Anna Budziak

Anna Budziak is a Professor at the Department of English Literature and Comparative Studies, University of Wrocław. She previously served as Deputy Head of the Department (2019), Head of the 19th- and 20th-Century English Literature Workshop (2009-2017), and supervisor of the Doctoral Research Group (2012-2014). Her qualifications include training at the Penn-Leuven Institute for Literary Studies (Belgium), Oxford's Teaching Literature Overseas program, and research fellowships at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Germany), University of Warwick (UK), and Ulster University (UK).

Her research examines Victorian decadence, modernism, and literary philosophy through frameworks like somaesthetics. Key focuses include T.S. Eliot's political reflections, Oscar Wilde's aesthetic ethics, interdisciplinary connections between literature/visual arts, and parody's cultural functions. She integrates these into courses on friendship philosophy, theory, and artistic intersections.

Publications emphasize modernist reinterpretations, philosophical aesthetics, and historical contextualization, with recurring analysis of Eliot and Wilde. Recent works explore populism, education critiques, and somatic influences in literary expression.

• Finalist, ESSE Book Awards (2008-2009) for Text, Body and Indeterminacy
• Rector's Prize (First Degree), University of Wrocław
• Rector's Prize (unspecified)
• Liverpool University Press 2023 Awards for Outstanding Journal Reviewers

She supervises doctoral candidates and leads academic initiatives, including the International T.S. Eliot Society's fellowship committee. Institutional roles encompass curriculum development and international research collaboration.