Andrew Giarelli, Ph.D.
Letenska 5, Prague 1

Giarelli is a literature scholar, journalist, and senior lecturer in literature and journalism at AAU, as well as acting chair of the Department of Arts, Culture and Society. Additionally, he teaches in the Comparative Literature department at the University of Vienna and taught previously at New York University, Utah State University, and Portland State University. Giarelli has twice been a senior Fulbright lecturer (Malta 1993, Slovakia 2011).
His articles have appeared in Reflex.cz, Euractiv.cz, and The Slovak Spectator, while his novel, The Talking Statues, was published in 2021, with a book of reportage, The Lands Between: A Central European Journey, following in 2024.
Specializations
American and European literature, folklore and mythology, international journalism
Scholarly Articles
- 鈥淭he Subtleties of the American Joke: Mark Twain vs. Europe.鈥 Brno Studies in English. Forthcoming.
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- 鈥沦丑补办别蝉辫别补谤别鈥檚 Love鈥檚 Labours Lost: A Teaching Approach.鈥 Studies in Foreign Language Education 7 (2015), 21-39. Bratislava: Comenius University. Cologne: University of Cologne.
- 鈥淥ral Legend and Media Narrative in the Birth of the U.S. Hippie Subculture.鈥 Ethnologia Slovaca Et Slavica 35 (2012), 89-106. Bratislava: Comenius University.
- 鈥沦丑补办别蝉辫别补谤别鈥檚 Tragic Vision: An Introduction for Slovak Advanced English Language Students.鈥 Studies in Foreign Language Education 4 (2012): 133-153. Bratislava: Comenius University; Cologne: University of Cologne.
- 鈥淚nalienable Rights: New Media and the Mideast Democracy Movements.鈥 Linguistic, Literary, and Didactic Colloquium IX (2011), 17-42. Bratislava: Pedagogicka Fakulta, Komenskeho Univerzita.
Recent Articles on Ukraine
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