Institute of Contemporary Culture
About us
The Institute conducts research in contemporary culture and art, particularly emphasizing literature, theatre, film, audiovisual and multimedia media.
The unit is a federation of Departments. Fields of study:
1st degree: film studies and knowledge of audiovisual media, cultural studies, new media and digital culture, theatre production and organization of performances, creative writing
2nd degree: contemporary culture and art, audiovisual media and digital culture, Master’s Degree in Women’s and Gender Studies (GEMMA)
Current research projects in the unit:
Film animation studies in Gottwaldva and Łódź (1945/47-1990) - comparative collective biography, duration: 10.02.2021 - 09.02.2025, financing: Grantová agentura České republiky (GAČR) (GF21-04081K) and the National Science Centre (2020/02/Y/HS2/00015) - dr E. Ciszewska
Forgotten links in the history of Polish audiovisual culture: Film Institute in the years 1935-1939 and 1945-1949; Ministry of Science and Higher Education / National Program for the Development of Humanities / "National Heritage" module (NPRH/DN/SP/0247/2023/12); duration: June 2024 - June 2028 - prof. K. Klejsa
Digital Atlas of Polish Theatrical Heritage Abroad; prof. K. Prykowska-Michalak
Critical Disillusions. Refigurations of Tragedy in Polish Postdramatic Theater; NCN Opus; prof. M.Budzowska
"Issues of Literary Genres" - a journal affiliated with the Department of Literary Theory - in 2024-2026 grant action under the "Journals" program of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. Project management by the Łódź Scientific Society (publisher), from the substantive side for the coordination responsible for the Editorial Office (prof. dr hab. Jarosław Płuciennik and dr Anna Zatora)
IDUB edition 2021: Between (re)construction and emulation. Archiving and popularization of electronic literature - an archive of Kate Pullinger's works (duration 2022-2025) - dr A. Przybyszewska
Deputy Director for Teaching Affairs
Other staff
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dr Izabella Adamczewska-Baranowska
Position: assistant professor
Works at: Department of Theory of Literature, Faculty of Philology
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dr Łukasz Biskupski
Position: assistant professor
Works at: Department of Cultural Studies, Faculty of Philology
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dr Artur Borowiecki
Position: research assistant
Works at: Department of Film and Audio-Visual Media, Faculty of Philology
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Justyna Bryszewska
Position: clerk
Works at: Institute of Contemporary Culture, Faculty of Philology
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dr hab. Małgorzata Budzowska
Position: associate professor
Works at: Department of Drama and Theatre, Faculty of Philology
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dr Marcin Chojnacki
Position: research assistant
Works at: Department of New Media and Digital Culture, Faculty of Philology
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dr Paulina Chorzewska-Rubik
Position: research assistant
Works at: Department of Theory of Literature, Faculty of Philology
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dr Anna CiarkowskaPosition: research assistant
Works at: Department of Theory of Literature, Faculty of Philology
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dr hab. Ewa Ciszewska
Position: assistant professor
Works at: Department of Film and Audio-Visual Media, Faculty of Philology
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dr Adam Cybulski
Position: assistant professor
Works at: Department of Film and Audio-Visual Media, Faculty of Philology
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dr Julia Dynkowska
Position: research assistant
Works at: Department of Theory of Literature, Faculty of Philology
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mgr Olga Fenoll Martinez
Position: research assistant
Position: doctoral student
Works at: Department of Cultural Studies, University of Lodz Doctoral School of Humanities, Faculty of Philology
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dr hab. Dorota Golańska
Position: associate professor
Works at: Department of Cultural Studies, Faculty of Philology
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mgr Kamila Golik
Position: research assistant
Works at: Department of Drama and Theatre, Faculty of Philology
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dr hab. Mariusz Gołąb
Position: associate professor
Works at: Department of Theory of Literature, Faculty of Philology
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dr Monika Górska-Olesińska
Position: assistant professor
Works at: Department of New Media and Digital Culture, Faculty of Philology
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mgr Grzegorz Habryn
Position: lecturer
Works at: Department of Film and Audio-Visual Media, Faculty of Philology
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dr Małgorzata Jabłońska
Position: Faculty
Works at: Department of Drama and Theatre, Faculty of Philology
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dr hab. Małgorzata Jakubowska
Position: associate professor
Works at: Department of Film and Audio-Visual Media, Faculty of Philology
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dr Kamil Jędrasiak
Position: research assistant
Works at: Department of New Media and Digital Culture, Faculty of Philology
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dr Karol Jóźwiak
Position: assistant professor
Works at: Department of Film and Audio-Visual Media, Faculty of Philology
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dr Leszek Karczewski
Position: assistant professor
Works at: Department of Theory of Literature, Faculty of Philology
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dr hab. Konrad Klejsa
Position: university professor
Works at: Department of Film and Audio-Visual Media, Faculty of Philology
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prof. dr hab. Ryszard Kluszczyński
Position: professor
Works at: Department of New Media and Digital Culture, Faculty of Philology
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prof. dr hab. Tomasz Kłys
Position: associate professor
Works at: Department of Film and Audio-Visual Media, Faculty of Philology
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dr Joanna Kocemba-Żebrowska
Position: assistant professor
Works at: Department of Drama and Theatre, Faculty of Philology
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dr hab. Natasza Korczarowska-Różycka
Position: associate professor
Works at: Department of Film and Audio-Visual Media, Faculty of Philology
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dr hab. Natalia Lemann
Position: associate professor
Works at: Department of Theory of Literature, Faculty of Philology
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prof. dr hab. Małgorzata Leyko
Position: professor
Works at: Department of Drama and Theatre, Faculty of Philology
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dr Justyna Michalik-Tomala
Position: assistant professor
Works at: Department of Drama and Theatre, Faculty of Philology
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dr Natalie Moreno-Kamińska
Position: research assistant
Works at: Department of Drama and Theatre, Faculty of Philology
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dr Piotr Olkusz
Position: assistant professor
Works at: Department of Cultural Studies, Faculty of Philology
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dr hab. Elżbieta Ostrowska
Position: assistant professor
Works at: Department of Film and Audio-Visual Media, Faculty of Philology
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dr hab. Maciej Ożóg
Position: assistant professor
Works at: Department of New Media and Digital Culture, Faculty of Philology
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dr Michał Pabiś-Orzeszyna
Position: assistant professor
Works at: Department of Film and Audio-Visual Media, Faculty of Philology
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dr Magdalena Piotrowska-Grot
Position: assistant professor
Works at: Department of Theory of Literature, Faculty of Philology
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prof. dr hab. Jarosław Płuciennik
Position: professor
Works at: Department of Theory of Literature, Faculty of Philology
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dr Joanna Podolska-Płocka
Position: research assistant
Works at: Department of Theory of Literature, Faculty of Philology
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dr Katarzyna Prajzner
Position: assistant professor
Works at: Department of New Media and Digital Culture, Faculty of Philology
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dr hab. Karolina Prykowska-Michalak
Position: associate professor
Works at: Department of Drama and Theatre, Faculty of Philology
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