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'''Jan Louis Perkowski'''<ref>{{Cite book|isbn = 0893573329|title = Vampire Lore: From the Writings of Jan Louis Perkowski|last1 = Perkowski|first1 = Jan Louis|year = 2006}}</ref> (December 29, 1936, [[Perth Amboy, New Jersey]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.poles.org/db/p_names/Perkowski_JL.html|title = Perkowski, Jan Louis}}</ref> - November 21, 2023<ref>{{Cite web |title=Obituary information for Jan Louis Perkowski |url=https://www.hillandwood.com/obituaries/obituary-listings?obId=29968538 |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=www.hillandwood.com |language=en-US}}</ref> ) was a professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the [[University of Virginia]].
'''Jan Louis Perkowski''' (December 29, 1936 - November 21, 2023) was a professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the [[University of Virginia]].<ref name="memoriam">{{cite web |title=In Memoriam: Jan Louis Perkowski, Professor of Slavic Languages, 1974-2009 |url=https://www.as.virginia.edu/perkowski |website=as.virginia.edu |publisher=University of Virginia |date=December 12, 2023}}</ref>  


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
He had three consecutive degrees including a [[PhD]] from [[Harvard University]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Jan Louis Perkowski |url=https://slavic.as.virginia.edu/people/profile/perkowski |access-date=November 15, 2022 |website=slavic.as.virginia.edu |publisher=University of Virginia}}</ref> Perkowski attracted attention when he published research into alleged [[vampire]] [[folklore]] in the 1970s that was easily sensationalized in the press and has a vogue among [[vampire]] fans.
Perkowski was born in 1936 in [[Perth Amboy, New Jersey]] to John Perkowski and Veda Meyers Ferenchwich.<ref name="memoriam" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.poles.org/db/p_names/Perkowski_JL.html |title = Perkowski, Jan Louis |website=poles.org}}</ref> He had three consecutive degrees, including a [[PhD]] in 1965 from [[Harvard University]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Jan Louis Perkowski |url=https://slavic.as.virginia.edu/people/profile/perkowski |access-date=November 15, 2022 |website=slavic.as.virginia.edu |publisher=University of Virginia}}</ref> Slavic languages, linguistics and folkore was the focus of his studies and research.<ref name="memoriam" /> Perkowski attracted attention when he published research into alleged [[vampire]] [[folklore]] in the 1970s that was easily sensationalized in the press and has a vogue among [[vampire]] fans.


Perkowski wrote about a [[Kashubians|Kashubian]] [[idiolect]] and was employed by the [[National Museum of Man in Canada]] in 1968–9 to conduct research for the Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies in the area of Wilno, Ontario, to study Kashubian Polish folklore and traditions. His 1972 report, "Vampires, Dwarves, And Witches Among The Ontario Kashubs"<ref name=How>[https://nationalpost.com/entertainment/books/how-to-kill-a-vampire How to Kill a Vampire: An excerpt (and guide) from Liisa Ladouceur's book of the same name]</ref> inspired sensational articles in ''Psychology Today'', ''The Canadian Magazine'', and ''The National Enquirer'' which got it denounced on the floor of the Canadian House of Commons.
Perkowski was a Teaching Fellow at Harvard from 1960 to 1963, and Assistant Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages at the [[University of California, Santa Barbara]].<ref name="memoriam" /> He was Associate Professor at the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the [[University of Texas, Austin]] from 1965 to 1974, and then Professor at the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the [[University of Virginia]] from 1974 until his retirement in 2009.<ref name="memoriam" /> Over the course of his career, he held many other offices during different periods including: the founding member of the board of directors of the American Council of Teachers of Russian; chairman of the Russian Language Program Consortium of the Council for International Educational Exchange, the Fulbright Slavic and East European Studies Committee, the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Texas, the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Virginia, the University of Virginia Interdepartmental Program in General Linguistics, and Vice President of the Slavic and East European Folklore Association. He was also a member of the editorial board of ''Folia Slavica''.<ref name="memoriam" />


Kashubians in [[Wilno, Ontario]] allegedly believe that "the only remedy against this kind of future vampirism was to extract the teeth from the infants. The Kashubs also feared those born with a red caul, a piece of amniotic membrane that naturally surrounds an unborn baby in the womb.<ref name=How/>
His publications include five books, more than 70 articles and 20 reviews.<ref name="memoriam" />


Perkowski was previously employed at the [[University of California, Santa Barbara]], the [[University of Texas, Austin]], and the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA. He taught classes on Slavic languages, [[diachronic linguistics]], the occult and vampires, and courses such as "How to be a Spy." He is now retired.
Perkowski wrote about a [[Kashubians|Kashubian]] [[idiolect]] and was employed by the [[National Museum of Man in Canada]] in the late 1960s to conduct research for the Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies in the area of [[Wilno, Ontario]], to study Kashubian Polish folklore and traditions.<ref name="mysteries">{{cite web |title=Vampires in Ontario? |url=https://mysteriesofcanada.com/ontario/vampires-in-ontario/ |website=mysteriesofcanada.com |date=October 23, 2018}}</ref> His 1972 report, ''Vampires, Dwarves, And Witches Among The Ontario Kashubs'' made national headlines and even reached the floor of the Canadian House of Commons.<ref name="cbc">{{cite news |last1=Maki |first1=Christine |last2=Abraham |first2=Ash |title=Driving a stake through the vampire story of Wilno, Ontario |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/vampire-polish-kashubian-identity-wilno-creator-network-1.6831014 |work=CBC News |date=May 8, 2023}}</ref> It provoked a reaction from residents who felt Perkowski embellished or fabricated his claims.<ref name="cbc" /> Kashubians in Wilno, Ontario allegedly believe that "the only remedy against this kind of future vampirism was to extract the teeth from the infants. The Kashubs also feared those born with a red caul, a piece of amniotic membrane that naturally surrounds an unborn baby in the womb.<ref name="national post">{{cite news |title=How to Kill a Vampire: An excerpt (and guide) from Liisa Ladouceur's book of the same name |url=https://nationalpost.com/entertainment/books/how-to-kill-a-vampire |work=National Post |date=October 31, 2013}}</ref>


In 1989, he published ''The Darkling: A Treatise on Slavic Vampirism'' which contains original vampire accounts translated into English from over twenty languages, many for the first time, including a vampire trial in Dubrovnik in 1737. The book is currently being added as a chapter in his forthcoming work ''Vampire Lore''. However, he was best known for teaching an [[undergraduate]] class called "Dracula", covering vampire mythology in western culture from ancient times to the present. Perkowski himself approaches the vampire as an outgrowth of the culture in which its legend arose - often more a [[morality tale]] than anything else. After his retirement, the course was taken on by his former student [[Stanley Stepanic]], a known [[noise musician]] and [[demonology|demonologist]].
He resided in [[Charlottesville]] until his death in 2023, following complications from radiation therapy for [[prostate cancer]].<ref name="memoriam" />
 
He resided in [[Charlottesville]] until his death in 2023.


