Aleksandra Krauze-Kołodziej

dr Aleksandra Krauze-Kołodziej

Wydział Nauk Humanistycznych - Instytut Językoznawstwa
Katedra Akwizycji i Dydaktyki Języków

Stanowisko: Adiunkt posiadający stopień naukowy dr

Office hours for students - Winter Term 2023/2024:

Thursday, 7.30-8.20 [tutoring meetings]

Thursday, 8.20-9.10 [standard office hours]

 

Zapraszam do konsultacji w formie odpowiedzi na zapytania przekazane przez e-mail (aleksandra.krauze-kolodziej@kul.pl) w terminie do 3 dni roboczych (zgodnie z § 3 pkt 1 Zarządzenia Rektora KUL ROP - 0101-103/17 z dnia 23.11.2017 r.)

You are kindly invited to consult me in the form of responses to inquiries by e-mail (aleksandra.krauze-kolodziej@kul.pl) within 3 working days (in accordance with § 3 point 1 of the Rector's Regulation KUL ROP - 0101-103 / 17 of November 23, 2017)

 

My website on Academia.edu

My website on Researchgate.com

 

 

My primary research interests: 

-comparative iconography from ancient to early medieval times

-Late Antiquity

-Byzantynology

-innovative foreign language teaching methods

-tutoring

-Italy and Italian culture (art, literature) and language

 

Curriculum Vitae

 

EDUCATION

2016: postgraduate Byzantine Studies in the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Centre for Late Antique and Early Medieval Studies in Wrocław, Poland

2015: Ph.D. degree in History of Art at The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland; the subject of Ph.D. thesis:  The mosaic complex on the west wall of the Basilica Santa Maria Assunta in Torcello - historical and iconographic comparative analysis of the representation at the crossroads of Latin and Byzantine culture. Patterns - reminiscences - contexts; under the supervision of Prof. dr hab. Urszula Małgorzata Mazurczak (Department of Medieval Art History)

2015-2010: Ph.D. studies in the field of History of Art at The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin; under the supervision of Prof. dr hab. Urszula Małgorzata Mazurczak (Department of Medieval Art History)

2010: MA degree in History of Art at The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin; the subject of MA thesis: Wingless messengers. The oldest representations of angels in early Christian art under the supervision of dr hab. Bożena Iwaszkiewicz-Wronikowska, prof. KUL

2010-2005: 5-year MA studies in the field of History of Art as a part of studies in the College of Interfaculty Studies in the Humanities (+ 3-year pedagogical specialization in Italian Philology) at The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

2016: BA degree in Classical Philology at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin; the subject of MA thesis: Amphitrite in ancient and early medieval literary and iconographical tradition under the supervision of dr hab. Ewa Osek;

2016-2013: B.A. studies in the field of Classical Philology at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

2012: MA degree in Italian Philology at LISA (Lodz International Studies Academy); subject of MA thesis: Fabrizio De André come rappresentante della scuola genovese dei cantautori e la traduzione delle sue canzoni dall’italiano al polacco under the supervision of dr hab.Tomasz Kaczmarek

2012-2010: MA studies in the field of Italian Philology at LISA

2008: studies at Libera Università Santa Maria Assunta in Rome (Socrates-Erasmus scholarship)

 

EMPLOYMENT

1.10.2020-: Assistant Professor in the Department of Language Acquisition and Didactics, Faculty of Humanities, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland

2020-2017: Research Associate in the Department of Language Acquisition and Didactics, Faculty of Humanities, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland

2020-2013: courses in Italian language and culture at the Open University KUL

2016-2015: courses in Italian Civilization and Culture in the Institute of Romance Studies at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (free-for-task agreement)

2014-2010: courses of Italian Civilization and Culture in the Institute of Romance Studies at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (free-for-task agreement)

March-May 2013 - the Course of Italian Language and Culture as a basis for European Culture for the First High School of M. Skłodowska-Curie in Ryki under the European Social Fund

 

SCHOLARSHIPS, PLACEMENTS AND COURSES

a) Study tours, placements abroad, scholarships abroad:

2024: Staff Mobility for Training Erasmus+ Programme; Institution: John Paul II Vatican Foundation, Rome, Italy; 19th-23th February 2024

2023: one-month research internship at the Dipartamento dei Beni Culturali della Chiesa at the Pontificia Universita' Gregoriana in Rome (4.11.2023-5.12.2023)

2023: study visit to the Institute of Education at UCL (University College London) and the Center of Teaching and Learning at Oxford University carried out as a study visit of experts from the Tutoring Laboratory (operating as part of the Academic Didactics Center at KUL) as part of the University Teaching Excellence project (projekt Doskonałość Dydaktyczna Uczelni) (12-14.09.2023)

2023: 10-day study visit in the Center for Teaching and Learning at Stanford University and University of California, Berkeley, carried out as a study visit of experts from the Tutoring Laboratory (operating as part of the Academic Didactics Center at KUL) as part of the University Teaching Excellence project (projekt Doskonałość Dydaktyczna Uczelni)

2019: 7-day study tour - realization of a short form of education consisting of a stay in host institutions - the University of Leeds in Great Britain to realize library queries and to participate actively in the International Medieval Congress 2019 - part of the Non-Competition Project of the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange entitled "International scholarship exchange of doctoral students and academic staff," project number POWR.03.03.00-IP.08-00-P13/18, within Activity: 3.3 Internationalization of Polish higher education, PO WER (30th June 2019 - 6th July 2019)

2019: 2-week study tour - short course "Masters of Didactics" delivered by UCL Institute of Education, London, 13th-25th May 2019 as a part of the project for Tutors in Higher Education "Masters of Didactics" - a non-competitive implementing project of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education in Poland co-financed by the European Union (POWER program)

2018: 1-month abroad internship  in the Department of Art History of the Pázmány Péter Catholic University in Hungary (NAWA (Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange) scholarship; as a part of a Cooperation Program between the Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Poland and the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Hungary in 2018/2019)

2014: 5-month abroad scholarship for PhD research at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan, Italy (bilateral cooperation between The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin and the University in Milan); study and research tour to Rome and Venice

2012-2011: grant from John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin - scholarship from the Foundation Fundusz im. Tadeusza i Stanisławy Witkowskich for a study tour to Torcello (research for Ph.D. thesis)

2009: research scholarship in Capitoline Museums in Rome (as a part of Erasmus Placement Scholarship; 30th June - 30th September 2009)

2008: studies at Libera Università Santa Maria Assunta in Rome (Socrates-Erasmus scholarship)

 

b) Scholarships:

2015-2014: scientific scholarship for the best Ph.D. students from the Minister of Science and Higher Education

2015-2014, 2014-2013: scholarship for the best Ph.D. students

2015-2014, 2014-2013, 2013-2012, 2012-2011: PhD student scholarship (stypendium doktoranckie z dotacji projakościowej)

2014-2013: PhD student scholarship (Scholarship from the Rector of KUL for the best PhD students - Stypendium Rektora dla najlepszych doktorantów)

2013-2012, 2012-2011, 2011-2010: Ph.D. student scholarship from the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities of KUL

2012-2011, 2011-2010: scientific scholarship from the Mayor of Lublin City („Miejski program stypendialny dla studentów i doktorantów”)

2010-2009, 2009-2008, 2009-2007, 2007-2006: scientific scholarship from the Minister of Science and Higher Education

2010-2009, 2009-2008, 2008-2007: scientific scholarship from the Marshal of Lubelskie Voivodeship

 

c) Courses:

2023-2021: participation in "Masters of Didactics. Advanced Programme. Track "Train the Trainer," Ministry of Education and Science, Poland. Financed by the European Social Fund and the Republica of Poland" within the non-competition implementation project entitled ’Masters of Didactics’ under the Operational Programme Knowledge Education Development co-financed from the funds of the European Social Fund No. POWR.04.03.00-00-0074/172022 - 15 ECTS (420h of study, 18 months of training)

2021: participation in the course of 48h + 4h of individual supervision VII Accredited Tutoring Practitioner (course leading to a tutor accreditation certificate) - organized by Collegium Wratislaviense - online course and gaining of the title of "Accreditation of Tutoring Practitioner"

2021 (July): participation in the course "VIII Letnia Szkoła Tutorów" / "VIIIth Summer School of Tutoring" organized by Collegium Wratislaviense (5th-15th July 2021) - online course and the title of "Tutor"

2020 (May-June): 32h online Course of Innovative didactic skills within "Autodidactic Path" implemented as part of the "3.5.1. Integrated Competence Improvement Program for Students and Employees of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin" co-financed by the European Social Fund

2020: 9-week online course Age of Cathedrals authorized by Yale University through Coursera.org (with certificate)

2020: online course "Efektywne metody nauczania - Tworzenie i Realizacja. Techniki + Motywacja" [English title: "Effective Teaching Methods - Creation and Realization. Techniques + Motivation"] organized by Centrum Dobrego Wychowania (with certificate)

