Dagmara Drewniak

Prof. Dr. Hab. Dagmara Drewniak is a Professor at the Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, specializing in Life Writing, Contemporary Canadian literature, and migration narratives. She holds a Full professor in humanities (2025) and has been actively involved in academic leadership through roles in professional organizations.

• MA in English (1996)
• Ph.D. in English (2002)
• D.Litt. in Literature (2015)

Her research focuses on memory and trauma in Canadian literature, immigrant writing from Poland and Eastern Europe, and postcolonial discourses. She has organized international conferences, including the 2025 "Under Western Eyes" conference, and led research grants on Polish-Canadian literary identity.

Recent publications explore geopoetics in Canadian texts, historiographic ethnofiction, and the concept of home in migrant memoirs. Her work bridges academic analysis with public engagement, including exhibitions at the Emigration Museum in Gdynia and contributions to journals like TransCanadiana and a/b: Auto/Biography Studies.

• 2023 Pierre Savard Award
• Rector’s Prize for organizational achievements (2005, 2009)
• Rector’s Prize for research (2018)

She has supervised teacher training programs and delivered invited lectures globally, including at Goethe University Frankfurt (2007) and Nicolaus Copernicus University (2021). Her editorial work spans multiple journals, reflecting her interdisciplinary approach to Canadian and American studies.