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Michał Paweł Markowski is the Stefan and Lucy Hejna Family Chair in Polish Language and Literature at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), serving as Head of the Department of Slavic and Baltic Languages and Literatures and Director of Graduate Studies. At Jagiellonian University, he founded the Center for Humanities Studies (CASH) in 2007 and currently chairs its Scientific Council. His academic roles are complemented by editorial board memberships at journals like Teksty Drugie and Slavic Review, and artistic direction of the International Joseph Conrad Literature Festival since 2009.
Markowski’s research focuses on literary theory, philosophy, and modernism, with major works exploring Derrida, Nietzsche, and Eastern European literature. He has authored over 30 books translated into multiple languages, including The Inscription Effect (1997) and Universal Promiscuity (2012). His translations of French philosophers like Foucault and Barthes into Polish have shaped Polish intellectual discourse.
He has received prestigious awards such as the Mistrz grant (2006–2009) and multiple Minister of Education Awards. Current projects include a two-volume study on European modernism (Abstraction and Matter and Modern Life), and a museum exhibition on Polish cultural modernization (2018). His interdisciplinary work bridges literature, visual arts, and philosophy, as seen in his photography exhibition Line and Land (2015) and travel essays in A Day on Earth.
- Key grants:
- National Literature and Modern Comparative Studies ($200k)
- Social Practice, Cultural Trauma, and Solid Sovereignties (€535k EU grant)
- Labs/Initiatives:
- Center for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (CASH)
- Hermeneia and Horizons of Modernity book series
