IN RESIDENCE @ APEXART WITH SOFIJA GRANDAKOVSKA: THE AIRPLANE IS A FISH THAT FLIES IN NEW YORK CITY

Sofija Grandakovska, academic, theorist and poet, engages in interdisciplinary studies in comparative literature, Byzantine and cultural studies and visual semiotics. She holds a BA, MA and PhD from the Department of Comparative Literature at the Faculty of Philology “Blaze Koneski”, SS Cyril and Methodius University, in Skopje, Macedonia. In 2006 she was recognized as the best Young Scientist of the Year and received the Vita Pop-Jordanova Award from the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts (MASA) in the field of literary studies, awarded in accordance with international classification. She has also received several other accolades in the field of humanistic disciplines and creative activity: an award as a sign of recognition for the affirmation of SS Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje (2006), the National Recognition by the Decision of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia regarding her receiving the Vita Pop-Jordanova Award from MASA (2006), a testimonial for her academic and scientific project “Female Monasticism in Macedonia”, awarded by Ford Grant and the Museum of the City of Skopje (2004) etc. She is a member of the Union of Comparative Literature in Macedonia and of the International Association of Comparative Literature (AILC/ICLA).

Sofija is the author of the scholarly books The Discourse of the Prayer [Говорот на молитвата](2008) and The Portrait of the Image [Портретот на сликата](2010), and two books of poetry The Eighth Day [Осмиот ден](2005) and The Burning Sun [Препечено сонце](2009), editor of the bilingual book The Jews from Macedonia and the Holocaust: History, Theory and Culture [Евреите од Македонија и холокаустот: историја, теорија и култура] (2011) (http://www.jewsfrommacedonia.mk/) and is co-editor of the bilingual book-zine edition DOMA [HOME], vol. 1 (2010). Her research papers have been published in many theoretical anthologies in Macedonia and abroad.

Currently, Dr. Grandakovska works as assistant professor at the Institute for Social and Humanities Research ”Euro-Balkan”, Skopje, Macedonia, where she teaches Contemporary Theories of Culture.

IN RESIDENCE @ APEXART WITH
SOFIJA GRANDAKOVSKA

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

THE AIRPLANE IS A FISH THAT FLIES IN NEW YORK CITY

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