 2004.
2004 "Towards a European Union? Wartime Plans, 1939-1945.” 62nd Annual Meeting of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences, Northeastern University, June 6 2004.
2004 “The Genesis of the European Union: 1919-1945,” at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs in New York. The talk was sponsored by the Institute for the Study of Europe, the East Central European Center, and the Polish Studies Program. 11 November 2004.
2003 Invited Participant, 23rd Biennale Internationale de Poésie, Liege, Belgium (September10-14, 2003).
2003 Panel Participant, “Assessing America’s Responsibility in the World,” Center for Public Justice roundtable workshop. Washington, DC, July 2003.
2003 “Functionalism or Federalism? The Genesis of the European Union, 1919-1945.” Eigth Biennial International Conference of the European Union Studies Association, Nashville, TN, March 2003. Also presented at the Tennessee Conference of Historians, Nashville, September 2003.
2002 “Temps, culture, histoire: une trinité rouaudienne,” Jean Rouaud Conference, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, May 2002.
2001 “Of Exile, Loss, and Recovery – A Tribute to Jozef Wittlin,” Tribute to Jozef Wittlin, New York Public Library, October 4, 2001. |
