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
- 2020, Towards Postmemory [Wobec postpamięci], Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, Kraków 2020.
- 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", no. 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", tom 12, no. 2, pp. 251–264.
- 2013, "In Foreign Crowd, in Foreign Place" - the Jewish Cultural Identity in the Liminal Situation on the Selected Examples of Non-Fiction Literature [„W obcym tłumie, w obcym miejscu" – żydowska tożsamość kulturowa w sytuacji granicznej na wybranych przykładach literatury faktu], "MASKA", no. 19, pp. 103–116.
Research projects
- 2022/2023: Funding from National Programme for the Development of the Humanities (NPRH) for English translation and publication of the monograph Wobec postpamięci [Facing Postmemory].
- 2022/2023, The Role of International Tracing Service (ITS) in Shaping Collective Memory of the Holocaust (National Science Centre, MINIATURA 7).
- 2017/2018, Family relations and postmemory - analysis basing on Polish contemporary memoir literature (Jagiellonian University Funding for Young Scholars, DSC) .
- 2015/2016, Images of cultural identity in the context of the phenomenon of postmemory in contemporary Polish essays (Jagiellonian University Funding for Young Scholars, DSC).
- 2013/2014, Analysis of Adam Zagajewski's works (Jagiellonian University Funding for Young Scholars, DSC).
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;
- Secretary of the Board and member of "The Polish Journal of Aesthetics” Editorial Staff;
- member of “The Polish Journal of the Arts and Culture. New Series” Editorial Staff;
- 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.