Pomorska 171/173
90-236 艁贸d藕
The Department of Literature, Culture and Communication has existed since 1 November 2025 (previously functioning as the Department of Russian Literature and Culture). It consists of 11 members: 7 research and teaching staff (1 full professor, 1 university professor, 5 assistant professors with research-and-teaching duties) and 4 teaching staff (1 teaching assistant professor and 3 lecturers). The research-and-teaching staff are affiliated with the discipline of literary studies.
Head: Prof. Anna Warda, DLitt
Dr hab. Zofia Brzozowska, Prof. of the University of 艁贸d藕
Dr E艂ona Curkan-Dr贸偶ka
Dr Zoja Kuca
Dr Ewa Sadzi艅ska
Dr Anna St臋pniak
Dr Aleksandra Szyma艅ska
MA Ewa Bojanowska
MA Anna Rodak
MA Agata Rzodkiewicz
MA Paulina Sikora-Krizhevska
Culture, literature and history of the Eastern Slavs from the 10th to the 16th century
Influence of Byzantine civilization on the culture of Slavia Orthodoxa
Spiritual culture and literary heritage of Orthodox Slavs in the Balkans (Bulgarians and Serbs) in the Middle Ages and their ties with Eastern Europe
Medieval Church Slavonic texts, Cyrillic manuscripts
History of women in medieval Europe
Russian literature and culture from the 18th to the 21st century
Contemporary Russian poetry
Contemporary Russian drama; documentary theatre
Contemporary women鈥檚 prose in Russian, Polish and Ukrainian
Genre studies
Geoculturology
Occasional literature
Intertextuality and dialogicity in literature and culture
鈥淓ternal images鈥� in Russian literature (Don Juan)
Literature and journalism in Russian-language press in 艁贸d藕
脡migr茅 literature
Reception of the classics in contemporary Russian literature
Culture from the semiotic perspective
Poetics and semantics of space in literature
Egodocuments
Contemporary Polish, Russian and Ukrainian reportage
Interpersonal and non-verbal communication
Glottodidactics
Sight translation
Business language
Coaching
The Department鈥檚 staff teach course classes (lectures and seminars) on Russian literature and culture from the 11th to the 21st century, introduction to literary studies, selected issues in the history of Russian film and theatre, the image of contemporary Russia in journalistic and press genres, conversation classes and practical Russian language courses, specialist courses and Block B courses, as well as BA and MA seminars in Russian Philology.
They also teach practical Russian language courses and literature鈥揷ulture modules in the programmes International Journalism and Business Linguistics, Block B classes in Polish Studies, Polish Studies with English, and at the Institute of Contemporary Culture.
Zofia Brzozowska, [co-auth. Miros艂aw J. Leszka, Teresa Woli艅ska] Muhammad and the Origin of Islam in the Byzantine-Slavic Literary Context. A Bibliographical History, 艁贸d藕 鈥� Krak贸w 2020
Zofia Brzozowska, Chadid偶a i jej czarnookie siostry鈥�, 艁贸d藕 2021
Anna St臋pniak, Genre and Stylistic Determinants of Boris Pasternak鈥檚 Love Letters, University of 艁贸d藕 Press, 艁贸d藕 2020
Anna Warda, On the Theory and Practice of Literary Borrowings in Russia in the 18th Century, University of 艁贸d藕 Press, 艁贸d藕 2020
Anna Warda, The 艁贸d藕 Remake of Alexander Pushkin鈥檚 鈥淓ugene Onegin鈥�, University of 艁贸d藕 Press, 艁贸d藕 2023
Zofia Brzozowska, Sofia 鈥� the Personified Divine Wisdom. The History of the Motif in Byzantine-Slavic Culture, University of 艁贸d藕 Press, 艁贸d藕 2024
Anna Warda, The Demon in 艁贸d藕. Further Adventures of the Protagonist of Mikhail Lermontov鈥檚 鈥淒emon鈥�, Ksi臋偶y M艂yn, 艁贸d藕 2024
Zoja Kuca, E艂ona Curkan-Dr贸偶ka, Ewa Bojanowska, Elena Nevzorova-Kmech, Anna Rodak, 袥械谐泻芯 懈 锌褉芯褋褌芯, University of 艁贸d藕 Press, 艁贸d藕 2021
Same authors, 袥械谐泻芯 懈 锌褉芯褋褌芯, University of 艁贸d藕 Press, 艁贸d藕 2024
Widmo Mahometa, cie艅 Samuela鈥�, eds. Z.A. Brzozowska, M.J. Leszka, K. Marinow, T. Woli艅ska, University of 艁贸d藕 Press, 2020
The World Represented in Literature, Culture and Language, eds. A. Warda, A. St臋pniak, University of 艁贸d藕 Press, 2020
Migrations in the Slavic Cultural Space, eds. Z.A. Brzozowska, P. Kr臋zel, I. Lis-Wielgosz, University of 艁贸d藕 Press, 2022
Budzi si臋 艁贸d藕鈥� Images of the City 鈥� Between Literature and Journalism. Anthology, Part II, eds. K. Ko艂odziej, M. Kucner, A. Warda, University of 艁贸d藕 Press, 2022
Dictionary of the Literary Culture of 艁贸d藕 until 1939, eds. K. Badowska et al., including A. Warda, University of 艁贸d藕 Press, 2022
Muhammad and the Birth of Islam鈥�, NCN OPUS 12, 2017鈥�2021
Russian translation and publication of the monograph 鈥淪ofia 鈥� the Personified Divine Wisdom鈥濃��, NPRH Universalia 2.1, 2020鈥�2024
Hamartolos Rediscovered鈥�, NCN OPUS 24, 2023鈥�2027
Dualist Heresies in the History of Southeast Europe, NCN HARMONIA 8, 2017鈥�2021
Polemical Literature of Orthodox Slavs in the Middle Ages, NCN HARMONIA 9, 2018鈥�2023
Linguistic Diversity of Slavia Orthodoxa at the Dawn of Modernity, NCN Beethoven Classic 4, 2022鈥�2026
In the Shadow of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth or the Russian Imperial Myth? The Kyiv Synopsis鈥�, NPRH Universalia 2.2, 2023鈥�2027
Literary Culture of 艁贸d藕 until 1939, NPRH, 2015鈥�2022
Everyday Life in the Industrial City in the Light of 艁贸d藕 Press Columns (1863鈥�1918), NPRH, 2024鈥�2029
Institute of Slavic Studies in Giessen (Germany)
Institute of Slavic Studies in Regensburg (Germany)
National and Kapodistrian University in Ayd谋n (Turkey)
University of Melbourne (Australia)
University of Ottawa (Canada)
Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, University of Oxford
Cyclical online meetings of the International Round Table of Students of Russian Studies (head: Dr Zoja Kuca)
Cyclical online meetings of the International Round Table of Russian Studies Teachers (head: Dr Zoja Kuca)
Participation in the teaching project Reading as a Challenge at the Faculty of Modern Languages, Adam Mickiewicz University, Pozna艅
Participation in the international educational-research project In Search of Hidden Meanings, also at AMU Pozna艅
The journal Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Rossica (40 points) is edited within the Department (and from November 2026 within the Institute of East European Studies). Editor-in-chief: Dr Ewa Sadzi艅ska; scientific secretary: Dr Aleksandra Szyma艅ska.
The Department also hosts the Culturological Student Research Circle (supervisor: Dr Anna St臋pniak).
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