Enlightenment Literature Department
Room 125, tel. (+48 22) 6572-876
The Department continues the tradition of research on the Enlightenment writing and culture, initiated by Tadeusz Mikulski at the beginning of the 1950s in Wrocław. In 1972 the Warsaw Department was established, with researchers from Wrocław among its members. It then became a national center concentrating the research and organizational initiatives concerning the Enlightenment period.
The Department conducts research in the area of Enlightenment writings and its relations with other domains of culture. Among its interests are: the evolution of Enlightenment poetry, main ideas expressed in writing (especially the idea of freedom), literary culture of the time, Polish Enlightenment in the European context, as well as editorial work. Collective works are conducted concerning the phenomenon of poetic series in Enlightenment literary activity. The Department has organized countrywide meetings and conferences on the Enlightenment.
Head of the Department - Anna Grześkowiak-Krwawicz, Associate Professor (doc. dr hab.)
Tomasz Chachulski, Associate Professor (dr hab.)
Jerzy Snopek, Associate Professor (dr hab.)
Magdalena Górska, Ph.D.
Wojciech Kaliszewski, Ph.D.
Agata Roćko, Ph.D.
Office hours: Thursday 11am-13pm
Retired Professors participating in the activities of the Department:
Zbigniew Goliński, Professor
Teresa Kostkiewiczowa, Professor