Svitlana Krys

Dr. Svitlana (Lana) Krys (PhD, Alberta 2011) is Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at MacEwan University (Edmonton, Canada). Her research focuses on the development of the Gothic genre in Ukrainian literature, and she is currently working on her book manuscript, tentatively titled “At the Origins of the Ukrainian Gothic.” In addition, Dr. Krys serves as the Editor-in-Chief of East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies (https://www.ewjus.com/), a scholarly, peer-reviewed, online periodical, published by the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (University of Alberta). From 2015-21, she held the title of Kule Chair in Ukrainian Studies at MacEwan University. Her scholarship has been recognized by the American Association for Ukrainian Studies.

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