Anna Nowicka-Struska

Dr hab. Anna Nowicka-Struska is a professor at the Department of Polish Literary History, Faculty of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (UMCS), Lublin. She obtained her habilitation in literary studies (2018) and PhD (2004) from UMCS, focusing on 17th-century Carmelite sermons. Her research spans Baroque literature, religious texts, hagiography, and cultural memory, with a regional emphasis on Lublin and Cracow.

• Education:
  • Habilitation (2018), UMCS
  • PhD (2004), UMCS
  • MA (1996), UMCS
• Academic Career:
  • Since 2004: Associate Professor (Adiunkt) at UMCS
  • 2001-2002: Assistant at UMCS

Her scholarly work examines Baroque-era Polish religious literature, focusing on Carmelite and Dominican orders, miraculous narratives, and intercultural exchanges (e.g., Polish-Jesuit-Asian interactions). She has edited primary sources like Kazania lubelskie (2010) and Fawor niebieski (2013), and contributed to encyclopedias including Encyklopedia katolicka. Her publications analyze epistolary traditions, diaristic forms, and urban collective memory, reflecting interdisciplinary engagement with historical, theological, and artistic contexts.

She has published extensively on 17th-century Carmelite sermons, Baroque poetry, and manuscript culture, with recent works (2016) exploring miraculous Dominican narratives and 17th-18th-century Carmelite spirituality. Her research bridges literary analysis with cultural history, emphasizing visual and textual symbology.