Margarita Nafpaktitis
Curator for Slavic and East European Collections
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As the Slavic and East European collections librarian, the geographic scope of the collections I curate includes Poland, Russia, Ukraine, and many other countries in East Central and Southeast Europe (including Greece). I select materials for research and instruction published in and about these regions in new and old formats, in subject areas including literature and linguistics, cultural studies, history, social sciences, fine and performing arts, and popular culture. I also consult and collaborate with students and faculty to help them find the materials that they need for their research and their teaching.
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Margarita Nafpaktitis
Curator for Slavic and East European Collections
As the Slavic and East European collections librarian, the geographic scope of the collections I curate includes Poland, Russia, Ukraine, and many other countries in East Central and Southeast Europe (including Greece). I select materials for research and instruction published in and about these regions in new and old formats, in subject areas including literature and linguistics, cultural studies, history, social sciences, fine and performing arts, and popular culture. I also consult and collaborate with students and faculty to help them find the materials that they need for their research and their teaching.
Education
- PhD, Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- MA, Slavic Area Studies, The Ohio State University, Columbus
- MA, Russian Literature, The Ohio State University, Columbus
- BA, Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of California, Berkeley
Professional activities
American Library Association
Association of Research Libraries
American Literary Translators Association
Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, Committee for Library and Information Resources
Association for Women in Slavic Studies
Polish Studies Association
Selected publications
“Visual Materials in The House of Arts (Dom iskusstv) Journal,” Slavic & East European Information Resources, Vol. 11, No. 2/3 (2009): 273-302.
“Multiple Exposures of the Photographic Motif in Vladislav Khodasevich’s ‘Sorrentinskie fotografii',” Slavic and East European Journal, Vol. 52, No. 3 (2008): 389-413.
with Kelly Miller. The Firebird and the Factory: The Modern Russian Children’s Book, catalog accompanying exhibition at Harrison Institute/Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia, 2006.
Narrative labels in exhibition catalog for Revolutionary Tides: The Art of the Political Poster, 1789-1989. Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University and The Wolfsonian - Florida International University, Miami Beach: Skira, 2005.
Afterword, Tales of Galicia, by Andrzej Stasiuk. Prague: Twisted Spoon, 2003.