text by Lucyna Krawczyk-Żywko A few months ago, I told a group of students I didn’t understand the hate the latest adaptation of Wuthering Hights received. I don’t think I was prepared for the reaction. A few weeks later some of them were disappointed with The Bride! and I stared waiting for an opportunity to […]
text by Lucyna Krawczyk-Żywko Ten years ago, I ran my Victorian Villains Revisited class for the first time. It focuses on contemporary revisions of three figures: ‘Jack the Ripper’, Mr Hyde, and Professor Moriarty. It has been popular with students (who doesn’t like a good villain?), and yet, this year, while prepping the ‘Jack the […]
text by Dorota Osińska Warsaw Literary Meetings have been an integral part of our research. This series of one-day workshops is organised to generate discussions and encourage cooperation among scholars with diverse research interests. Each workshop focuses on a specific theme in the literary and cultural life of the 18th and 19th centuries, examining the […]
