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Tim West

e-mail:  twest -at- princeton.edu
program:  Literature (began 2006)
date of general exams:  January 2009
hometown:  Wilmington, DE
languages:  Czech, Russian, some Polish

education:

MA in Slavic Languages and Literature (University of Texas at Austin)
BA in English (University of Delaware)

teaching experience:

First-year Czech language, University of Texas at Austin (2001-2006)
ESL Instructor, Společnost přátel USA, Prague (1998)
ESL Instructor, Střední odborná škola Telč and Vyšší odborná škola Telč, Czech Republic (1995-1999)


publications:

"Destiny as Alibi: Milan Kundera, Václav Havel and the 'Czech Question' after 1968."
in The Slavonic and East European Review. Vol. 87, No. 3 (July 2009).
Review: Ladislav Klíma. The Sufferings of Prince Sternenhoch. Trans. Carleton Bulkin. Twisted Spoon Press, 2008.
in Slavic and East European Journal. Vol. 53, No. 1 (Spring 2009).
"A Report From the Conference '1968: A Global Perspective,' Prague Spring Panel."
in Kosmas: Czechoslovak and Central European Journal. Vol. 22, No. 2 (2009).
Conference Paper: "Destiny as Alibi: Milan Kundera, Václav Havel and the 'Czech Question' after 1968."
at University of Texas at Austin Interdisciplinary Conference 1968: A Global Perspective, 2008.
Review: Craig Cravens. Culture and Customs of the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
in Czech Language News. No. 28 (Fall 2007).
Conference Paper: "Tolstoy's Dialogue with the Sources."
at AATSEEL Conference, 2006.
Translation: Otto Urban. "The Beginnings of Modern Art History and Art Criticism in the Czech Lands."
in Centropa. Vol. 5, No. 1 (2005).
Conference Paper: "The 'pub simile' in Bohumil Hrabal's Městečko, kde se zastavil čas."
at AATSEEL Conference, 2003.




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