Invited presentations
“BBE InConversation with Jasmin Darznik and Danuta Hinc.” October 2021
“For the Wife Who Comes After Me” (novel excerpt). Reading and talk. Bennington Writers. On Zoom (COVID-19). December 2020
“Language, False Dichotomies, and the Many Layers of my Shame.” Reading and talk. The Columbia Art Center. Columbia, Maryland. January 2019.
“Connections and the Disconnect—Global History and the Making of the Other” (excerpt from: To Kill the Other). Reading and talk. Department of English. University of Maryland, College Park. February 2018.
“Anacostia.” Reading at Mid-Atlantic Bennington Readers’ Series, Washington, D.C., September 2016
“Cottage White.” Reading at the Bennington Writers Series, New York, NY, November 2015
“Confessions from Europe Without a Name.” Reading at the Writer’s Center, Bethesda, Maryland, December 2013.
“The first diagnoses of Madness from Angels in the Forest.” Reading at Minas Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland, November 2013.
“Inspirations of the Barren Mind: To Kill the Other and Angels in the Forest.” The Writer’s Center, Bethesda, Maryland, October 2013.
“Europe Without the Name: How much research?” Durham, North Carolina, February 2013.
“The Right Thing: Writing in the second person.” Watermark Art Gallery Reading, Baltimore, Maryland, January 2013.
“Angels in the Forest: Why Prologue?” The Writer’s Center, Bethesda, Maryland, November 2012.
“Angels in the Forest: Fictionalized Memoir and Memory.” The New Mercury Readings, Baltimore, Maryland, August 2012.
“Fictionalized Memoir: How much can I tell?” The Writer’s Center, Bethesda, Maryland, June 2012.
“The Writing Life: Inspirations and Implementation.” The Writer’s Center, Bethesda, Maryland, March 2012.
“The Writing Life: Inspirations and Implementation.” The Writer’s Center in Bethesda, Bethesda, Maryland, November 2011.
“Modus Vivendi in To Kill the Other.” Howard Community College Seminar, Columbia, Maryland, November 2011.
“Unbearable Heaviness of Words: Who makes my choices?” Howard Community College Seminar, Columbia, Maryland, November 2011.
“Who Am I As An Individual, As A Member Of A Community, And As A Citizen Of The World?” Howard Community College Seminar, Columbia, Maryland, September 2011.
“Shahid in To Kill the Other and Ethics in Literature.” Presented for Creative Writing Seminar, Howard Community College Seminar, Columbia, Maryland, July 2011.
“Blogging and Assignments in Composition and Academic Writing.” Howard Community College Seminar, Columbia, Maryland, July 2011.
“Many Faces of Globalization.” Howard Community College Seminar, Columbia, Maryland, May 2011.
“The process of writing my first novel, To Kill the Other.” Presented for Literature Honors Seminar, Howard Community College, Columbia, Maryland, March 2011.
“Developing convincing characters in To Kill the Other.” Howard Community College Seminar, Columbia, Maryland, March 2011.
“To Kill the Other: Historical Events and Fictional Characters.” Presented at the Columbia Art Center, Columbia, Maryland, February 2011.
“Error Correction in Composition Writing for ESL students.” Howard Community College Seminar, Columbia, Maryland, February 2011.
“The Katyń Massacre and the History of Europe.” Howard Community College Seminar, Columbia, Maryland, February 2011.
“Many Faces of Globalization.” Howard Community College Seminar, Columbia, Maryland, January 2011.
“Creative Writing and Social Media in the Classroom: Blogging.” Howard Community College Professional Development Seminar, Columbia, Maryland, January 2011.
“Taking it Global! Composition Writing Assignments.” Howard Community College Seminar, Columbia, Maryland, November 2010.
“Taher: Creating Convincing Characters.” Presented for Literature Honors Seminar, Howard Community College, Columbia, Maryland, October 2010.
“Creative Writing and Social Media in the Classroom: Blogging.” Howard Community College Seminar, Columbia, Maryland, August 2010.
“Historical Events and Personal Lives in Literature.” Presented for Literature Honors Seminar, Howard Community College, Columbia, Maryland, February 2010.
“Writing Fiction: Inspirations and Fallacies.” Presented for Literature Honors Seminar, Howard Community College, Columbia, Maryland, October 2009.
Conference presentations
“Seven.” Presented at Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures Panel, South Central MLA Conference, Memphis, Tennessee, October 2022. Virtual.
“Millennials on Racism and Feminism in the Age of Social Media.” Presented at Making Waves in Cyber Space: How Women Use Digital Forums to Make Critical Networking Space for Special Education, Women in Journalism, and Women of Color. Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, November 2019
“When Fake News Was Good.” Presented at Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures Panel, Part One. October 2019 South Central MLA Conference, Little Rock, Arkansas, November 2019.
“An American Consciousness and an East European Subconsciousness in the works of Charles Simic.” Presented at Tribute to the Life and Work of Poet Charles Simic on his 80th Birthday Panel. AWP Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon, March 2019.
“Trump’s America and Communist Poland. How the Past Becomes the Now.” Presented at Silenced Dimensions in Crisis and Conflict Panel. AWP Annual Conference, Tampa, Florida, March 2018.
“The Limits of Losing: Language, Exile, and the Self in Herta Müller’s collection of essays, Król kłania się i zabija, Eva Hoffman’s memoir, Lost in Translation, and Vladimir Nabokov’s memoir, Speak, Memory.” Presented at Bennington College, Vermont, June 2016.
“The Limits of Losing: Language, Exile, and the Self in Herta Müller’s collection of essays, Król kłania się i zabija, Eva Hoffman’s memoir, Lost in Translation, and Vladimir Nabokov’s memoir, Speak, Memory.” Presented at AWP Annual Conference, Los Angeles, California, March 2016.
“The Limits of Losing: The Silence in the Second Language.” Presented at Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures Panel. SCMLA Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, October 2015.
“Herta Müller’s Król kłania się i zabija and the Displacement in the Origins of Language.” Presented at Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures Panel. SCMLA Conference, Austin, Texas, October 2014.
“Historical Events and Personal Histories: World War II and Misplacement Within Political Systems.” Presented at Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures Panel. SCMLA Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 2013.
“Every Language Has Its Own Silence. Czesław Miłosz and Wisława Szymborska in translation.” Presented at Polish Poets in Translation. Cultural Contexts Panel.” AWP Annual Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, March 2013.
“Angels in the Forest—Fictionalized Memoir.” Presented at Writing in the Diasporas across Languages and Cultures Panel. AWP Annual Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, March 2013.
“Using Blogging in English Writing Assignments to Promote Global Competency.” Presented at the 9th Annual Maryland Academic Leadership Conference, CCBC, Baltimore, Maryland, April 2011.
“Taking it Global! Preparing Globally Competent Students.” Presented at AFACCT Conference, CCBC, Baltimore, Maryland, January 2011.
“Who Am I As An Individual, As A Member Of A Community, And As A Citizen Of The World?” Presented at Capital Improvements: Two Year College as an Agency of Change, TYCA-NE Conference, Washington, D.C., November 2010.