2019: 2-week short course "Masters of Didactics" delivered by UCL Institute of Education, London, 13th-25th May 2019 as a part of the project for Tutors in Higher Education "Masters of Didactics" - a non-competitive implementing project of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education in Poland co-financed by the European Union (POWER program)

2019 (May-June): training in the "Autodidactic Path" implemented as part of the "Integrated Competence Improvement Program for Students and Employees of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin" co-financed by the European Social Fund:

  • Preparation of teaching materials in English (30 hours)
    • Teaching in English (30 hours)
    • Information and communication technologies in teaching (30 hours)
    • Data analytics (SPSS, Statistica) (30 hours)

2018: Workshop on HORYZONT 2020 Funding Opportunities „HORYZONT 2020 w Twoim komputerze - elektroniczne źródła informacji oraz bazy danych dla wnioskodawców i beneficjentów programu” organized by Regionalny Punkt Kontaktowy Programów Badawczych UE (16.01.2018)

2017: Workshop on grant opportunities - Warsztaty NCN dla Wnioskodawców (12.12.2017) - Workshop of National Science Center

2016: 7-week course The Ancient Greeks held by Andrew Szegedy-Maszak, Professor of Classics, Wesleyan University (US) on coursera.org (with certificate)

2016: 6-week course Arch of Titus: Rome and the Menorah held by Steven Fine, Professor of Yeshiva University (US) on coursera.org (with certificate)

2013: course Laboratorium projektowe (Training for Grant and Funding Opportunities) in the Open University (at The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin)

2011: archaeological course Instrumentum domesticum della Tarda Antichità e dell’Alto Medioevo from 28th March to 11th April 2011 at Pontificio Istituto di Archeologia Cristiana in Rome

2010-2007: teacher specialization (Italian teaching)

2009-2006: specialization in Monument Restoration and Museology

 

d) Webinars and other workshops:

2022 (25th January 2022): webinar „Jak inspirować i być inspirowanym w 2022? - tutoring rozwojowy w praktyce i narzędziach” [English title: "How to inspire and to get inspired in 2022? - development of tutoring in practice and tools" ] - School of Tutoring organized by Collegium Wratislaviense

2022 (25th January 2022): webinar "WebEx: EndNote online - tworzenie i zarządzanie biblioteką rekordów wykorzystanie w pisaniu publikacji naukowych" [English title: "WebEx: EndNote online - creating and managing a library of records for use in writing scientific publications"]

2021 (10th November 2021): webinar "Publishing in Academic Journals" organized by Taylor and Francis Group

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

a) Books:

2019: A. Krauze-Kołodziej, The Mosaic Complex on the West Wall of the Basilica Santa Maria Assunta on Torcello Island - Historical and Iconographic Comparative Analysis of the Representation at the Crossroads of Latin and Byzantine Culture. Patterns - Reminiscences - Contexts, Wydawnictwo KUL, Lublin 2019. (ISBN 9782-83-8061-770-4)

 

 

b) Articles:

2023: F. Ceci, A. Krauze-Kołodziej, The Journeys of Orpheus. Itinerary Between the World and the Underworld, Between Life and Death of the Thracian Singer, "Acta Antiqua Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae" 63/2(2023), pp. 1-20 (DOI: 10.1556/068.2023.00108)

2023: F. Ceci, A. Krauze-Kołodziej, The Epitaph of Franciszek Zakrzewski Bogoriano, Young Courtier of John III Sobieski and Marie Casimire Sobieska in the Church of Santo Stanislao Dei Polacchi in Rome,"Roczniki Humanistyczne" 71/3(2023), pp. 27-42. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.18290/rh23713.2)

2023: A. Krauze-Kołodziej, Lo 'mperador del doloroso regno Da mezzo 'l petto uscia fuor de la ghiaccia"  (Inferno, Canto XXXIV, 28). Il motivo del ghiaccio nella "Divina Commedia" e la sua rappresentazione nell'iconografia del Giudizio Universale, [in:] Dante Alighierii (1265–1321). In memoriam. Dla uczczenia siedemsetnej rocznicy śmierci poety, ed. U. Mazurczak, D. Tabor, Uniwersytet Papieski Jana Pawła II w Krakowie, Wydawnictwo Naukowe, Kraków 2023, pp. 247-269 https://doi.org/10.15633/9788363241728 

2021: F. Ceci, A. Krauze-Kołodziej, A. Nestorovic, La stele di Orfeo. Il monumento funerario di Marco Valerio Vero a Poetovio (Ptuj, Slovenia), [in:] Ad ripam fluminis Danuvi. Papers of the 3rd International Conference on the Roman Danubian Provinces. Vienna, 11th–14th November 2015, eds. Fritz Mitthof, Chiara Cenati, Livio Zerbini, "TYCHE" Supplementband 11, Wien 2021 (ISBN 978-3-902976-93-2)

2020: A. Krauze-Kołodziej, I quattro elementi nell’iconografia medievale del Giudizio Universale? Una nuova proposta iconografica per la lettura del mosaico della parete ovest a Torcello (Venezia, Italia) – parte I, "Roczniki Humanistyczne" 68/4(2020), pp. 237-257. (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18290/rh.2020.68.4-9 )

2019: A. Krauze-Kołodziej, Light and luminosity in early medieval mosaics on the example of the representation of the Last Judgement on the west wall of Torcello’s Basilica [in:] Ancient Lamps from Balkans and beyond. Acts of the 4th International Lychnological Congress («Ex Oriente Lux», Ptuj, 15th-19th of May, 2012). In memory of Jean Bussière, eds. Laurent Chrzanovski, Verena Vidrih Perko, Dremil-Lafage 2019, pp. 265-274.

2019: A. Krauze-Kołodziej, Mit obrazem współczesności czy współczesność odbiciem mitu, czyli Homer, Iliada Alessandro Baricco, "Roczniki Humanistyczne" 67, no. 3 (2019), pp. 45-66.

2018: F. Ceci, A. Krauze-Kołodziej, “Xaire 'Orpheu!". Perception of a mystery: the images of the myth of Orpheus on ancient coins, "Acta Antiqua Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae" 58, 1-4(2018), pp. 721-740.

2018: A. Krauze-Kołodziej, La cultura e la lingua italiana nello sviluppo della conoscenza delle basi culturali d'Europa” –corso di introduzione per il I Liceo di M. Skłodowska-Curie a Ryki (Polonia), "Seria 12/15" 2018, pp. 87-106.

2017: A. Krauze-Kołodziej, And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth” (Mt 13,42). The Representation of Divine Justice in Latin and Byzantine Iconography of the Last Judgement – Part I, [in:] Studia Anthropologica. The borderlands of art history and culture, ed. U. M. Mazurczak, vol. 2, Wydawnictwo KUL, Lublin 2017, pp. 259-276. (ISBN 978-83- 8 0 6 1 - 4 9 4 -9)

2015: A. Krauze-Kołodziej, Hades as the ruler of the Damned in the mosaic complex on the west wall of Basilica Santa Maria Assunta in Torcello, Italy [in:] Sapiens ubique Civis. Proceedings of International Conference on  Classical Studies (Szeged, Hungary, 2013).  Antiquitas • Byzantium • Renascentia, vol. XIII, ed. J. Nagyillés, A. Hajdú, G. Gellérfi, A. Horn Baroody, S. Baroody, ELTE Eötvös József Collegium, Budapest 2015, pp. 379-395.

2015: A. Krauze-Kołodziej, W ferworze tesser, czyli kilka uwag na temat techniki mozaiki na podstawie dekoracji ściany zachodniej Bazyliki Santa Maria Assunta na Torcello, [in:] Ziemia, człowiek, sztuka. Interdyscyplinarne studia nad ziemią. Archeologia-historia-kultura-sztuka, ed. U. M. Mazurczak, Wydawnictwo KUL, Lublin 2015, pp. 613-626. (ISBN: 978-83-8061-116-0) (English title: Between the tesserae - some remarks on mosaic technique based on the decoration of the west wall of the Basilica Santa Maria Assunta, Torcello)

2014: A. Krauze-Kołodziej, Nel mondo delle immagini – l’opera d’arte durante la lezione di lingua italiana, "Studia Scientifica Facultatis Paedagogicae Universitatis Catholicae in Ružomberok” 5(2014), pp. 167-175. (ISSN 1336-2232) (English title: In the world of images - work of art in the lesson of Italian language)

2013: A. Krauze-Kołodziej, Corpi dei Dannati all'Inferno sulla base della rappresentazione dalla Basilica di Torcello, [in:] Studia Anthropologica. The Borderlands of Art History and Culture, ed. U. M. Mazurczak, v. 1, Wydawnictwo KUL, Lublin 2013, pp. 197-208. (ISBN: 978-83-7702-811-7)

2013: A. Krauze-Kołodziej, Il linguaggio dell’immagine – osservazioni preliminari sull’uso delle rappresentazioni per migliorare le competenze linguistiche e interculturali sulla base del Giudizio Universale a Torcello, "Seria 12/15" 5(2013), pp. 45-52. (ISSN 2082-9442)

