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Joanna Kosmalska graduated in English from 91滴滴, where she currently works, having studied at University College Dublin in Ireland and Flensburg Universit盲t in Germany.

In 2008-2009, she carried out research on teaching English to immigrant pupils in primary schools in Dublin greater area. The results of her research were partially published in 鈥淎nnales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis鈥� (2012) and laid the groundwork for an EU funded postgraduate teacher training programme which she ran at the 91滴滴 (). In 2011-2015, she initiated and led the international project 鈥淧olish (E)migration Literature in Britain and Ireland since 2004鈥� which was financed by the National Science Centre (/en).

In 2016-2019, she was a co-investigator in 鈥淭alking Transformations: Home on the Move鈥� project at King鈥檚 College London, which examined how the notion of 鈥渉ome鈥� had changed under the forces of migration and globalisation. Then she was part of the international research network 鈥淓xperimental Translation鈥� funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, within which she investigated intersemiotic translation. Currently, she explores migration drama and theatre produced by Polish migrants in Ireland, the UK and the US in the project 鈥淭heatrical Heritage of Polish Migrants: Interdisciplinary Research on Polish Culture Abroad鈥�.

She is a member of Cultural Literacy Everywhere association (http://cleurope.eu). She was invited to give lectures at universities in Germany, Ireland, Poland, Switzerland and the UK. She has published a number of interviews with writers and articles on Polish writing in Ireland and the UK and created a Virtual Archive 鈥淭he Polish Diaspora in the UK and Ireland. Migrations in Literature and Culture鈥� (http://archiwum-emigracja.uni.lodz.pl/en/) . She works as a film and literary translator.

Her research interests include the impact of migration on contemporary literature and culture in Poland, Britain, Ireland, and the US, migration literature, migration theatre, literary translation, film translation, intersemiotic translation, multiculturalism, multilingualism and transnationalism.

Research grants:

• Awans dla anglisty (project coordinator, 2011-2013):
• Polish (e)migration literature in Britain and Ireland since 2004 (deputy coordinator, 2011-2016):
• Talking Transformations: Home on the Move (co-investigator, 2016-2019):
• Experimental Translation (participant, 2021-2023):
• Theatrical Heritage of Polish Migrants (co-investigator, 2022-2024)

Organisation of conferences:

• Research in the Arts, the Arts in Research (2020)
• Poles Away. Migrations in Literature (2014)
• Intercultural dialogue/ Dialog mi臋dzykulturowy (2011)

Visiting fellowships:

Germany, Justus 鈥揕iebig- Universit盲t, Giessen, DAAD Forschungsstipendien 鈥� Kurzstipendien (2018).

Belgium, Brussels, KU Leuven, Erasmus+ Staff Mobility for Teaching (2016).

Germany, Justus 鈥揕iebig- Universit盲t, Giessen, DAAD Forschungsstipendien 鈥� Kurzstipendien (2016).

Germany, Passau Universit盲t, Erasmus+ Staff Mobility for Teaching (2015).

Invited lectures:

Title: Ameryka艅ski sen, czyli 偶ycie i tw贸rczo艣膰 dramatopisarki polskiego pochodzenia Martyny Majok, conference Teatr polski poza granicami: kultura, to偶samo艣膰 i wsp贸lnota, Instytut Teatralny im. Zbigniewa Raszewskiego, Warszawa, September 2023,

Title: Ireland and the Irish in the Polish Eye, Goethe-Institut Irland, Dublin, Irlandia, November 2019.

Title: Polish Migration Stories since 2004, conference 30 Jahre 芦Wende禄 in Osteuropa/10 Jahre Osteuropa-Studien Bern-Fribourg , Universit盲t Bern i Universit盲t Fribourg, Szwajcaria, October 2019,

Title: The Response of Polish Writers to Brexit, conference Poles in Britain: History, Culture and Literature, University of Portsmouth, Wielka Brytania, July 2019.

Title: Labour Migration: The Polish Community in the UK and Ireland, Justus 鈥揕iebig- Universit盲t, Giessen, Niemcy, December 2018.

Title: Tw贸rczo艣膰 pisarska Polak贸w w Wielkiej Brytanii po 2004 roku/Polish Writing in the UK since 2004, project of Polish Embassy in London Polska p贸艂ka/Polish Bookshelf - Promowanie wiedzy o historii i kulturze Polski, Gloucester Public Library, the UK, October 2018,

Title: Linguistic Interactions under the Forces of Migration, Euroculture Erasmus Mundus Master of Arts Programme, University of Groningen and Uniwersytet Jagiello艅ski, Cracow, June 2018,

Title: The Transnational Home in Polish Literature, conference Home, Belonging & Language, King鈥檚 College London, the UK, June 2018,

Title: The Influence of Post-2004 Migration on Contemporary Fiction, KU Leuven, Brussels, Belgium, November 2016.

