Bogdan Trocha

Prof. Bogdan Trocha serves as Head of the Department of Literature and Popular Culture within the Institute of Germanic Philology at the University of Zielona Góra. He has been affiliated with the university since 1990 and holds the title of Professor of Humanities granted in February 2020.

His educational background includes Polish Studies at Zielona Góra and philosophy studies at the Pontifical Academy of Theology in Kraków, where he completed all academic degrees under the supervision of Rev. Prof. Józef Tischner.

• Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral degrees in Polish Studies (defended doctorate in 1999)
• Habilitation colloquium (2010) based on Degradacja mytu w literaturze fantasy
• Professorship (2020) based on Zbrodnia w fantazjach światach. Criminal Motifs in Fantasy Literature

His research centers on mythopoeic dimensions of literature from anthropological perspectives, examining myth degradation, remythologization processes, and philosophical contexts in popular literature. He investigates truth-based reading methodologies, literary works' role in self-knowledge, and phenomenological aspects of mythopoeia in speculative fiction.

Prof. Trocha actively collaborates with international institutions including the Jagiellonian University, University of Wrocław, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, and the Ukrainian Academy of Arts. He serves on the Editorial Board of Fantastyka Słowiańska and contributes to Literatura i Kultura Popularna and Dydaktyka Literatury.

• Member of the Mythopoeic Society
• Collaborator with Zielona Góra Fantasy Club "Ad Astra"
• Participant in "Perception of the World and Mythical Narratives" research project

He teaches world myths and religions, contemporary Polish fantasy, history of popular literature, and guest lectures in metaphysics and philosophical anthropology at the Edith Stein Institute, Higher Seminary of Obra, and Poznań School of Humanities and Journalism. The Department of Literature and Popular Culture organizes annual international conferences and publishes the International Journal of Slavic Studies.