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#Anna Kuchta - Instytut Porównawczych Studiów Cywilizacji

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Dr Anna Kuchta

Dr Anna Kuchta

e-mail: anna.kuchta@uj.edu.pl
www: https://jagiellonian.academia.edu/AnnaKuchta
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7841-0198

Assistant Professor at the Insitute of Comparative Studies of Civiliations (Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland), where in 2019 she defended with honors her doctoral thesis focusing on postmemory in Polish contemporary literature. She is a recipient of The Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship which resulted in a research project concerning Japanese literature at Kobe University (Japan) in 2016 and a recipient of The Holocaust Research Institute (Royal Holloway, University of London) fellowship for participating in sixth Summer Institute on the Holocaust and Jewish Civilisation in 2022. Her main research interests include postmemory, trauma and its transmission and tracing relations between literature and popular culture. She is a member of "The Polish Journal of the Arts and Culture" and "The Polish Journal of Aesthetics", editorial boards.

Academic interests

  • postmemory,
  • relations between literature and philosophy,
  • II World War and the Holocaust,
  • Japanese culture (especially Heian period and The Tale of Genji).

Selected publications

  • 2026, Toward Postmemory, Berlin, Bruxelles, Chennai, Lausanne, New York, Oxford: Peter Lang Group.
  • 2025, Guardians of the memory: Reflection on Holocaust archives with special focus on International Tracing Service [Strażnicy pamięci. Rozważania o archiwach Holokaustu na przykładzie International Tracing Service], "Studia Etnologiczne i Antropologiczne", issue 24, no. 1, pp. 1-16.
  • 2021, “A jewel beyond compare”. Prince Hikaru Genji as perfect male of Heian period in the light of popular culture theories, “Manifestations of Male Image in the World’s Cultures”, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, Kraków 2021, pp. 11-29.
  • 2017, The Journey of Memory. Migration, Postmemory and Family Relations in Mikołaj Grynberg’s "Oskarżam Auschwitz. Opowieści rodzinne" [I Blame Auschwitz. Family Tales], "Maska", issue 37, pp. 51-66.
  • 2016, In the clutches of (post)memory. A study of the relationship between mother and daughter in Bożena Keff’s “Utwór o Matce i Ojczyźnie” [“A Piece on Mother and Motherland”], "MASKA", issue. 32, pp. 33–44.
  • 2015, Spirit possession and emotional suffering in "The Tale of Genji" and its selected adaptations. A study of love triangle between Prince Genji, Lady Aoi and Lady Rokujo, [in:] Istoty hybrydalne i zmieniające postać w kulturach europejskich i azjatyckich, pp. 177-198.
  • 2015, Stolen Narratives. The Images of Postmemory in the Collection "I Blame Auschwitz. Family Stories of Mikołaj Grynberg" [Zawłaszczone narracje. Obrazy postpamięci w zbiorze "Oskarżam Auschwitz. Opowieści rodzinne Mikołaja Grynberga"], "Konteksty Kultury", issue 12, no. 2, pp. 251–264.

Research projects

  • 2024/2025: Central European Memory of the Holocaust in a Multicultural and Multidimensional Perspective [CEMORY] project funded by the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV).
  • 2022/2023: Funding from National Programme for the Development of the Humanities (NPRH) for English translation and publication of the monograph Wobec postpamięci [Toward Postmemory].
  • 2022/2023, The Role of International Tracing Service (ITS) in Shaping Collective Memory of the Holocaust (National Science Centre, MINIATURA 7).

Other achievements

  • recipient of Sixth Summer Institute (2022) on the Holocaust and Jewish Civilisation Fellowship (The Holocaust Research Institute, Royal Holloway, University of London);
  • "Haiku" (2021) - lyrical translations of poems by four great masters of the Japanese haiku (with Beata Szymańska);
  • recipient of Third Degree Team Award of the Jagiellonian University Rector for scientific achievements;
  • recipient of The Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship (2016) which resulted in research study at Kobe University (Kobe, Japan) in May 2017;
  • Head of Comparative Studies of Civilizations “Students Scientific Club” (“Koło Naukowe Porównawczych Studiów Cywilizacji”) during academic year 2012/13.

Hobbies

  • literature,
  • popular culture,
  • comics,
  • terraristics.