Title: Migrant Author and the World, symposium Cultural Literacy and Creative Futures, Institute for Social Futures, Lancaster University and Free Word Centre, London, the UK, June 2016.

Title: Tw贸rczo艣膰 migrant贸w: Transnarodowy zwrot w polskiej literaturze, conference Migrationserfahrungen im vereinten Europa. Narrationen von SchriftstellerInnen polnischer Herkunft in Deutschland nach 1989, Polsko-Niemiecki Instytut Badawczy w Collegium Polonicum w S艂ubicach (Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu i Europejski Uniwersytet Viadrina we Frankfurcie nad Odr膮) i Instytut Slawistyki Uniwersytetu Humboldt贸w, S艂ubice, Dcember 2015,

Title: Polish People in the British Isles. The Influence of Post-Enlargement Migration on Contemporary Literature and Film, Universit盲t Passau, Germany, October 2015.

PUBLICATIONS:

Articles

Joanna Kosmalska, "Defining Migration Writing" Journal of Literary Theory, vol. 16, no. 2, 2022, pp. 331-350, DOI:

---, 鈥淭he Response of Polish Writers to Brexit鈥�, Journal for the Study of British Cultures (JSBC), 2.26 (2019): 167-180.Joanna Kosmalska, 鈥淭he Response of Polish Writers to Brexit鈥�, Journal for the Study of British Cultures (JSBC), 2.26 (2019): 167-180.

---, 鈥淲riting by Poles in the UK and Ireland: The Transnational Turn in Polish Literature鈥�, Teksty Drugie, 1.13 (2018) : 131-148.

---, 鈥淟iberated from Their Language: Polish Migrant Authors Publishing in English鈥�, Open Cultural Studies, 1 (2017): 666鈥�677.

---, 鈥淧olish Migrant Literature in Britain and Ireland. Signs of a New Literary Trend?鈥� Zeitschrift f眉r slavische Philologie, 1.72 (2016): 179-205.

---. 鈥淭w贸rczo艣膰 Polak贸w na Wyspach Brytyjskich. Transnarodowy zwrot w polskiej literaturze鈥� [鈥淲ritings by Poles in the UK and Ireland: The Transnational Turn in Polish Literature鈥漖. Teksty Drugie 3 (2016): 165 鈥� 186.

---. 鈥淚mmigration and Primary Education in Ireland.鈥� Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis. Studia Sociologica 118 (2012): 126 鈥� 146.

---. 鈥淒ichotomous Images in McEwan鈥檚 Saturday: in Pursuit of Objective Balance.鈥� Text Matters 1 (2011): 268-275.

Chapters

Joanna Kosmalska, 鈥淎 Country Constructed from Memories: Representations of Poland and Poles in Migrant Writing in the Twenty-First Century鈥� w Polish Culture in Britain red. Maggie Bowers i Ben Dew, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2023, DOI:

---, 鈥淭he Contribution of Polish Writers to the Brexit Debate鈥� w Brexit and the Migrant Voice: EU Citizens in post-Brexit Literature and Culture, red. Christina Berberich, Abingdon-on-Thames: Routledge, 2022.

---, 鈥淭urning the foreign land into a homeland: the representations of Ireland and the Irish in Polish literature鈥�, Ireland in the European Eye, red. Gisela Holfter i Bettina Migge, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, 2019: 119-146.

---. 鈥淒yskurs literacki w procesie przek艂adu. Studium polskiejtw贸rczo艣ci migracyjnej鈥�, Dyskurs 鈥� wsp贸艂czesne opracowania i perspektywy badawcze. Ed. Iwona Witczak-Plisiecka and Miko艂aj Deckert. 艁贸d藕: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu 艁贸dzkiego, 2018: 165-182.

---. 鈥淒wu(wielo)j臋zyczno艣膰 w tw贸rczo艣ci polskich migrant贸w na Wyspach Brytyjskich鈥� [鈥淏i(multi)lingualism in Writings by Polish Migrants in the UK and Ireland鈥漖. Migrantenliteratur im Wandel /Literatura migracyjna w procesie. Ed. Brigitta Helbig-Mischewski and Ma艂gorzata Zduniak-Wiktorowicz. Leipzig: Leipziger Universit盲tsverlag, 2016: 157-170.

