Vita

Degrees

• M.A. in Russian, Poznan, 2010
• M.A. in English, Poznan, 2011
• Ph.D. in English, Poznan, 2015
• D.Litt. in literary studies, Poznan, 2025

Professional organizations

• Society for Cinema and Media Studies
• Polish Association for American Studies / European Association for American Studies
• European Network for Cinema and Media Studies
• San Francisco Cinematheque

Scholarships/grants

• University of Vienna, 2010/2011
• PCA/ACA Madonna Marsden International Travel Grant, 2013, 2015 (awarded twice)
• John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies Research Grant, Berlin, 2014
• EAAS Conference Travel Grant, 2016
• The Virginia Kelly Karnes Archives and Special Collections Research Center Research Travel Grant, Purdue University Libraries, West Lafayette, 2016
• Terra Foundation Research Travel Grant to the United States, 2017-2018
• ESSE Type B Bursary for 2018
• National Science Center post-doctoral grant within the SONATA 14 funding scheme (UMO-2018/31/D/HS2/01553), 2019-2023 (Principal Investigator)
• National Science Center grant within the OPUS 25 funding scheme (UMO-2023/49/B/HS2/00653), 2024-2027 (Principal Investigator)

Conference talks

• 42nd Annual Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association National Conference, Boston, 2012
• 11th Conference of the European Society for the Study of English, Istanbul, 2012
• 3rd International Conference on the Image: The Thread to the Unknown, Poznań, 2012
• 2013 Online Conference on Multidisciplinary Social Sciences
• 43rd Annual Popular Culture Association and American Cultural Association National Conference, Washington, D.C., 2013
• 22nd Annual Conference of the Polish Association for the Study of English; Face to Face, Page to Page, Warsaw, 2013
• 7th Global Conference: Fear, Horror & Terror at the Interface, Oxford, 2013
• 35th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts: Fantastic Empires, Orlando, 2014
• 23rd Annual Conference of the Polish Association for the Study of English: Visions and Revisions, Lublin 2014
• Cosmo-graphies: Textual and Visual Cultures of Outer Space, Penryn, 2014
• 22nd International Conference of the European Society for Astronomy in
  Culture: The Materiality of the Sky, Valetta, 2014
• 45th Annual Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association National Conference, New Orleans, 2015
• 24th Annual Conference of the Polish Association for the Study of English: Emotion(s), Wrocław, 2015
• 27th Polish Association for American Studies Annual Conference: Homeliness, Domesticity and Security in American Culture, Warsaw, 2015
• 25th Annual Conference of the Polish Association for the Study of English: Multiculturalism, Multilingualism and the Self, Szczyrk, 2016
• 31st European Association for American Studies Biennial Conference, Constanta, 2016
• Aboriginal North America and Europe: Strengthening Connections. An interdisciplinary international conference, Poznań, 2016
• 27th International Screen Studies Conference, Glasgow, 2017
• 29th Polish Association for American Studies Annual Conference: Performing America, Szczecin, 2017
• 9th Annual Small Cinemas Conference: From the Grassroots to the Global, Boca Raton, FL, 2018
• 13th European Network for Cinema and Media Studies Conference: Structures and Voices: Storytelling in Post-Digital Times, Gdańsk, 2019
• 28th Annual Conference of the Polish Association for the Study of English: Diversity is inclusive: Cultural, literary and linguistic mosaic, Poznań, 2019
• 3rd International Conference: The Uncanny in Language, Literature and Culture, London, 2019 (paper, session chair)
• 117th Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, 2019
• 61st Society for Cinema and Media Studies Annual Conference, online, 2021
• 33rd European Association for American Studies Biennial Conference, online, 2021
• 14th European Network for Cinema and Media Studies Conference: Transitions: Moving Images and Bodies, online, 2021
• 75th University of Film and Video Association Conference, online, 2021
• 118th Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Annual Conference, Las Vegas, 2021
• 34th Far West Popular Culture Association Annual Conference: Crisis, Culture and Communities, online, 2022
• Cinema in the Anthropocene, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, 2022
• 31st International Screen Studies Conference, online, 2022
• XXVIII Visible Evidence Conference: Images of History, Gdansk, 2022
• PopMeC/AACCP Conference: Animals in the American Popular Imagination, online, 2022
• 63rd Society for Cinema and Media Studies Annual Conference, Denver, CO, 2023
• 17th European Network for Cinema and Media Studies Conference: Emergencies. Media in an Unpredictable World, Izmir, 2024
• XXX Visible Evidence Conference: Decentring Documentary. New Visions and Perspectives, Melbourne, 2024 (presented online)
• 66th Society for Cinema and Media Studies Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, 2025
• 18th European Network for Cinema and Media Studies Conference: Discovering/Uncovering. Navigating the Complexities of Screen Media, Lisbon, 2025
• 16th International Small Cinemas Conference: Film Production in the 21st Century, Lodz, 2025

