Tamara Trojanowska

Tamara Trojanowska is an Associate Professor in the Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures at the University of Toronto, cross-appointed to the Center for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies. She currently serves as Vice-Dean of Faculty and Academic Life in the Faculty of Arts and Science. Her academic journey includes a PhD from the University of Toronto’s Drama Centre and an MA in Theatre Studies from Jagiellonian University in Kraków, alongside an Oxford University scholarship and professional theatre experience in Stockholm.

• Core affiliations: Centre for European and Eurasian Studies
• Former roles: Director of the Center for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies (2017-2021)
• Leadership: Integrated the Graduate Drama Centre and Slavic Department programs in 2012

Her research focuses on intersections of drama/theatre with history, philosophy, and religion, emphasizing identity, subversion, and transgression. Key projects include Being Poland (2018), a landmark co-edited volume on Polish cultural history, and a forthcoming book on transgressive cryptotheologies in 20th-century Polish theatre. She has contributed to journals like Didaskalia and Polish Theatre Perspectives, and co-founded the BMO Lab in Creative Research merging arts, emerging technologies, and AI.

Recent scholarship highlights include analyses of Tadeusz Różewicz’s White Marriage and Tadeusz Kantor’s avant-garde works. Her 2023 article in Annals of Cultural Studies explores foundational questions about art’s purpose in contemporary society.

• Advisory roles: Serves on editorial boards of Polish Theatre Perspectives, Postscriptum, and others
• Administrative milestones: Strengthened the Polish Language and Literature Program’s international profile since 1998

Her work bridges traditional humanities with emerging digital and performance practices, exemplified by collaborations on AI-driven artistic projects documented in The Drama Review.