2012: A. Krauze, La lingua attraverso la cultura. Elementi culturali nel processo di insegnamento della lingua, „Studia Scientifica Facultatis Paedagogicae Universitatis Catholicae in Ružomberok”1(2012), pp. 35-46. (ISSN 1336-2232)

2012: A. Krauze, Od antycznej bogini do chrześcijańskich aniołów, czyli o przekraczaniu granic ikonograficznych, [in:] Centrum – Peryferia – Granice. Materiały z VI Studenckiej Konferencji Starożytniczej, Kraków 6-8 maja 2010, Wydawnictwo Naukowe Sub Lupa i Koło Starożytnicze UW, Warszawa 2012, pp. 27-48. (ISBN 978-83-933962-2-1) (English title: From Ancient Goddess to early Christian Angels – crossing “iconographical borders”)

2012: A. Krauze-Kołodziej, Convivium, fractio panis, or maybe coena coelestis?, „Littera Antiqua. Czasopismo Naukowe Instytutu Filologii Klasycznej Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego Jana Pawła II”, 4(2012), pp. 4-42. (ISSN 2082-9264)

2010: A. Krauze, Od antycznej Pietas do wczesnochrześcijańskich przedstawień orantów, [in:] Kultura cnoty-cnoty kultur. Materiały z konferencji naukowej. Gniezno 10-11 maja 2007, red. T. Ewertowski, S. Krawczyk, [Poznań 2010], pp. 27-38. (ISBN 987-83-928167-5-1) (English title: From the Ancient virtue Pietas to the early Christian images of Orants)

2010: A. Krauze, Czy anioły zawsze miały skrzydła? Kilka uwag metodologicznych i merytorycznych o badaniach przeprowadzonych na potrzeby pracy magisterskiej z historii sztuki starożytnej i wczesnochrześcijańskiej, „Roczniki Humanistyczne”, t. LVII (2010), z. 4, pp. 351-357. (ISSN 0035-7707) (English title: Did angels always have wings? Some methodological remarks on research curried out for master’s thesis from Ancient and early Christian History of Art)

 

c) Popularization articles:

2023: publication on NAWA PROM scholarship trip in the collective edition available online "PROM. Short trips, great opportunities" available online: https://nawa.gov.pl/nawa/aktualnosci/publikacja

2017: A. Krauze-Kołodziej, Sztuka dla języka, język dla sztuki, "Stop-klatka. Magazyn filmowy dla nauczycieli", WSiP 2017, pp. 30-35.  (English title: Art for language, language for art)

2010: A. Krauze, William Hogarth - malarz prawdziwego człowieczeństwa, „ARTykuły”, 4(2010), pp. 5-16. (ISSN 2081-1411) (English title: William Hogarth - painter of real humanity)

 

d) Reports:

2015: A. Krauze-Kołodziej, Sprawozdanie z Międzynarodowej Konferencji Naukowej „Żywioły w języku, literaturze i sztuce włoskiej i polskiej” Convegno Internazionale “I quattro elementi nella lingua, nella letteratura e nell’arte italiana e polacca” (Sosnowiec, 6–8 listopad 2014), "Seria 12/15" 7(2015), pp. 127-129. (ISSN: 2082-9442).

2014: A. Krauze-Kołodziej, Sprawozdanie z Międzynarodowej Interdyscyplinarnej Konferencji Studentów Języków Romańskich (Sosnowiec, 25–26 maja 2013), "Seria 12/15" 6(2014), pp. 128-130. (ISSN: 2082-9442).

2013: A. Krauze-Kołodziej, „Roma sotterranea” czyli w poszukiwaniu starożytnego miasta (wyjazd naukowy do Rzymu i okolic, 23 VII - 30 VII 2013) („Roma sotterranea” – Search for the Ancient City (Scientific Trip to Rome and to the Surrounding Area, 23 VII - 30 VII 2013), "Vox Patrum" 33(2013), v. 59. Evil in a Man, in the Church and in the world according to the Fathers of the Church. Ancient and Byzantine Cookery, p. 719-723 (ISSN 0860-9411).

2013: A. Krauze-Kołodziej, Konferencja naukowa "Sapiens ubique Civis. International PhD Student Conference on Classics" Segedyn (Węgry), 28-30 sierpnia 2013 roku, "Roczniki Humanistyczne", 61 (2013) z. 3. Filologia Klasyczna, s. 125-126.  (ISSN 0035-7707) (English title: Report from the Sapiens Ubique Civis” International PhD Student Conference on Classics, Szeged (Hungary), 28th-30th August 2013)

2012: A. Krauze-Kołodziej, Rzym jako jeden z głównych celów XVII/XVIII-wiecznego Grand Tour, czyli śladami pierwszych „badaczy” po antycznych zabytkach Wiecznego Miasta – część 2. Sprawozdanie z objazdu naukowego do Rzymu i okolic w dniach 23-31 lipca 2012, „Roczniki Humanistyczne” 60 (2012) z. 3 Filologia klasyczna, s. 191-194. (ISSN 0035-7707) (English title: Rome as one of the main destinations of 17th/18th century Grand Tour, following the Roman tracks of first “researchers” – part 2. Report from the second study tour to Rome organized between 23rd - 30th July 2012).

 

 

PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES AND CONGRESSES

2023: online guest lecture entitled "A Journey through Brushstrokes: Unveiling Everyday Life in Ancient Rome through the Eyes of Nineteenth-Century English Painters" in the Language and Culture series of the Faculty of Philology and Cultural Studies at Ignatianum Academy in Kraków.

2023: Ogólnopolski Kongres Nauczycieli i Pasjonatów Języka Włoskiego ANIMAKON23 [National Congress of Italian Language Teachers and Enthusiasts ANIMAKON23] organized in Cracow by Akademia Anima; 20-21st October 2023; member of the delegation of the Italian Studies Department of the Catholic University of Lublin as honorary patron of the event; presentation for teachers: Indywidualizacja nauczania stacjonarnie i online –  metody tutoringowe na lekcji języka włoskiego i kultury Włoch w praktyce [English title: Individualization of teaching stationary and online - tutoring methods in Italian language and culture lessons in practice] and for students as part of ANIMAKON JUNIOR: Roma Sotterranea – odkryjmy tajemnice rzymskich podziemi! [English title: Roma Sotterranea - let's discover the secrets of the Roman underworld!]

2023: Seminar "DIDATTICA DELL'ITALIANO E PLURICULTURALITÀ" organized by Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Varsavia and Bottega Italiana, Warsaw, 16.10.2023; presentation: L’arte per personalizzare l’apprendimento: come le opere d’arte possono migliorare i risultati delle persone bilingui;

2023: 2023 Australian Early Medieval Association Conference "The Natural and the Unnatural in the Early Medieval World", 28th-30th September, University of Sydney (online participation); presentation: Between the Natural and the Unnatural - the Personification in the Scene of the Baptism of Christ in the Holy Trinity Chapel of Lublin, Poland;

2023: TSTT 2023 International Conference Rethinking How to Train Teachers of Tomorrow (online attendance; 15th-17th September 2023) organized by the Department of Pre-Primary and Primary Education, Charles University in Prague; presentation: Individualized Group Teaching and Learning: Integrating Modern Tutoring in Teaching Italian as a Foreign Language;

2023: guest in the panel discussion "Tutoring in academic practice" during the III Education Quality Day at the Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin (13.06.2023)

2023: 5th International Conference on Arts and Humanities “Women in Religion: from spiritual leadership to female empowerment”, 8th-9th May 2023, Milano, Italy; presentation: The Madonnas of the Northern Adriatic on the border between the East and the West ;

2022: 5th National Meeting of School and Academic Tutors and the Day of Didactics at the Jan Długosz University of Humanities and Sciences in Częstochowa; 4th November 2022; presentation: Wybrane aspekty nauczania zdalnego jako pomoc  w indywidualizacji nauczania – praktyczne wskazówki [English title: Selected aspects of distance learning as an aid to individualising teaching - practical tips];

2022: Ogólnopolski Kongres Nauczycieli Języka Włoskiego [National Congress of Italian Language Teachers] organized in Cracow by Akademia Anima; 22nd October 2022; member of the delegation of the Italian Studies Department of the Catholic University of Lublin as honorary patron of the event; presentation: Dzieła sztuki na zajęciach stacjonarnie i online, czyli trochę włoskiej sztuki w nauczaniu języka [English title: Works of art in classes stationary and online, a little Italian art in language teaching]

2022: IX INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON TUTORING, Collegium Wratislaviense; 23.09.2022 (online participation);

2022: International Online Conference "Dimensions of Academic Tutoring", 22 September 2022, Wrocław University of Science and Technology and University of Silesia; presentation with dr hab. Artur Bartnik: Tutoring as the answer to current student and academic needs? Experiences, challenges and future plans for tutoring at John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin;

