Wiesław Krajka
Visiting
Professor
Skalny
Center for Polish and
Central European Studies
Kościuszko Foundation Fellow,
University of Rochester English Department
Office Address:
English Department
Maria Curie-Skłodowska University
Pl. M. Curie-Skłodowskiej 4
20-031 Lublin
Poland
tel. 48.81.537 26 34
e-mail: krajka@mail.rochester.edu
EDUCATION
1981- Habilitation
at the
Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland
1975 - Ph.D. at the
Maria Curie-Sklodowska University
1971- Masters degree at the
Maria Curie-Sklodowska University
APPOINTMENTS
- Member of the Board of Experts of the State Commission for Evaluation of Teaching at English Departments at Polish Universities and Vocational High Schools (“Panstwowa Komisja Akredytacyjna”) at The Polish Ministry of Academic Education.
- Member of the Board of Experts of the Polish Universities Confederation Commission for Evaluation of Teaching at English Departments at Polish Universities (“Uniwersytecka Komisja Akredytacyjna”)
- Full Professor (Professor Ordinarius) at English Department Maria Curie-Sklodowska University Lublin Poland: since January 2001
- Full Professor (Professor Extraordinarius) at English Department Maria Curie-Sklodowska University Lublin Poland: between August 1995 and January 2001
- University Professor, English Department Maria Curie-Sklodowska University Lublin Poland: between 1993 and August 1995
- University Professor at English Department University of Wroclaw Poland: between 1994 and 2006
- Professor: State High Vocational School Zamosc Poland: since 1.10.2006
- Head of the Center for Conrad Studies English Department Maria Curie-Sklodowska University Lublin Poland: since 2001
- Head of the Unit of English and American Studies English Department University of Wroclaw Poland: between 1994 and 2006.- Head of English Department State High Vocational School in Zamosc Poland: since 1.01.2007
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PROGRAMS DIRECTED
- Founder and editor of Conrad: Eastern and Western Perspectives published by East European Monographs/Social Science Monographs Boulder and Maria Curie-Sklodowska University Lublin and distributed by Columbia University Press [this internationally distributed and acclaimed series of Conrad studies has published one volume of Conrad studies per year, 15 volumes to date]
- Principal organizer of four international Joseph Conrad conferences at Maria Curie-Sklodowska University Lublin Poland: I “Conrad’s Polish Footprints” in 1991; II “ Poland’s Road to Freedom” in 1996; III “Conrad’s Polish Footprints” in 2001; IV “Conrad’s Polish-Ukrainian Footprints” in 2006.
VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS
- January to March 2007; January to March 2002; January to March 1997: Visiting Professor of English literature at English Department and Skalny Center for Polish and Central-European Studies University of Rochester NY and The Kosciuszko Foundation Senior Teaching Fellow
- August 1997 to May 1998: Visiting Professor of Polish, English and Comparative Literature and Polish Language at Department of Slavic and Baltic Studies University of Illinois at Chicago and The Kosciuszko Foundation Senior Teaching Fellow
- December 1988 to June 1989: Visiting Professor of Polish Literature and Language at University of Minnesota at Minneapolis
BOOKS AUTHORED:
1. Joseph Conrad. Konteksty kulturowe. Lublin: Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej, 1995.
2. Isolation and Ethos. A Study of Joseph Conrad. Boulder: East European Monographs; New York: Columbia UP, 1992.
3. Izolacja i etos. Studium o twczosci Josepha Conrada. Wroclaw: Zaklad Narodowy im. Ossolinskich – Komitet Neofilologiczny PAN, 1988.
4. On the Analysis of the Literary Text. Warszawa: Panstwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1984; co-author Andrzej Zgorzelski.
5. Angielska basn literacka epoki wiktorianskiej. Warszawa – Lodz: Panstwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1981.
6. Ksztalty izolacji i etosu Conradowskich bohaterow. Lublin: Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej, 1981
7. O analizie tekstu literackiego. Materialy z teorii literatury dla studentow filologii angielskiej. Lublin: Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej, 1974; co-author: A. Zgorzelski.
BOOKS EDITED (selected - only those published in USA):
1. Beyond the Roots. The Evolution of Joseph Conrad’s Ideology and Art. Ed. with Introduction Wieslaw Krajka. Boulder: East European Monographs; Lublin: Maria Curie-Sklodowska UP; New York: Columbia UP, 2005; vol. 14 of Conrad: Eastern and Western Perspectives, ed. Wieslaw Krajka.
2. A Return to the Roots. Conrad, Poland and East-Central Europe. Ed. with Introduction Wieslaw Krajka. Boulder: East European Monographs; Lublin: Maria Curie-Sklodowska UP; New York: Columbia UP, 2004; vol. 13 of Conrad: Eastern and Western Perspectives, ed. Wieslaw Krajka.
3. Conrad in Africa. New Essays on “Heart of Darkness.” Ed. Attie de Lange and Gail Fincham with Wieslaw Krajka. Introduction Attie de Lange. Boulder: Social Science Monographs; Lublin: Maria Curie-Sklodowska UP; New York: Columbia UP, 2002; vol. 11 of Conrad: Eastern and Western Perspectives, ed. Wieslaw Krajka.
4. Conrad at the Millennium. Modernism, Postmodernism, Postcolonialism. Ed. Gail Fincham and Attie de Lange with Wieslaw Krajka. Introduction Gail Fincham. Boulder: Social Science Monographs; Lublin: Maria Curie-Sklodowska UP; New York: Columbia UP, 2001; vol. 10 of Conrad: Eastern and Western Perspectives, ed. Wieslaw Krajka.
5. Joseph Conrad: East-European, Polish and Worldwide. Ed. with Introduction Wieslaw Krajka. Boulder: East European Monographs; Lublin: Maria Curie-Sklodowska UP; New York: Columbia UP, 1999; vol. 8 of Conrad: Eastern and Western Perspectives, ed. Wieslaw Krajka.
6. East-Central European Traumas and a Millennial Condition. Ed. Zbigniew Bialas and Wieslaw Krajka. Boulder: East European Monographs; Lublin: Maria Curie-Sklodowska UP; Columbia UP, 1999.
7. Contexts for Conrad. Ed. Keith Carabine, Owen Knowles and Wieslaw Krajka. Boulder: East European Monographs; Lublin: Maria Curie-Sklodowska UP; New York: Columbia UP, 1993; vol. 2 of the series Conrad: Eastern and Western Perspectives, ed. Wieslaw Krajka.
8. Conrad’s Literary Career. Ed. Keith Carabine, Owen Knowles and Wieslaw Krajka. Boulder: East European Monographs; Lublin: Maria Curie-Sklodowska UP; New York: Columbia UP; vol. 1 of Conrad: Eastern and Western Perspectives, ed. Wieslaw Krajka.
MEMBERSHIPS (selected):
- Member (by choice) of Committee for Literary Studies (Komitet Nauk o Literaturze), Polish Academy of Sciences
- Member of Joseph Conrad Society of Poland; Joseph Conrad Society of America, Polish Society for Comparative Literary Studies; Internationale Organization fur Volkskunst/International Organization of Folk Art affiliated with UNESCO; Lublin Scientific Society
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS (selected):
- Over 120 scientific articles published in scholarly journals in USA, Poland and other countries
- Presentation of over 60 scientific papers at international scientific conferences in many countries all over the world.
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