Paweł Szkołut

Paweł Szkołut is a Doctor of Humanities serving as Head of the Department of Humanities at the Interdisciplinary Faculty in Krakow, SWPS University. He specializes in Scandinavian literature and Mediterranean archaeology with extensive international research collaborations.

His research focuses on:

• Norwegian poetry from the 17th century and its Polish translations
• Presence of tradition, mythology and ancient literature in Scandinavian literature
• Confrontation of ancient world, Nordic paganism and secularism with Judeo-Christian ideology
• Image of Italy and its cultural heritage in contemporary Scandinavian literature

Dr. Szkołut has conducted international research projects through Erasmus+ at universities in Oslo (2017, 2018, 2019, 2023), Brno (2023), Edinburgh (2023), and Vilnius (2024). He publishes in academic journals including Studia Scandinavica, Vox Patrum, Znaki Czasu, and Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Archaeologica.

At SWPS University, he teaches:

• Contemporary Norwegian literature
• Scandinavian literature
• Scandinavian artistic production
• Practical Norwegian language courses (specialized texts and business language)
• Contemporary society of Scandinavian countries

He also teaches Norwegian at the Jagiellonian Language Center in Kraków and works as a translator from English and Scandinavian languages.