Prof. Joanna Durczak
Degrees
M.A. – 1974 – The Jagiellonian University, Cracow – Negro Community in the Works of James Baldwin
Ph.D. – 1984 – The Jagiellonian University, Cracow – Ecological Consciousness in Contemporary American Literature
post-doctoral degree – 1997 – Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin – Treading Softly Speaking Low: Contemporary American Poetry in the Didactic Mode
Fellowships
1985-86 ACLS Fellowship, State University of New York at Buffalo
1991 – John F. Kennedy Institute, Berlin
1993 – The David and Mary Eccles Centre for American Studies, London
Major publications
Ecological Consciousness in Contemporary American Literature, Lublin: Wydawnictwo UMCS, 1988.
Treading Softly, Speaking Low. Contemporary American Poetry in the Didactic Mode, Lublin: Wydawnictwo UMCS, 1994.
Polish-American Literary Confrontations. Eds. Jerzy and Joanna Durczak. Lublin: Wydawnictwo UMCS, 1995.
Contributor (10 chapters) to: Historia literatury amerykańskiej XX wieku. Ed. Agnieszka Salska. Kraków: Universitas, 2002.
Canadian Ghosts, Hopes, and Values. Eds. Maciej Abramowicz and Joanna Durczak. Lublin: Wydawnictwo UMCS, 2008.
Rozmowy z ziemią. Tradycja przyrodopisarska w literaturze amerykańskiej. Lublin: Wydawnictwo UMCS, 2010.
Interests
American, Canadian and Polish nature writing; environmental literature; history of the environmental movement; contemporary American poetry; non-modernist tradition in American poetry; Native American literature; contemporary Native American art; Canadian-American literary relations; 17th and 18th century literature of contact
Membership in scholarly societies
Polish Association for American Studies
European Association for American Studies
Polish Association for Canadian Studies
E-mail: jodurczak@gmail.com