Kamil Rusiłowicz

Dr. Kamil Rusiłowicz is an Assistant Professor at the Department of American Literature and Culture, Institute of Literary Studies, Faculty of Humanities, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin. His academic focus spans American literature, neobaroque aesthetics, spatial ontologies, and trauma narratives. He holds a Ph.D. (implied by position) and received the Florian Znaniecki Award in 2010 for scholarly contributions.

Research interests include:

• Neobaroque spatiality and allegory in contemporary fiction
• Melancholy and mourning as literary frameworks
• Post-apocalyptic and dystopian narratives in American culture
• Gothic reinterpretations in modern media

His publications analyze narrative responses to global crises, transgenerational trauma, and the intersection of visual rhetoric with literary form.

Awards:

• Florian Znaniecki Award (2010)

He actively supervises bachelor's theses exploring Gothic fiction, dystopian societies, American coming-of-age stories, and post-apocalyptic world-building. His scholarly network includes memberships in the Polish Association for American Studies and European Association for American Studies.