Christopher Caes

Christopher Caes is a Senior Lecturer in Polish at Columbia University and Co-Deputy Director of the East Central European Center. He earned his Ph.D. in Slavic Studies with a Designated Emphasis in Film Studies from the University of California, Berkeley.

His primary expertise lies in 20th-century Polish literature, film, and culture, with a focus on artistic and cultural perspectives on human identity and behavior under extreme circumstances. He heads the Polish Language Program at Columbia and teaches courses in

• Slavic Studies
• Film Studies
• East-Central European History
• Science Fiction Studies
• Norse Mythology and Culture

He is also an active literary translator from Polish to English.

Contact:

• Email: cc4038@columbia.edu
• Phone: 212-854-8488
• Office: 704 Hamilton, Columbia University