2022: International Medieval Congress 2022 "Borders", 4-7 July 2022, Leeds, UK; presentation: On the Border Between the East and the West. The Personification of the Jordan River (?) in the Holy Trinity Chapel of Lublin, Poland;

2022: World Congress of Modern Languages and Annual Conference of the Polish Association of Modern Languages "Language education in the times of global change: The need for collaboration and new perspectives" (June 27-29, 2022, Warsaw); presentation: Tutoring Methods in Online Group Teaching? Examples of Individualization in Teaching Italian Language and Culture;

2022:Symposium Peregrinum 2022 "Returning Home in the Greek and Roman World", Messina and Taormina, Italy (June 10-12, 2022); presentation together with Dott.ssa Francesca Ceci (Capitoline Museums, Rome): The journeys of Orpheus. Itinerary between the world and the underworld, between life and death of Thracian singer

2022: 4th International Conference on Arts and Humanities "HUMAN MOBILITY AND CULTURAL IDENTITIES THROUGH HISTORY MIGRATION, INSPIRATION, TRANSFORMATION", 19-20th May 2022, Rome, Italy; presentation: Both the East and the West – The Influences of Latin and Byzantine Tradition on the Example of the Basilica Santa Maria Assunta on Torcello Island;

2021: Virtual International Medieval Congress 2021 "Climates"; presentation: “By the breath of God ice is given, and the broad waters are frozen fast” (Job 37, 10). The representation of ice in medieval iconography of the Last Judgement?;

2021: The International Conference "Masters of Didactics. Improving the teaching competencies of academic teachers" organized by the Ministry of Education and Science in Poland as part of the Project „Masters of Didactics” under the Operational Programme Knowledge Education Development co-financed by the European Social Fund (21st-22nd June 2021); presentation: Tutoring in Teaching Art History – Effective Methods and Strategies on the Example of Medieval Art History Courses;

2020: Sixth Annual Conference of the Late Antique and Medieval Postgraduate Society at the University of Edinburgh (Virtual Conference), 16th-17th July 2020; presentation: Between the East and the West. The Conglomerate of Influences of Latin and Byzantine Tradition on the Example of the Basilica Santa Maria Assunta on Torcello Island;

2020: Virtual International Medieval Congress 2020 "Borders", 6th-10th July 2020; presentation: The Goddess-Queen of the Sea on "Iconographic Borders" - the Transition and Transformation of the Motif;

2019: V Konferencja Bizantynistyczna z cyklu Wybrane aspekty kultury bizantyńskiej pt. Bizantyńskie doktryny z zakresy filozofii władzy, teologii politycznej oraz ideologii wojny (Vth Byzantine Studies Conference), Lublin, 21st-22nd November 2019; presentation: Amfitryta jako władczyni mórz w bizantyńskiej ikonografii Sądu  Ostatecznego? Pochodzenie i rozwój motywu;

2019: International Medieval Congress 2019, the University of Leeds, 1st-4th July 2019; presentation: The Interior of the Earth in Latin and Byzantine Iconography: The 'Material' Landscape and Its Metaphorical Interpretation (Session 805); moderator of Session 726 entitled Visual and Literary Imaginations of Death and the Apocalypse;

2018: 7th International Scientific and Didactic Conference "In the dialogue of languages and cultures", Warsaw School of Applied Linguistics,14-15th November 2018; presentation entitled "Culture "on everyone's lips" - cultural elements as an integral part of the language course";

2018: International Medieval Congress 2018, University of Leeds, 2nd-6th July 2018; presentation: Remembering the past? Amphitrite in Byzantine iconography of the Last Judgement - Change or Continuity of the Ancient Motif?;

2018: 17th International Congress on Christian Archaeology. FRONTIERS. THE TRANSFORMATION AND CHRISTIANIZATION OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE BETWEEN CENTRE AND PERIPHERY, Utrecht University and the Radboud University Nijmegen, 2nd-6th July 2018; presentation: Amphitrite as the goddess queen of the sea on “iconographical frontiers”. The transformation and Christianization of the motif;

2018: abroad workshop for Classical Philology students in Naples organized by the Institute of Classical Studies of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin and the Foundation Sant-Tech Pro bono (24th April - 30th April 2018)

2017: IV Konferencja Bizantynistyczna z cyklu Wybrane aspekty kultury bizantyńskiej pt. Słowo i obraz w kulturze bizantyńskiej (IVth Byzantine Studies Conference entitled Word and Image in Byzantine Culture), Lublin, 16th-17th November 2017; presentation: Słowo, które dopełnia obraz  – interpretacja inskrypcji oraz dekoracji mozaikowej Bazyliki Santa Maria Assunta na Torcello (English title: The Word that complements the Image - the interpretation of the inscriptions and the mosaic decoration of the Basilica of Santa Maria Assunta on Torcello island);

2017: Conference „Antyczne źródła i ich współczesne interpretacje” (English title: "Ancient sources and their modern interpretations") organized by the Institute of Classical Philology at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland, 6th -7th October 2017; presentation: Mit obrazem współczesności czy współczesność odbiciem mitu, czyli Homer, Iliada Alessandro Baricco (English title: The myth as an image of the contemporaneity or the contemporaneity as a reflection of the myth - Homer, Iliad of Alessandro Baricco);

2017: International Medieval Congress 2017, University of Leeds, 3rd - 6th July 2017; presentation: Diversity and Otherness in Hell: Representation of the Damned in Latin and Byzantine Iconography of the Last Judgement;

2017: abroad workshops for Classical Philology students in Athens entitled "Mycenaean Culture and its artefacts" and "Introduction to Byzantine art" (24th April - 8th May 2017)

2017: "Transmitting and Circulating the Late Antique and Byzantine Worlds" The Oxford University Byzantine Society’s 19th International Graduate Conference, 24th-25th February 2017; presentation: Both the East and the West. Latin and Byzantine tradition in the complex mosaic decoration from Torcello;

2016: III Ogólnopolski Kongres Młodych Bizantynistów "Cesarstwo Bizantyńskie i bizantyński krąg kulturowy" (IIIrd National Congress for Young Byzantine Studies Researchers "Byzantine Empire and Byzantine tradition"), organized at the University of Łódź (Poland), 25th-26th November 2016; presentation: Amfitryta jako bogini i personifikacja morza w bizantyńskiej ikonografii - pochodzenie i rozwój motywu (English title: Amphitrite as goddess-queen and personification of the sea - origin and development of the motive)

2016: Conference "Divine (In)Justice in Antiquity and in the Middle Ages" organized by the University of Sheffield, Sheffield 4th November 2016; presentation: „And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” (Mt 13, 42). The representation of Divine Justice in Latin and Byzantine iconography of the Last Judgement;

2016: Symposium Classicum Peregrinum 2016. “The Mysteries of Mithras and other Mystic Cults in the Roman World”, Tarquinia 16th-19th June 2016; presentation in cooperation with Dott. Francesca Ceci, Capitoline Museums: Perception of Mystery. The Images of the Myth of Orpheus on Ancient Coins

2016: abroad workshop for Classical Philology students in Athens entitled: Tajniki greckiej architektury, czyli budujemy starożytną świątynię (English title: The secrets of Greek architecture - building an ancient temple) (17th-27th April 2016)

2016: II Ogólnopolski Kongres Młodych Bizantynistów "Extra limites. Konstantynopol poza granicami Cesarstwa" (IInd National Congress for Young Byzantine Studies Researchers "Extra limites. Constantinople outside the limits of Imperium"), organized by Section of Byzantine History SKNH UAM, Poznań (Poland), 1st-2nd April 2016; presentation: Pomiędzy Wschodem a Zachodem. Wpływ tradycji łacińskiej i bizantyńskiej na zespół mozaikowy ściany zachodniej Bazyliki Santa Maria Assunta na Torcello (English title: Between the East and the West. Influence of Latine and Byzantine tradition on the mosaic complex on the west wall of the Basilica Santa Maria Assunta on Torcello island)

2015: III Konferencja Bizantynistyczna z cyklu Wybrane aspekty kultury bizantyńskiej, pt. Doktryny geopolityczne i ideologie władzy w Cesarstwie Bizantyńskim oraz ich oddziaływanie na Bałkanach (IIIrd Byzantine Studies Conference), 26th-27th November 2015; presentation: „Ucisk i udręka dotknie duszę każdego człowieka popełniającego zło, (…) Gdyż Bóg wszystkich ludzi traktuje jednakowo” (Rz 2, 9-11). Władza kościelna i władza świecka w bizantyńskiej ikonografii Sądu Ostatecznego (English title: "There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, (...) For God shows no partiality (Rm 2, 9-11).  Authority of the Church and authority of the State in Byzantine iconography of the Last Judgement);

2015: 3rd International Conference on the Roman Danubian Provinces. Society and Economy, 11th-13th November 2015 organized by the Institut für Alte Geschichte und Altertumskunde, Papyrologie und Epigraphik, Universität Wien; presentation in collaboration with Dott.ssa Francesca Ceci (Capitoline Museums): Una stele di Orfeo. Il monumento funerario di Marco Aurelio Vero a Poetovium (Ptuj, Slovenia). Uno studio iconografico; (paper read);

