Ewa Siwak
Teaching Experience
Adjunct Professor of German Austin Community College 2011-present
Professor of Instruction Texas State University 2024–present
Senior German Lecturer Texas State University 2014–2024
German Lecturer Texas State University 2011-2014
Instructor and Tutor, ESL Texas Intensive English Program 2011-2015
German Teacher Bowie High School, Austin 2006-2011
German Teacher Hays CISD 1998-2006
Assistant Instructor: Swedish, German, and Polish University of Texas at Austin 1991-1996
Teaching Assistant, German Purdue University 1990-1991
Professional Publications
Translated Books:
Ola Hnatiuk. Courage and Fear. Translation from Polish. Boston: Academic Studies Press/ Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, 2019.
Refereed Journal Articles:
“A Dissonant Unity at Two Habsburg-Era Expositions: Vienna (1873) and Lviv (1894).” Zeitschrift für Ostmitteleuropa-Forschung / Journal of East Central European Studies 74, no. 2 (2025): 177–214. https://doi.org/10.25627/202574211664
“Philip Boehm Revisits Malina.” Austrian Studies, Reading Bachmann Now: 32 (2024): 120–135. DOI: https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1353/aus.00009
“Transparent, Fluent, and Readable: Ingeborg Bachmann’s Prose in English.” Journal of Austrian Studies 51, no. 1 (2018): 47-73. DOI: 10.1353/oas.2018.0002
Anderson, Mark, Philip Boehm, and Peter Filkins. Personal interview by Ewa Siwak. 5 Oct. 1996. Journal of Austrian Studies 51, no. 1 (2018): 73-90.
Book Reviews:
Review of Martin Rohde. Nationale Wissenschaft zwischen zwei Imperien: Die Ševcenko-Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften, 1892–1918. Harvard Ukrainian Studies 39, no. 1-2 (2022). https://husj.harvard.edu/book-reviews/nationale-wissenschaft-zwischen-zwei-imperien-die-sevcenko-gesellschaft-der-wissenschaften-18921918-wiener-galizien-studien
Review of Scott O. Moore. Teaching the Empire: Education and State Loyalty in Late Habsburg Austria, Journal of Austrian Studies 54, no. 2 (2021): 156-159. DOI: 10.1353/oas.2021.0035
Review of Sandra Boihmane > Malina – Versteck der Sprache. Die Chiffre 'Malina' in Ingeborg Bachmanns Werk und in Zeugnissen von Zeitzeuginnen. Women in German Yearbook 35 (2019): 137-139. DOI: 10.1353/fgs.2019.0007
Honors, Awards, Fellowships
Honors and Awards (Texas State University)
Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching 2023
College of Liberal Arts Golden Apple for Excellence in Teaching 2023
Alpha Chi Honor Society Favorite Professor 2016, 2022
College of Liberal Arts Award for Excellence in Service 2019
Fellowships
Two-Week Interdisciplinary Research Residency in Bulgaria Summer 2026
ACLS / Centre for Advanced Study Sofia
Published: April 15, 2026