==Publications==
==Publications==
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*1978: ''Gusle and Ganga Among the Hercegovinians of Toronto''. Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA : University Microfilms International, 1978. {{ISBN|0-8357-0321-5}}
*1978: ''Gusle and Ganga Among the Hercegovinians of Toronto''. Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA : University Microfilms International, 1978. {{ISBN|0-8357-0321-5}}
*1982: "The Romanian Folkloric Vampire". ''East Europe Quarterly'', September 1982. Reprinted in ''The Vampire: A Casebook'', Alan Dundes, ed. (University of Wisconsin Press, 1998) {{ISBN|0-299-15924-8}}
*1982: "The Romanian Folkloric Vampire". ''East Europe Quarterly'', September 1982. Reprinted in ''The Vampire: A Casebook'', Alan Dundes, ed. (University of Wisconsin Press, 1998) {{ISBN|0-299-15924-8}}
*1989: ''The Darkling: A Treatise on Slavic Vampirism''. Columbus, Ohio, USA : Slavica, 1989. {{ISBN|0-89357-200-4}} [http://slavica.com/litfolk/lf53.html]
*1989: ''The Darkling: A Treatise on Slavic Vampirism''. Columbus, Ohio, USA : Slavica, 1989. {{ISBN|0-89357-200-4}}
*2000: ''Linguistic History Engraved in Gold and Silver: Legends on the Coins of St. Vladimir''.
*2000: ''Linguistic History Engraved in Gold and Silver: Legends on the Coins of St. Vladimir''.
*2006: ''Vampire Lore: From the Writings of Jan Louis Perkowski''. Slavica, 2006. {{ISBN|0-89357-331-0}}
*2006: ''Vampire Lore: From the Writings of Jan Louis Perkowski''. Slavica, 2006. {{ISBN|0-89357-331-0}}
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Jan Louis Perkowski (December 29, 1936 - November 21, 2023) was a professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Virginia.[1]

Biography

Perkowski was born in 1936 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey to John Perkowski and Veda Meyers Ferenchwich.[1][2] He had three consecutive degrees, including a PhD in 1965 from Harvard University.[3] Slavic languages, linguistics and folkore was the focus of his studies and research.[1] Perkowski attracted attention when he published research into alleged vampire folklore in the 1970s that was easily sensationalized in the press and has a vogue among vampire fans.

Perkowski was a Teaching Fellow at Harvard from 1960 to 1963, and Assistant Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages at the University of California, Santa Barbara.[1] He was Associate Professor at the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Texas, Austin from 1965 to 1974, and then Professor at the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Virginia from 1974 until his retirement in 2009.[1] Over the course of his career, he held many other offices during different periods including: the founding member of the board of directors of the American Council of Teachers of Russian; chairman of the Russian Language Program Consortium of the Council for International Educational Exchange, the Fulbright Slavic and East European Studies Committee, the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Texas, the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Virginia, the University of Virginia Interdepartmental Program in General Linguistics, and Vice President of the Slavic and East European Folklore Association. He was also a member of the editorial board of Folia Slavica.[1]

His publications include five books, more than 70 articles and 20 reviews.[1]

Perkowski wrote about a Kashubian idiolect and was employed by the National Museum of Man in Canada in the late 1960s to conduct research for the Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies in the area of Wilno, Ontario, to study Kashubian Polish folklore and traditions.[4] His 1972 report, Vampires, Dwarves, And Witches Among The Ontario Kashubs made national headlines and even reached the floor of the Canadian House of Commons.[5] It provoked a reaction from residents who felt Perkowski embellished or fabricated his claims.[5] Kashubians in Wilno, Ontario allegedly believe that "the only remedy against this kind of future vampirism was to extract the teeth from the infants. The Kashubs also feared those born with a red caul, a piece of amniotic membrane that naturally surrounds an unborn baby in the womb.[6]

He resided in Charlottesville until his death in 2023, following complications from radiation therapy for prostate cancer.[1]

Publications

  • 1969: A Kashubian Idiolect in the United States
  • 1972: Vampires, Dwarves and Witches Among the Ontario Kashubs. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada : 1972
  • 1976: Vampires of the Slavs. Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA : Slavica, 1976. Template:ISBN
  • 1978: Gusle and Ganga Among the Hercegovinians of Toronto. Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA : University Microfilms International, 1978. Template:ISBN
  • 1982: "The Romanian Folkloric Vampire". East Europe Quarterly, September 1982. Reprinted in The Vampire: A Casebook, Alan Dundes, ed. (University of Wisconsin Press, 1998) Template:ISBN
  • 1989: The Darkling: A Treatise on Slavic Vampirism. Columbus, Ohio, USA : Slavica, 1989. Template:ISBN
  • 2000: Linguistic History Engraved in Gold and Silver: Legends on the Coins of St. Vladimir.
  • 2006: Vampire Lore: From the Writings of Jan Louis Perkowski. Slavica, 2006. Template:ISBN

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