2015: International Conference VII Colloquia Orphica in Nieborów, 7th-9th October 2015,  presentation: Christ and Sol Invictus in early Christian and medieval iconography – introduction to the study;

2015: International ILA Congress "LVMEN!" Past, Present & Future. In memoriam Dorin Alicu, 8th - 12th September 2015 organized in Sibiu, Romania; presentation: Christ – Sol Invictus/Helios in medieval iconography? Ancient origin and development of the motif;

2015: International Conference "Wiedza/wiara/praktyka. Filozofia i religia w świecie antycznym" ("Knowledge/faith/practise. Philosophy and religion in the ancient world"), 27th April - 4th May 2015 organized in Humanistic Institute in Athens, Greece; presentation: „(…) The perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality (…)” (1 Cor 15, 54) Resurrection of the dead in tradition and iconography. Origin and development of the motive; workshops for students: Title: Śladami procesji nowego peplosu, czyli studium fryzu panatenajskiego; Place: New Acropolis Museum ; Title: Tajemnice greckiego malarstwa wazowego, czyli co kryje kolekcja waz z Narodowego Muzeum Archeologicznego w Atenach; Place: National Archaeological Museum;

2015: 9th London Ancient Science Conference, 16th-18th February 2015 organized in London by the Institute of Classical Studies, the Department of Science and Technology Studies UCL and the British Society for the History of Science; presentation: The interior of the earth in Latin and Byzantine iconography – evolution or revolution of ancient tradition?;

2014: International Conference "I quattro elementi nella lingua, nella letteratura e nell'arte italiana e polacca" in Sosnowiec (6th-9th November 2014) organized by Institute of  Lingue Romanze e Traduttologia dell'Università della Slesia and by Società Dante Alighieri in Katowice; presentation: Al soffio della tua ira si accumularono le acque, si alzarono le onde come un argine, si rappresero gli abissi nel fondo del mare (Es 15,8). I quattro elementi nell’iconografia medievale del Guidizio Universale? Nuova proposta iconografica;

2014: International Conference in Nieborów VI Colloquia Orphica, 15th-18th September 2014 organized by Institute of Classical Philology at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin and Institute of Political Studies at University Ignatianum, Nieborów (Poland); presentation: Vision of the interior of the earth in Latin and Byzantine tradition – introduction to the study;

2014: International PhD Student Conference in Classical Studies “Sapiens Ubique Civis II” in Szeged, Hungary; 27th-29th August 2014; presentation: To overcome the death: The Resurrection of the dead as a part of the representation of the Last Judgement from Torcello - origin, interpretation and development of the motive;

2014: abroad Conference "Między Atenami a Jerozolimą. Człowiek, religia, państwo w kulturze antycznej i chrześcijańskiej"(Between Athens and Gerusalem. People, religion, state in ancient and Christian culture) organized in Institute of Humanisties in Athens, Greece; 27th April - 4th May 2014; presentation: Gestus ut motus et signum. The meaning and significance of gesture in early Christian and medieval art based on the representation of the Damned in Hell

2013: International Interdisciplinary Symposium "Constantine and the Grandeur that was Rome" organized by Kellogg College and Oxford Centre for Late Antiquity and Oxford Centre or the Study of Religion in Public Life, 11th-13th December 2013, University of Oxford, England; presentation: Power in the son’s shadow: Flavia Iulia Helena – her figure, importance and influence in the 4th century

2013: International Conference 2°Convegno Scientifico Internazionale Lingua e Cultura Italiana nell‘Europa Centrale, 6th-8th November 2013, Catholic University of Ruzomberok, Slovacchia, presentaion: Nel mondo delle immagini – l’opera d’arte durante la lezione di lingua italiana

2013: I National Congress of Students and PhD Students of History of Art, 10th-12th October 2013, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, presentation: Przedstawienie Potępionych i Zbawionych na przykładzie sceny Sądu Ostatecznego z Torcello (English title: Representation of the Condemned and the Redeemed in the scene of the Last Judgement in Torcello)

2013: International Conference in Nieborów (V Colloquia Orphica, 2nd-5th October 2013) organized by the Department of Greek Philology and Institute of Classical Philology at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin and Institute of Political Studies at University Ignatianum, Nieborów (Poland); presentation: Orpheus, Adam or God the Father? Some notes on iconographical and cultural continuity between ancient and early medieval motives;

2013: XVI International Congress of Christian Archaeology (XVI Congresso Internazionale di Archeologia Cristiana) in Rome (22nd-28th September 2013)

2013:  International PhD Student Conference in Classical Studies “Sapiens Ubique Civis” in Szeged, Hungary; 28th-30th August 2013; presentation: Suffering of the Damned in the representation on the west wall of Torcello’s Basilica;

2013: International Conference “A man doth not live by bread only. Food, kitchen and cuisine in antiquity” organized by Institute of Classical, Mediterranean and Oriental Studies, University of Wrocław, Poland; 13th - 15th June 2013; presentation: "And they, (…) breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness (…) of heart (Acts 2, 46)” – early Christian feasts and “cuisine”

2013: Międzynarodowa Interdyscyplinarna Konferencja Studentów Języków Romańskich (International Interdisciplinary Conference of Students of Romance Languages, University of Slask, Sosnowiec, Poland); 25th - 26th May 2013; presentation: L’opera dell’arte durante la lezione di italiano – come e perché usarla?

2013: XVIIIth CIAC Conference (XVIIIth International Conference of Classical Archaeology) in Merida, Spain; 13th - 18th May 2013; presentation: Flavia Iulia Helena in the iconography of the 4th century - real image or political convention?

2013: International Conference in Athens "Wokół Minosa i Meneksenosa Platona (konteksty)"; 21st - 27th April 2013; presentation: Hades as the ruler of the Damned in the Last Judgement in the representation on the west wall of Torcello’s Basilica

2012: National Conference on Orphism IV Kolokwia Orfickie in Nieborów, Poland; 3rd - 6th October 2012; presentation: So what for the monument, if my monument are sounds of the lyre - lyre of Orpheus...”(J. J. Rojek). Several iconographical remarks on the Stella of Orpheus in Ptuj, Slovenia

2012:  International Conference Ex Oriente Lux. V International Congress of the International Lychnological Association (ILA) in Ptuj, Slovenia organized by Ptuj - Ormož Regional Museum, Kranj Regional Museum, Municipality of Ptuj; 15th - 19th May 2012; presentation: Light and Luminosity in Early Medieval Mosaics on the Example of the Representation of the Last Judgement on the West Wall of Torcello’s Basilica

2012: conference entitled Dlaczego złota rybka czasem jest czerwona. Słów kilka o różnicach kulturowych i ich znaczeniu dla nauki języków obcych; 28th May 2012; presentation: Language of the image – use of the representation of the Last Judgement in Torcello in the development of language and intercultural skills

2012: conference entitled Certyfikaty językowe. Jak? Gdzie? Po co?; 22nd March 2012; presentation: Italian language certificates

2011: International Conference 1. Convegno Scientifico Internazionale „Lingua e Cultura italiana nell’Europa Centrale at Catholic University in Ruzomberok, Slovakia; 8th - 10th November 2011; presentation: La lingua attraverso la cultura. Elementi culturali nel processo di insegnamento della lingua italiana

2011: First International Congress of the Students of United Europe and Russia ”MY VOICE FOR EUROPE” at LISA University in Łódź; 7th - 9th July 2011; presentation: Teaching the language, learning the culture. Modern methods of rousing multiculturalism during the foreign language courses

2011: Jubilee of 65 years of History of Art Institute at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin; 19th May 2011; presentation: Did angels always have wings? Some methodological remarks on research carried out for Master’s thesis from Ancient and early Christian History of Art;

2011: VIIth National Student’s Antiquity Conference - VII Studencka Konferencja Starożytnicza „Prawda i kłamstwo w starożytności”, KUL, Lublin; 13th - 15th May 2011; presentation: Flavia Iiulia Helena in the iconography of the 4th century – real image or political convention? Some remarks on Late Antique portrait

2010: national conference "CZAS się tym zająć!"; Jubilee of the College of Interfaculty Studies in the Humanities at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin; 19th - 20th November 2010; presentation: From Horai to tempora anni. Personifications of the four seasons in Ancient and Early Christian art

2010: VIth National Student’s Antiquity Conference VI Studencka Konferencja Starożytnicza „Centrum-peryferia-granice”, UJ, in Cracow; 6th - 8th May 2010; presentation: From Ancient goddess to early Christian angels – crossing “iconographical borders”

2009: Vth International Student’s Antiquity Conference V Studencka Konferencja Starożytnicza „Święto, zabawa, uroczystość w świecie starożytnym”, UAM, in Poznań; 7th - 9th May 2009; presentation: Convivium, fractio panis, or maybe coena coelestis?

2009:  national conference Cesarzowa Helena, matka Konstantyna Wielkiego, pierwsza archeolog chrześcijańska, at PAT, in Kraków; 16th January 2009; presentation: Flavia Iiulia Helena in the iconography of the 4th century

2007: national conference „Kultura cnoty-cnoty kultur”, at UAM, in Poznań-Gniezno, 10th - 11th May 2007; presentation: From the Ancient virtue Pietas to the early Christian images of Orants

 

OTHER PRESENTATIONS AND TALKS

2024: open online lecture and quiz for J. Dabrowski High School students in Miedzychod entitled "Secrets of the Venetian Lagoon, or why is it worth visiting not only Venice?", organized and conducted as part of the "Workshop with Italianistyka KUL" (18.03.2024)

2024: open online lecture and quiz for students of the XVIII High School in Cracow entitled "Secrets of the Venetian Lagoon, or why is it worth visiting not only Venice?", organized and conducted as part of the "Workshops with Italianistyka KUL" (29.01.2024)

2024: open online lecture and quiz for students of the XVIII High School in Cracow entitled "Secrets of the Eternal City - a short guide in practice", organized and conducted as part of the "Workshops with Italianistyka KUL" (23.01.2024)

2024: open online lectures and quiz for XXI High School in Cracow entitled "Pizza, pasta and basta - let's discover the world of Italian pasta" and "Parliamo italiano? Some tips on how to start speaking Italian without fear" organized and conducted as part of the "Workshop with Italianistyka KUL" (9.01.2024)

2024: open online lecture and quiz for Jaroslaw Dabrowski High School in Miedzychód entitled "Secrets of the Eternal City - a short guide in practice" organized and conducted as part of the "Workshop with Italianistyka KUL" (8.01.2024)

2023: open online lectures and quiz for Stanislaw Staszic Secondary School students in Tarnowskie Góry entitled "Pizza, pasta and basta - let's discover the world of Italian pasta" and "Parliamo italiano? Some tips on how to start speaking Italian without fear" organized and conducted as part of the "Workshop with Italianistyka KUL" (20.11.2023)

2023: wykład otwarty online i quiz dla uczennic i uczniów IX Liceum Ogólnokształcącego w Krakowie pt. „Pizza, pasta i basta - odkryjmy świat włoskich makaronów" zorganizowany i przeprowadzony w ramach „Warsztatów z Italianistyką KUL” (10.11.2023)

2023: open online lecture and quiz for Stefan Czarniecki High School No. 1 students in Kozienice entitled "Secrets of the Eternal City - a short guide in practice" organized and conducted as part of the "Workshop with Italianistyka KUL" (14.06.2023)

2023: online open lecture for students of the J. Słowacki High School No. 1 in Częstochowa entitled "A few tips on how to start speaking Italian without fear", organized and conducted as part of the "Workshops with Italianistyka KUL" (29.03.2023)

2023: online open lecture and quiz for students of the J. Słowacki High School No. 1 in Częstochowa entitled 'La dolce vita all'italiana, or the world of Italian sweets' organised and conducted as part of the 'Workshops with Italianistyka KUL' (29.03.2023)

2023: online open lecture and quiz for the students of the XXI Stanisła Kostka High School in Lublin entitled "All roads lead to Rome. Did the ancients have their highways?" organized and conducted as part of the "Workshops with Italianistyka KUL" (7.03.2023)

2023: open online lecture and quiz for Gen. J. Sowińskiego VII High School students in Częstochowa entitled. 'Pizza, pasta e basta' organised and conducted as part of the 'KUL Italian Studies Workshop' (2.03.2023)

2023: open lecture and quiz for the students of the 3rd High School in Lublin entitled "Secrets of the Eternal City - a practical guide" organized and conducted as part of the "Day with Italian culture" during the XIX Week of Culture (24.02.2023)

2023: open online lecture and quiz for students of the Bohaterów Westerplatte High School XIII in Cracow entitled "Secrets of the Venetian Lagoon, or why it is worth visiting more than just Venice", organized and conducted as part of the "KUL Italian Studies Workshops" (22.02.2023)

2022: online presentation entitled "Parks, villas and gardens of Rome - where to relax after exploring the Eternal City", XVIIIth Lublin Science Festival (14.09.2022)

2022: open lecture and quiz entitled Pasqua in Italia [English title: Easter in Italy] for students of I Highschool of Stanisław Staszic in Lublin as part of the project "Workshops with Italianistyka KUL" (12.04.2022) 

2022: open lecture and quiz entitled Tajemnice Weneckiej Laguny, czyli dlaczego wart warto odwiedzić nie tylko Wenecję [English title: The secrets of the Venetian Lagoon, or why it is worth visiting not only Venice ] for students of XXI Highschool of St. Stanisław Kostka in Lublin as part of the project "Workshops with Italianistyka KUL" (4.04.2022) 2022: open lecture and quiz entitled Sekrety Wiecznego Miasta - krótki przewodnik w praktyce [English title: Secrets of Rome - a short practical guide] for students of XXI Highschool of St. Stanisław Kostka in Lublin as part of the project "Workshops with Italianistyka KUL" (28.03.2022)2021: open lecture entitled Secrets of Lublin - discovering the city, XVIIth Science Festival of Lublin (23.09.2021) 

2021: open lecture entitled Sekrety Wiecznego Miasta - krótki przewodnik w praktyce [English title: Secrets of Rome - a short practical guide], XVIIth Science Festival of Lublin (24.09.2021)

2021: workshop for the Romanist Science Association of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, entitled "You can do it! - How to motivate yourself and motivate others?" (May 13, 2021)

2020: open lecture entitled "Tajemnice Weneckiej Laguny, czyli dlaczego warto odwiedzić nie tylko Wenecję" [English title: The Misteries of Venetian Lagoon - why it is worth it to visit not only Venice] for LUTW (21.01.2020)

2020: open lecture and workshop for children entitled Italia è bella – krótka podróż po „włoskim bucie” (English title: Italia è bella – short journey through the „Italian boot”) for Open University KUL (9th-10th January 2020 - three editions)

2019: open lecture entitled Wszystkie drogi prowadzą do Rzymu. Czy starożytni mieli swoje autostrady? [English title: All the roads lead to Rome. Did Ancient Romans have their highways?], XVIth Science Festival of Lublin (16.09.2019)

2019: open lecture entitled Design all'italiana. Dlaczego cały świat fascynuje się włoskim stylem? [English title: Design all'italiana. Why is the whole world fascinated by Italian style?], XVIth Science Festival of Lublin (16.09.2019)

2019: open presentation entitled Not only Venice - the secrets of Venetian Lagoon during the Day of Romance Studies 2019 organized by the Institute of Romance Studies KUL and the Association of Students of Romance Studies (10th May 2019)

2019: open Art History lecture Eternal City and its secrets for Lublin University of the Third Age (LUTW) (26th March 2019)

2019: open Art History lecture Amphitrite as a goddess and personification of the sea in Byzantine iconography. Origin and development of the motif for Lublin University of the Third Age (LUTW) (30th April 2019)

2018: open workshop for children entitled Ciao Italia! - pierwsze kroki z włoskiej kultury i języka włoskiego (English title: Ciao Italia! - forst stepd in Italian culture and language) for Open University KUL (October 2018 - four editions)

2018: abroad workshop for Classical Philology students in Naples organized by the Institute of Classical Studies of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin and the Foundation Sant-Tech Pro bono (24th April - 30th April 2018)

2018: open lecture "Segreti di Citta' Eterna" during the Day of Italian Language and Culture 2018 organized by the Institute of Romance Studies for the students of IXth Highschool in Lublin (IX Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Mikolaja Kopernika w Lublinie (18.04.2018)

2018: workshop "Quest all'italiana" - how many Italian secrets are hidden in Lublin - a game in the Old Town" during the Day of Italian Language and Culture 2018 organized by the Institute of Romance Studies for the students of IXth Highschool in Lublin (IX Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Mikolaja Kopernika w Lublinie (18.04.2018)

2018: workshop "A short guide to the grants" for PhD students from the Department of Language Acquisition and Didactics in the Institute of Romance Studies (12.03.2018)

2017: lecture entitled Pizza, pasta e basta for the students of Gimnazjum nr 7 im. Jana Kochanowskiego in Lublin (10.11.2017)

2017: open lecture entitled Jedź z nami do Grecji! (co-author) [ English title: Let's go to Greece!], XIVth Science Festival of Lublin (28.09.2017)

2017: open lecture entitled Zanim narodził się Rzym [English title: Before Rome was born], XIVth Science Festival of Lublin (28.09.2017)

2017: workshops at Scientific Picnic at XIVth Science Festival of Lublin entitled Quiz ze świętymi [English title: Quiz with the saints] (30.09.2017)

2017: abroad workshop for Classical Philology students in Athens entitled "Mycenaean Culture and its artefacts" and "Introduction to Byzantine art" (24th April - 8th May 2017)

2017: 2nd edition of the open lecture for schools entitled Pizza, pasta e basta for Open University KUL (14th March 2017)

2017: open lecture for children entitled Na tropie starożytnych tajemnic - jakie drogi prowadziły do Rzymu? (English title: On the trail of Ancient Mysteries - the roads that led to Rome) for Open University KUL (13th January 2017)

2017: open lecture for children entitled Czy starożytni mieli autostrady? (English title: Did the ancient people have highways?) for Open University KUL (13th January 2017)
2016: open lecture entitled Citta' Eterna, czyli tajemnice Wiecznego Miasta (English title: Citta' Eterna - mysteries of the Eternal City) during XIIIth Scientific Festival of Lublin (19th - 20th September 2016)

2016: open workshop entitled Rośliny „zatopione” w obrazach – warsztat historii sztuki dla osób niewidomych i niedowidzących (English title: Plants "sunk" in paintings- art history workshop for the blind and visulally impaired) for Scientific Picnic during XIIIth Scientific Festival of Lublin (18th September 2016)

2016: open workshop entitled Quiz all'italiana, czyli co wiemy o Włoszech i Włochach (English title: Quiz all'italiana - what do we know about Italy and Italians) for Scientific Picnic during XIIIth Scientific Festival of Lublin (18th September 2016)

2016: open workshop entitled Gra ze świętymi, czyli pokaż mi swój atrybut a powiem Ci kim jesteś (English title: Quiz with the saints - show me your attribute and I will tell you who you are) for Scientific Picnic during XIIIth Scientific Festival of Lublin (18th September 2016)

2016: open lecture for children entitled Na tropie starożytnych tajemnic - wynalazki (English title: On the trail of Ancient Mysteries - Inventions) for Open University KUL (10th June 2016)

2016: open lecture entitled W poszukiwaniu zaginionej wyspy. Torcello pomiędzy Wschodem a Zachodem (English title: Searching for the lost island. Torcello between the East and the West) presented in the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Centre for Late Antique and Early Medieval Studies in Wrocław, Poland (21st May 2016)

2016: abroad workshop for Classical Philology students in Athens entitled: Tajniki greckiej architektury, czyli budujemy starożytną świątynię (English title: The secrets of Greek architecture - building an ancient temple) (17th-27th April 2016)

2016: lecture for Classical Philology students entitled Introduction to the Culture of the Byzantine Empire in the Institute of Classics at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (22nd March 2016)

2016: lecture for the participants of Italian Language Competition for Highschool Students Italiada VI organized by the Institute of Roman Philology at The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin entitled: Segreti della Città Eterna. Visitare Roma in pratica (9th  March 2016)

2016: presentation of the city of Lublin for the participants of the National Latin Language Competition for Highschool Students (16th  March 2016)

2015: open lecture entitled Tajemnice Wiecznego Miasta, czyli jak zwiedzić "prawdziwy" Rzym (English title: Secrets of the Eternal City - how to visit the "real" Rome) for Oper University KUL (29th October 2015)

2015: presentation Co włoscy nobliści pili na śniadanie? O tajemnicach włoskiej kawy during XIIth Science Festival of Lublin (19th-25th September 2015)

2015: International Conference "Wiedza/wiara/praktyka. Filozofia i religia w świecie antycznym" ("Knowledge/faith/practise. Philosophy and religion in ancient world"), 27th April - 4th May 2015 organized in Humanistic Institute in Athens, Greece; workshops for students: Title: Śladami procesji nowego peplosu, czyli studium fryzu panatenajskiego; Place: New Acropolis Museum ; Title: Tajemnice greckiego malarstwa wazowego, czyli co kryje kolekcja waz z Narodowego Muzeum Archeologicznego w Atenach; Place: National Archaeological Museum;

2015: open lecture of the Open Day at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin Chleba naszego greckiego... czyli rzecz o kuchni greckiej (English title: Our daily Greek bread... everything you want to know about ancient Greek cuisine) (20th March 2015)

2015: open lecture for children entitled Śladami starożytnych Greków i Rzymian 1. Domostwo (English title: Tracing ancient Greeks and Romans. Ancient Houses) for Open University KUL (6th March 2015)

2015: open lecture for children entitled Posiadłość, willa czy apartament, czyli jak mieszkali starożytni Grecy i Rzymianie (English title: House, villa or apartament. How did ancient Greeks and Romans live?) for Open University KUL (6th March 2015)

2015: Italian language and culture lecture for children entitled Pizza, pasta e basta, czyli co wiemy o Włoszech i Włochach (English title: Pizza, pasta e basta. What do we know about Italy and Italian people) for Open University KUL  (23rd January 2015)

2014: open lecture entitled W poszukiwaniu zaginionej wyspy, czyli śladami weneckich piratów (English title: In search of the lost island, tracing the Venetian pirates) for Open University KUL (16th October 2014)

2014: Italian language and culture workshop for children Giro d' Italia, czyli tajemnice włoskiego buta (English title: Giro'Italia - the mysteries of the Italian "boot") (4th October 2014)

2014: presentation La „dolce vita all’italiana”, czyli świat włoskich słodkości during XIth Science Festival of Lublin (20th-26th September 2014)

2013: presentation Męki piekielne z Torcello (English title: Infernal tortures from Torcello) for Senior University (12th November 2013)

2013: presentation Italia è la pizza, the world of Italian pizza during Xth Science Festival of Lublin (14th-20th September 2013)

2013: presentation Jedzą, piją, lulki palą, / Tańce, hulanka, swawola” (A.Mickiewicz) in Antiquity. The feasts of Ancient Greece and Rome during Xth Science Festival of Lublin (14th-20th September 2013)

2012: presentation Mysteries of angels – from the Ancient goddess to early Christian messengers during IXth Science Festival of Lublin (15th - 21st September 2012)

2012: presentation Pasta italiana – the world of Italian tastes during IXth Science Festival of Lublin (15th - 21st September 2012)

2012: supervision of presentation Treasons and debts they do not forgive. Italian mafia yesterday and today prepared during the Week with Science Passion (14th-18th May 2012) by students of Italian Philology at KUL

2012: presentation: Professor dr hab. Karol Myśliwiec following the tracks of pharaohs... for Antiquity Student’s Association for the meeting organized by Antiquity Student’s Association of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin; 3rd March 2012

2011: presentation: Rome as one of the main destinations of 17th/18th century Grand Tour, following the Roman tracks of first “researchers” for the meeting organized by Lublin Department of Polish Philological Society and Antiquity Student’s Association of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin; 1st November 2011

2011: oral translation of presentation of prof. Orazio A. Bologna entitled Un intricato processo per omicidio (A convoluted lawsuit for homicide); 25th October 2011

2011: presentation: pt. Sztuka starożytnej Grecji i Rzymu (English title: Art of Ancient Greece and Rome) for the students of Rhetorical studies; 27th January 2011

 

ORGANIZATION SKILLS AND ASSOCIATIONS

a) Organization Skills

2024-2020: Plenipotentiary of the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities for International Cooperation

2024-2020: Member of Program Council of the College of Roman Studies; Coordinator of Promotion of Italian studies (Rada Programowa Kolegium Romanistyki; Koordynator ds. promocji kierunku Italianistyka)

2024-2021: Member of the Presidium of the Team of Experts of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland

2024- : member of the Team of Experts of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

2021: Secretary of the International Online Conference "Expressing causality in L1 and L2" (20-21 May 2021)

2021: Reviewer in the Team of Substantive Reviewers for the MA course of Applied Linguistics at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland

2019: co-organization and coordination of the Open Day for students of Highschool in Rybnik (open lecture, promotion of Art History, quiz) (25th October 2019)

2019: International Medieval Congress 2019, the University of Leeds, 1st-4th July 2019; moderator of Session 726 entitled Visual and Literary Imaginations of Death and the Apocalypse;

2019: Member of the Scientific Committee of National Interdisciplinary Student and Doctoral Scientific Conference "Fragrances in Antiquity" (17th May 2019)

2019: Member of the Scientific Committee of international conference Colloque International Jeunes Chercheurs "Travaux d’aujourd’hui, chercheurs de demain" organized at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (25th-27th January 2019)

2019: Coordinator of the Faculty of Humanities during the XVIth Science Festival of Lublin (14th-20th September 2019)

2017: Coordinator of Scientific Picnic during the XIVth Science Festival of Lublin

2016: Artistic Coordinator of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin during the XIIIth Science Festival of Lublin (18th-25th September 2016)

2015: Artistic Coordinator of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin during the XIIth Science Festival of Lublin (19th-25th September 2015

 

2023: organizing and conducting an open online meeting and discussion for students of Italianistyka KUL on study and internship trips under the Erasmus+ program with Ms. Elwina Nowak and Ms. Dominika Suśniak, graduates of Italianistyka KUL and scholarship holders of the Erasmus+ program (November 29, 2023)

2023: organizing and conducting an online open meeting and discussion for Italian Studies students on Erasmus+ study tours and internships with Ms. Alicia Pilorz, foreign cooperation specialist from the Department of Foreign Cooperation at KUL (22.11.2023)

2023: organization of a webinar entitled "Italianistyka KUL - stationary and remote/hybrid - a meeting for 2023/2024 study candidates" intended for those interested in starting studies in Italianistyka KUL in 2023/2024 (15.05.2023)

2023: organization of an open meeting "Don't cuss! Find a way! How to discover and develop a talent for languages?" and discussion with Ms. Maria Bialopiotrowicz, owner of "Mówię po włosku", Italian language teacher, blogger, and Instagramer for students and instructors of the College of Roman, Hispanic and Italian Studies (20.04.2023)

2023: organization of an open online lecture and discussion with Dott. Luca Salvatelli, Professor of art history, entitled "Architettura gotica in Italia: tra Assisi e fondazioni cistercensi" for students and professors of the College of Roman Studies and Italian Studies (19.01.2023) 

2022: organization of an online and in-person open meeting and discussion for Italian Studies students with Ms Adrianna Wiaderek, a 3rd-year Italian Studies student, entitled "Studies, internships - how to do it?" (1.12.2022)

2022: Member of the Organizing Committee of the speech of Prof. Guido Parisi, entitled "That night in Poland. Quando il cosiddetto peccato si rende colpa?" combined with the promotion of the Polish edition of the book "That night in Poland" (translated by M. Ryder, Norbertinum Publishing House, Lublin 2022) organized by the Historical and Philological Faculty of the Scientific Society of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin and the College of Roman, Hispanic and Italian Studies (8.11.2022)

2022: organization of a webinar for candidates for studies in Italinistyka KUL entitled "Italian Studies stationary and remote - meeting for candidates for studies 2022/2023" - meeting via MSTeams (28.04.2022)

2022: organization of an open online lecture and discussion with Dott.ssa Federica Maria Papi, art historian and curator of the Art Gallery in the Capitoline Museums, entitled "La rivoluzione artistica di Caravaggio a Roma: dai difficili esordi al successo" for students and professors of the courses of the College of Roman Studies (24.03.2022)  

2022: organization of an open online lecture and discussion with Dott. Sigfrido Junior Hobel, archaeologist and art historian, creator of Project Tuscia, entitled „Project Tuscia - I segreti dell'Etruria attraverso gli occhi di uno storico dell'arte” for students and professors of the courses of the College of Roman Studies (18.01.2022)

2021: organization of an open online workshop and discussion for Italian Studies students with Ms Aleksandra Dyderska, PhD student at the Doctoral School of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, intern at the Istituto Polacco di Roma and a graduate of Romance Philology at the Catholic University of Lublin (specialization: Italian) "Internships, scholarships, doctorate? How to look for opportunities during studies and implement your plans "(14.12.2021)

2021: organization of an open online lecture and discussion for students of Italianistyka KUL entitled "Możesz zacząć już dziś! Jak skutecznie zaplanować swoją ścieżkę kariery?” [English title: "You can start today! How to effectively plan your career path?”] with Mrs Marta Wziątek, an employee of the KUL Career Office, career counsellor, psychologist, ACC ICF coach (7.12.2021)

2021: organization of an open online lecture and discussion with Dr Francesca Ceci from the Capitoline Museums for students and professors of the courses of the College of Roman Studies (23.11.2021)

2019: co-organization and coordination of the Italian part of the Day of Romance Studies 2019 organized by the Institute of Romance Studies KUL and the Association of Students of Romance Studies (10.05.2019)

2018: organization and coordination of the Day of Italian Language and Culture 2018 organized by the Institute of Romance Studies for the students of IXth Highschool in Lublin (IX Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Mikolaja Kopernika w Lublinie (18.04.2018)

2015: help in the organization of International Conference VII Colloquia Orphica in Nieborów (7th-9th October 2015)

2015-2009: organization of the National Student’s Antiquity Conference

2012: organization of the conference entitled Dlaczego złota rybka czasem jest czerwona. Słów kilka o różnicach kulturowych i ich znaczeniu dla nauki języków obcych; 28th May 2012

2012: organization of the conference entitled Certyfikaty językowe. Jak? Gdzie? Po co?; 22nd March 2012

 

b) Member Of Associations:

2017-: member of Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL (The Learned Society of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin)

2015-: member of ILA (International Lychnological Association)

2014-: member of AIAC (Associazione Internazionale di Archeologia Classica - International Association for Classical Archaeology)

2014-: member of Societas Philologa Polonorum (Polish Philological Society)

2013-: member of Komisja Badań nad Antykiem Chrześcijańskim (Committee for Research on Christian Antiquity)

2013-: member of Polskie Towarzystwo Neofilologiczne (PTN) (Modern Language Association of Poland)

2013-: member of Association Sotterranei di Roma and Centro Ricerche Speleo Archeologiche in Rome

2013-2015: member of Antiquity Student’s Association at The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

2013-2008: chair of Antiquity Student’s Association at The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2021-: Assistant Professor in the Department of Language Acquisition and Didactics, Faculty of Humanities, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland

2020-2017: Assistant in the Department of Language Acquisition and Didactics, Institute of Romance Studies at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin;

2019-2018: Summer Courses Italiano senza confini (level A1-basic and A1+) for the Open University at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin;

2020-2018: courses Italy without secrets - a short course of Italian language and culture (level A1-basic, A1-continuation, A1+,  A2 and B1) for the Open University at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin;

2019: Italian course "Uniwersyteckie Powtórki przed Maturą 2019" for Open University KUL (10h; March-April 2019)

2018-2017: Summer Italian course "Italiano senza confini" (July-August 2018) - level A1-basic, A1+, A2+/B1, for the Open University at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

2018-2017: courses Italy without secrets - a short course of Italian language and culture (level A1-basic, A1-continuation, A1+, A2, B1) for the Open University at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

2017-2016: courses Italy without secrets - a short course of Italian language and culture (level A1, A1+, A2, A2+) for the Open University at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

2017-2016: Summer Italian course "Italiano senza confini" (July-August 2017) - level A1+, A2+ , for the Open University at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

2016-2015: courses Italy without secrets - a short course of Italian language and culture (level A1, A1+ and A2+) for the Open University at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

2015-2014: courses Italy without secrets - a short course of Italian language and culture (level A1 and A2) for the Open University at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

2014-2013: course Italy without secrets - a short course of Italian language and culture for the Open University at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

2016-2015: courses of Italian Civilization and Culture in the Institute of Roman Studies at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (free-for-task agreement);

2014-2010: courses of Italian Civilization and Culture in the Institute of Roman Studies at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (free-for-task agreement);

 

OTHER TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2016: culture course for high school students at III Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Unii Lubelskiej in Lublin

2016-2010: holding courses in Italian language and culture in various language schools in Lublin and Świdnik

 

PROJECTS

2022-2020: participant in the project for Tutors in Higher Education "Masters of Didactics - Implementation of the Tutoring Model " - a non-competitive implementing project of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education in Poland co-financed by the European Union (POWER program)

2019: participant in the project for Tutors in Higher Education "Masters of Didactics" - a non-competitive implementing project of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education in Poland co-financed by the European Union (POWER program)

2017: Member of the Foundation Board of the Foundation Sant-Tech Pro bono maiore (May-December 2017)

2012: cooperation in preparing the TV programme about ancient cuisine "Ancient Lublin. The tastes"

2014-2011: originator and coordinator of study tours to Rome and Milan for researchers, PhD students and students of the John Paul II Catholic University of (I tour - 20-27.07.2011 entitled: Rome as one of the main destinations of 17th/18th century Grand Tour, following the Roman tracks od first “researchers”; II tour – 23-30.07.2012 entitled: Rome as one of the main destinations of 17th/18th century Grand Tour, following the Roman tracks of first “researchers” – part 2; III tour - 23-30.07.2013 entitled: Roma sotterranea, in search of the ancient city); IV tour – 28.05.-1.06.2014, entitled: From Ancient Mediolanum to the capital of Milan World's Fair Expo 2015

2011: originator and coordinator of the photographic exhibition after the first study tour to Rome entitled Urbs Aeterna in Classical philologists eyes (16-22.11.2011) at The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

 

AWARDS

2023: First-degree team award for outstanding organizational and social activities and popularization of science

2020: First-degree team award from the Rector of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin for work for the creation and promotion of the Italian Studies course

2018: nomination for the "Copacetic Teacher 2018" award in the "academic teacher" category in a plebiscite organized by "Kurier Lubelski"

2016: nomination for the award of Artur Rojszczak (Nagroda im. Artura Rojszczaka)

2010: award for the best student of the 2010 year “Polski Studencki Nobel 2010”

 

LANGUAGE SKILLS

English: C1 level; FCE Certificate

Italian: C2 level; CILS B1, CILS B2 Certificate; MA degree in Italian Philology

German: C1 level; ZD and ZMP Certificate

French: A2/B1 level

Modern Greek: A1 level

Latin and Greek: A2/B1 level; B.C. studies in Classical Philology