معرفی
Dr. Irena Chawrilska is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Polish Studies at the Institute of Polish Philology, University of Gdańsk. She serves as Director of the Academic Centre for Polish Language and Culture and Coordinator of the Horizon Europe project "CONVIVIUM: New European Bauhaus Solutions In Food, Living Heritage, And Convivality" (2024–2027). Her academic roles include being a Visiting Professor at the University of Toronto (2023–2024), Visiting Scholar at Utrecht University (2023), and Visiting Scholar at Paris1Panthéon-Sorbonne University (2025). She has authored books on topics such as Hybrids and Hybridities, Polish for Sustainability?, and LOST in Gdańsk!, and coordinated the Culture (for) Sustainable Development program (2021–2024).
Research Interests
- Environmental Humanities, with a focus on wetlands and marsh life in philosophical and cultural contexts
- Integrating literature and visual arts into teaching Polish as a foreign language
- Migration experiences in educational processes and multilingual classrooms
- Hybridity in culture, including intermediality and transcultural narratives
- Experimental literature, particularly borderland discourses and genre resistance
- Global reception of Bruno Schulz's work across art and literary studies
Article Trends
Her publications reflect interdisciplinary engagement with Polish language education, cultural hybridity, and sustainable development. Recent articles (2025–2024) address Polish language certification, Ukrainian migrant education, intercultural communication, and wetland cultural narratives. Earlier works (2023–2013) emphasize critical pedagogy, intermediality, and Schulz's reception. The LOSt in Gdańsk! project (2023–2025) synthesizes cultural education and uncertainty, while her 2022–2015 works explore hybrid art forms, glottodidactic methodology, and ethical literature.
Labs & Teams
She leads the More-than-Human Studies Lab at the University of Gdańsk and collaborates with institutions like Utrecht University, Paris1Panthéon-Sorbonne University, and the University of Toronto. Her team coordinates the CONVIVIUM project, focusing on interdisciplinary sustainable solutions, and has managed the Culture (for) Sustainable Development program, bridging academic and community-based cultural initiatives.
