Australian Studies at the Lodz University: Co-operation Between the British  and Commonwealth Studies Department, University of Lodz, and the Australian Embassy in Poland

Krystyna Kujawińska Courtney

doi:10.18778/1641-4233.26.03

Authors

Krystyna Kujawińska Courtney University of Lodz, Faculty of International and Political Studies, Department of British and Commonwealth Studies https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9751-6630

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18778/1641-4233.26.03

Keywords:

Australian studies, Australian Embassy in Poland, British and Commonwealth Studies Department, University of Lodz

Abstract

The article discusses the history of academic co-operation between the British and Commonwealth Studies Department at the University of Lodz and the Australian Embassy in Poland. Over the years the co-operation took the shape of a regular academic exchange and led to substantial academic, educational and cultural projects on Australia which resulted in a number of book-length studies.

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Author Biography

Krystyna Kujawińska Courtney, University of Lodz, Faculty of International and Political Studies, Department of British and Commonwealth Studies

Krystyna Kujawińska Courtney – PhD, Professor at the University of Lodz, Faculty of International and Political Studies, Head of the Department of British and Commonwealth Studies, co-editor-in-chief of Multicultural Shakespeare: Translation, Appropriation and Performance, and editor-in chief of International Studies. Interdisciplinary Political and Cultural Journal. She conducts research in the field of literary and cultural studies. Owing to her initiative, the Australian Studies became a part of the Department she runs. She has published numerous interdisciplinary volumes on British and Commonwealth cultural relations, focusing on national identity, cultural appropriation, propaganda, censorship and artistic innovation.

References

Kujawińska Courtney, K. Ed. Culture at Global/Local Levels: British and Commonwealth Contribution to World Civilisation. Lodz: Wydawnictwo Biblioteka, 2002.

Kujawińska Courtney, K. “Foreword.” Culture at Global/Local Levels: British and Commonwealth Contribution to World Civilisation. Ed. Krystyna Kujawińska Courtney. Lodz: Wydawnictwo Biblioteka, 2002, pp. 11–13.

Kujawińska Courtney, K. Ed. International Studies: Interdisciplinary Political and Cultural Journal 5/1 (2003).

Kujawińska Courtney, K., Kopczyńska B., Nadolska-Styczyńska A. Eds. In Deserts, Bush, Forests and Gardens: Meetings With Aboriginal and Papua Culture. Lodz: Wydawnictwo Biblioteka, 2003.

Kujawińska Courtney, K., Łukowska M. Eds. Multiculturalism At the Start of 21st Century. The British-Polish Experience. Australian Theory and Practice. Lodz: Lodz University Press, 2007.

Kujawińska Courtney, K., White R.S. Eds. Shakespeare’s Local Habitations. Lodz: Lodz University Press, 2007.