Andrew Giarelli, Ph.D.

Giarelli is a literature scholar, journalist, and senior lecturer in literature and journalism at ż. Additionally, he teaches in the Comparative Literature department at the University of Vienna and is a regular guest lecturer in the Department of English Philology at Ivan Franko University in Lviv, Ukraine. He 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). He was ż Teacher of the Year in the School of Journalism in 2015-16 and 2016-17, and in the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences in 2022-23.

His book of nonfiction reportage, The Lands Between: A Central European Journey (danzig & unfried) was published in 2025. His recent journalism articles have appeared in Reflex.czEuractiv.cz, and The Slovak Spectator, while his novel, The Talking Statues, was published in 2021. 

Specializations

American, British and European literature, folklore and mythology, journalism.

Scholarly Articles

  • “‘The Subtleties of the American Joke’: Mark Twain versus Europe.” Brno Studies in English 50:1 (2024), 167-83.
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  • ٳ󲹰𲹰’s Love’s Labours Lost: A Teaching Approach.” Studies in Foreign Language Education 7 (2015), 21-39. Bratislava: Comenius University. Cologne: University of Cologne.
  • “Oral Legend and Media Narrative in the Birth of the U.S. Hippie Subculture.” Ethnologia Slovaca Et Slavica 35 (2012), 89-106. Bratislava: Comenius University.
  • ٳ󲹰𲹰’s Tragic Vision: An Introduction for Slovak Advanced English Language Students.” Studies in Foreign Language Education 4 (2012): 133-153. Bratislava: Comenius University; Cologne: University of Cologne.
  • “Inalienable Rights: New Media and the Mideast Democracy Movements.” Linguistic, Literary, and Didactic Colloquium IX (2011), 17-42. Bratislava: Pedagogicka Fakulta, Komenskeho Univerzita.

Recent Articles on Ukraine

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