Organizer of international conferences

• Secretary of the Organizing Committee, Aboriginal North America and Europe: Strengthening Connections. An interdisciplinary international conference, November 11-13, 2016, Poznań
• Secretary of the Organizing Committee, 28th Annual Conference of the Polish Association for the Study of English: Diversity is inclusive: Cultural, literary and linguistic mosaic, June 27-28, 2019, Poznań
• Co-organizer of a panel “Experimental Eco-Cinema: Perspectives on an Expanding Field” at the 17th European Network for Cinema and Media Studies Conference: Emergencies. Media in an Unpredictable World, Izmir, 2024 (with Henning Engelke)
• Co-organizer of a panel “Mapping Experimental Ecocinema: Critical Frameworks” at the 66th Society for Cinema and Media Studies Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, 2025 (with Henning Engelke)

Editorial/reviewing

• Guest editor, Landscape, Travel and the Gaze in Experimental Film and Video, special issue of Papers on Language and Literature 57(1)
• Book reviews editor, European Journal of American Studies, 2021–2026
• Papers & Panels reviewer for UFVA (University Film and Video Association), 2021–2022
• Screener & screening advisor for the Ann Arbor Film Festival, 2022–
• Reviewer for the National Science Center, Poland, 2023–
• Screener/reviewer for CROSSROADS, San Francisco Cinematheque, 2025–

Peer-reviewer for journals

• Humanistyka i Przyrodoznawstwo [Humanities and Natural Science]
• Arts
• Papers on Language and Literature
• ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment
• Journal of Adaptation in Film & Performance
• Feminist Media Studies
• European Journal of American Studies
• Quarterly Review of Film and Video
• Congent Arts & Humanities
• Visual Studies
• Mobilities
• Studies in Documentary Film
• Załącznik Kulturoznawczy
• Anglica Wratislaviensia
• Polish Journal for American Studies
• Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

Honours

• Award of the Head of the School of English of Adam Mickiewicz University for the best M.A. thesis in literary studies, 2011
• AMU Rector’s scholarship for outstanding research achievements, 2021
• Scholarship from the Minister of Education and Science for outstanding young researchers, 2022
• AMU Rector’s 1st degree award for outstanding research results, 2024
• Bonus for publishing in top Scopus journals within the “Initiative of Excellence – Research University” (ID-UB) project, 2022-2024; 2024-2026

Guest lectures/talks

• SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Faculty of Psychology, Warsaw, March 7, 2013
• Language of Empowerment: International Week for Equality and Inclusion, Poznan, 15 November 2021
• Department of English and American Studies at the Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia, December 7, 2021
• Panelist, What the Hell Was That?, 61st Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, MI, March 26, 2023
• Virtual book talk for the ExFM (Experimental Film and Media) scholarly interest group at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS), October 27, 2023
• University of Arts Linz, Linz, June 24, 2025

Workshops/seminars

• 66th Flaherty Film Seminar, online, 2021
• 12th Theory into Practice workshop, Goethe Universität, Frankfurt am Main & Pálacky University, Olomouc, 2021
• Milena Gierke in conversation with Federico Rossin: Practices of production, curatorship, and collaboration in experimental cinema, FRACTO Experimental Film Encounter, Berlin, 2023
• Botanical Conversations: Making Images with Plants, with Philip Hoffman, Oakland, CA, 2024
• The Joy of Looping: Making hand-painted and hand-inked 16mm film loops with the Pickle Fort Film Collective, 63rd Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, MI, 2025
• Jordan Belson: COSMOGENESIS. A Symposium of Transcendental Films, Lectures, Performances, and Visual Arts, San Francisco, CA, 2025

University service (selected)

• Member of the Scientific Council for the Disciplines of Linguistics and Literature, AMU School of Language and Literature Studies, 2020-2024; 2024-2025
• Member of the Strategy Team, AMU School of Language and Literature Studies, 2023-
• Director of the American Studies MA program, 2017-2025

Film synopsis writer

• Aeon, Dominic Angerame, 2025
• Film Diary #2 No Nothing Cinema, Dominic Angerame, 2024
• Film Diary #4 Forest Lawn Cemetery, Dominic Angerame, 2024
• Film Diary #10 Buffalo 1969, Dominic Angerame, 2025
• Film Diary #11 A Cosmic Covid 70th Birthday, Dominic Angerame, 2025
• Film Diary #10 Eyefull Portraits, Dominic Angerame, 2025
• FRAGMENT 21: THE BIRDS AND THE BEASTS, Toney Merritt, 2025
• HABANA CUBA 2006, Dominic Angerame, 2025
• The San Francisco Art Institute (A Ghost Story), Dominic Angerame, 2024
• War Zone, Dominic Angerame, 2024