Andrew Giarelli, Ph.D.

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.

American and European literature, folklore and mythology, international journalism