---.鈥淢ehrsprachigkeit in den Narrationen von Schriftstellern polnischer Herkunft in Gro脽britannien und Irland.鈥� Migrantenliteratur im Wandel /Literatura migracyjna w procesie. Ed. Brigitta Helbig-Mischewski, and Ma艂gorzata Zduniak-Wiktorowicz. Trans. by Joanna Lipniewicz. Leipzig: Leipziger Universit盲tsverlag, 2016: 157-170.

---. 鈥淭he Advantages and Shortcomings of the English Language Support Programme in Irish Primary Schools.鈥� Ze Wschodu na Zach贸d. Problemy dialogu mi臋dzykulturowego, nie tylko w Europie. 艁贸d藕: Wydawnictwo Leksem, 2013.

---. 鈥淣ew Realities: A Depiction of Immigrants in Maeve Binchy鈥檚 鈥淗eart and Soul.鈥� Changing Ireland: Transitions and Transformations in Irish Literature and Culture, Ed. Katarzyna Poloczek and Marta Goszczy艅ska. 艁贸d藕: Wydawnictwo U艁, 2010: 111-118.

---. 鈥淏udujemy nowoczesn膮 wie偶臋 Babel 鈥� wp艂yw lingwistycznej filozofii Lacana na rozumienie tolerancji w 艣wietle filmu Alejandro Gonzaleza Innaritu.鈥� Dyskursy i przestrzenie (nie)tolerancji. Ed. Grzegorz Gazda, Irena Hubner, Jaros艂aw P艂uciennik. 艁贸d藕: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu 艁贸dzkiego, 2008: 77-83.

Edited volumes

鈥淢igrant Literature鈥�. Teksty Drugie, 1.13 (2018), Warsaw: IBL PAN i U艁. Ed. Joanna Kosmalska and Jerzy Jarniewicz,

鈥淟iteratura migracyjna鈥�. Teksty Drugie 3 (2016), Warsaw: Instytut Bada艅 Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk i Uniwersytet 艁贸dzki. Ed. Joanna Kosmalska and Jerzy Jarniewicz.

鈥淩eflections on Teaching English. ICT, Literature, Culture.鈥� 艁贸d藕: Zak艂ad Literatury i Kultury Brytyjskiej U艁. Ed. Joanna Kosmalska and Tomasz Dobrogoszcz.

鈥淒ekadentzya鈥�, Vol. 3, 艁贸d藕: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu 艁贸dzkiego, 2012. Ed. Joanna Kosmalska.

Interviews

Joanna Kosmalska and Joanna Rostek. 鈥淚rish-Polish Cultural Interrelations in Practice: Interviews with Chris Binchy, Piotr Czerwi艅ski, Dermot Bolger, and Anna Wolf.鈥� Studi irlandesi. A Journal of Irish Studies 5 (2015): 103-130. DOI: .

---. 鈥淭ranscultural Theatre in the UK. Uilleam Blacker Talks to Joanna Kosmalska.鈥� Text Matters 6 (2016): 248-253. DOI: .

---. 鈥淭he Privilege to Write What You Want. Roddy Doyle Talks to Joanna Kosmalska.鈥� Text Matters. 4 (2014): 244-247. DOI: 10.2478/texmat-2014-0016.

---. 鈥淕oodbye Polsko, Hello Anglio. Joanna Czechowska Speaks with Joanna Kosmalska.鈥� Text Matters 4 (2014): 248-253. DOI: 10.2478/texmat-2014-0016.

---. 鈥淲ielka Brytania moim drugim domem. Z Tomaszem Mielcarkiem rozmawia z Joanna Kosmalska.鈥� Fraza 4.86 (2014): 28-31.

---. 鈥淐zuj臋 si臋 pisark膮 polsk膮 z krwi i ko艣ci. Z Wiolett膮 Grzegorzewsk膮 rozmawia z Joanna Kosmalska. 鈥滽wartalnik Artystyczno-Literacki 鈥淎rterie鈥� 2.19 (2014): 151-156.

Reviews and essays

Kosmalska, Joanna. 鈥淭he Ballymun Trilogy by Dermot Bolger. Review.鈥� The Stinging Fly 2.17 (2011): 114-116.

---. 鈥淭amte miejsca 鈥� by艂em tam. Recenzja Obecno艣ci Tomasza Mielcarka.鈥� Fraza 1-2 (2016): 28-31.

---. 鈥淜aMPe Story.鈥� Kwartalnik Artystyczno-Literacki 鈥淎rterie鈥� 2.23 (2016): 160-163.

Research portal

Archiwum Wirtualne: Polacy w Wielkiej Brytanii i Irlandii. Migracje w literaturze i kulturze/ Virtual Archive: The Polish Diaspora in the UK and Ireland. Migrations in Literature and Culture, Uniwersytet 艁贸dzki, 2015. Web: