Personal data, Office and Office Hours

Academic and Pedagogical Degrees Held

Research interests

Courses taught

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Personal Data

1. NAMES AND SURNAME: Paweł Krzysztof Jędrzejko

2. E-MAIL ADDRESSES:

• At University of Silesia: pawel.jedrzejko@us.edu.pl
• At Litteraria:pawel@jedrzejko.eu

3. WEBSITES:

• www.jedrzejko.eu
• www.ikila.us.edu.pl
• www.iasaweb.org
• www.bananaboat.pl
  

4. CONTACT ADDRESS and OFFICE HOURS

Department of Postcolonial Studies and Travel Writing
Office 3.53
Institute of English Cultures and Literatures
University of Silesia in Katowice
ul. Grota-Roweckiego 5
PL41-205 Sosnowiec
POLAND

OFFICE HOURS:
Spring semester 2010 -  SABBATICAL
Meetings by appointment only (e-mail: pawel@jedrzejko.eu or cell: +48501291355)

5. FULL-TIME POSITION HELD: Assistant Professor of American Literature (since 2000)

6. MEMBERSHIP IN INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARLY SOCIETIES:

• The Melville Society,
• Polish Association for American Studies (PAAS),
• International American Studies Association (RIAS Co-Founder and Associate Editor),
• American Studies Association (ASA)
• Modern Language Association (MLA)
  
• Civic Education Project (Alumnus)

7. COMMAND OF LANGUAGES:

• NATIVE: Polish
• FLUENT (NEAR-NATIVE): English
• COMMUNICATIVE: Russian, German

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Academic and Pedagogical Degrees Held

a) Academic Degrees

• 2000 - Ph.D. in Humanities; degree granted by University of Silesia in Katowice
• 1995 - Master of Arts in English; degree granted by Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznaÅ„

b) Pedagogical Degrees

• 2002 - Nominated Teacher; Degree granted by the Voivodship of Silesia

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Research interests

a) General

• American Literature
• Literary theory
• Cultural theory
• Translation theory

b) Specific

• Philosophy of Herman Melville’s oeuvre
• Literature and culture of "American Renaissance”
• Literature as philosophy; philosophy as literature
• Comparative literary studies
• Theory of literature and culture: before and after poststructuralism
• Translation as a practice of negotiating values: a diachronic perspective

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Courses taught recently

a) At the Home University

• A History of American Literature (pre-Columbian orature till 1900). Survey course (lectures+classes)
• A History of American Literature (1900 till today). Survey course (lectures+classes)
• 19th Century American Literature: A Module Lecture
• 19th Century American Literature: A Module Conversatorium
  
• Techniques of Academic Research and Methodologies of Literary Studies - a specialization seminar
• Literary Theory in Interpretive Practice (lectures+classes)
  
• American Literature and Culture: an M.A. Seminar
• American Literature and Culture: a B.A. Seminar
• Translation Theory - a lecture for the Postgraduate Program in Translation Studies
• Theory and Practice of Literary Translation - a course for the Postgraduate Program in Translation Studies