Edyta Lorek-Jezińska, PhD Degrees: 2002 PhD in English Literature (Hybridity and Multimedia in Polish and British Environment-Oriented Theatre in the Context of Liminal and Liminoid Phenomena) 1995 - Ten Week Certificate in British Cultural Studies University of Warwick 1993 MA in English Literature ("Keeping the Genres Distinct": The Semiotics of Samuel Beckett's Radio, Television and Theatre Plays) Research interests: Experimental theatre, environmental theatre, site-specific performance, multimedia and performance art in Great Britain and Poland; performance theory; contemporary British drama; postmodernism, feminist drama, gender studies. Courses taught: MA seminar in cultural studies and British literature BA seminar in cultural studies and British literature Seminar in British political drama Seminar in British feminist drama Seminar in experimental theatre Monographic lecture: cultural representations of the city British literature (1830-1950) Literary theory British cultural studies English as a foreign language (writing, reading, speaking, phonetics) Scholarships and awards: 1999 - Nicolaus Copernicus University research grant: The British Library in London 1998 Nicolaus Copernicus University research grant; University of London Library 1996 - Nicolaus Copernicus University Rector s Award 1994 - British Cultural Studies course - University of Warwick (England) (British Cultural Studies Certificate), financed by The British Council in Warsaw and Nicolaus Copernicus University Conference organisation: 2005 - Constructing Worlds: Constructivism and the Changing Status of Knowledge Toruń; 1995 - Sixth Annual Fulbright Conference Toruń. Publications: Books:
1. The Hybrid in the Limen: British and Polish Environment-Oriented Theatre in Theory and Practice, 2003, Toruń: Wydawnictwo UMK. 2. with Katarzyna Więckowska (eds.), Corporeal Inscriptions: Representations of the Body in Cultural and Literary Texts and Practices, 2005, Wydawnictwo UMK, pp. 273. 3. with Teresa Siek-Piskozub, Katarzyna Więckowska (eds.), Worlds in the Making: Constructivism and Postmodern Knowledge, 2006, Toruń: Wydawnictwo UMK, ss. 501. Articles: 1. "Theatre Experiments: Towards the Peripheral," 1995, American Studies: Home Thoughts from Abroad, ed. Wiszniowska, Marta, (Toruń: Nicolaus Copernicus University Press), pp.39-61. 2. "The Semiotics of Samuel Beckett's Theatre: Breath, Act Without Words I, Rockaby, and Catastrophe," 1995, Acta Universitatis Nicolai Copernici: English Studies VI, ed. Szwedek, Aleksander, (Toruń: Nicolaus Copernicus University Press), pp. 67-81. 3. "Screens, Echoes, and Cloning: Technological Determinism and Assimilation in Michael Kirby's Performance Projects," 1996, American Studies: America's Cultural Crossroads, ed. Wiszniowska, Marta, (Toruń: Nicolaus Copernicus University Press), pp.57-83. 4. "Madness Recognised: A Post-experimental Performance in Great Britain," 1997, Acta Universitatis Nicolai Copernici: English Studies VII, ed. Szwedek, Aleksander, (Toruń: Nicolaus Copernicus University Press), pp. 175-193. 5. "The Issues of Language, Personal Identity and History in Brian Friel's Translations," 1998, Acta Universitatis Nicolai Copernici: English Studies VIII, ed. Szwedek, Aleksander, (Toruń: Nicolaus Copernicus University Press), pp.25-39. 6. "Four Buses and a Tram: Space, Environment and the Anaesthetic" 2001, Acta Universitatis Nicolai Copernici: English Studies X, ed. Szwedek, Aleksander, Pestka, Dariusz, (Toruń: Nicolaus Copernicus University Press), pp. 145-162. 7. A Review of Joanna Burzyńska's Book, Towards a Theory of Poetic Drama: W.B.Yeats, J.M.Synge, S.O'Casey" 2001, Acta Universitatis Nicolai Copernici: English Studies X, ed. Szwedek, Aleksander, Pestka, Dariusz, (Toruń: Nicolaus Copernicus University Press), pp.163-172. 8. "Exiled to the City: Liminality and the Myth of Expulsion in Forced Entertainment's Performances: (Let the Water Run Its Course) To the Sea that Made the Promise, 200% & Bloody Thirsty, Marina & Lee, and Emanuelle Enchanted" 2001, The Writing of Exile, ed. Kalaga Wojciech, Tadeusz Rachwał, (Katowice: Śląsk), pp. 225-235. 9. Exploring Saturated Spaces and Scenes of Crime: Site-Specific Performance and its Anti-Structurality, Acta Universitatis Nicolai Copernici: English Studies XI, 2002, ed. Szwedek, Aleksander, Pestka, Dariusz, (Toruń: Nicolaus Copernicus University Press), pp. 127-148. 10. Towards Liberation or Towards Globalisation?: Consumerism in Polish Alternative Theatre of the Nineties, European Culture in a Changing World: Between Nationalism and Globalism (Proceedings of the 8 th International Conference of ISSEI (International Society for the Study of European Ideas), 22-27 July 2002, 2002, ed. Meyer-Dinkgrafe, Daniel, (Aberystwyth: ISSEI), 11 pp. (CD ISBN 0-9544363-0-X). 11. Beer Cans, Lux Flakes Snow and the Decalogue of Capitalism: The Discourses of Consumerism in British and Polish Performances, Acta Universitatis Nicolai
Copernici: English Studies XII, 2003, ed. Siek-Piskozub Teresa, (Toruń: Nicolaus Copernicus University Press), pp. 89-97. 12. Looking at the Mystery of Looking: Anti- and Meta-Theatre in Recent British Innovative Performances, British Drama Through the Ages and Medieval Literature, 2003, ed. Uchman, Jadwiga, Andrzej Wicher, (Łódź: Wydawnictwo Biblioteka), pp. 127-134. 13. Audience Activating Techniques and their Educational Efficacy, Applied Theatre Researcher/IDEA Journal, Number 4, 2003, ed. John O Toole, (Griffith University, Qeensland), article no 6 (7 pages). (ISSN 1443-1726) (e-journal refereed). 14. Między etyką a polityką: dialog pomiędzy Europą Zachodnią i Wschodnią w dramacie Toma Stopparda - Professional Foul Kultura tworzona w dialogu cywilizacji Europy, ed. RoŜek, Lucyna, Jabłoński Szczepan, 2003, Częstochowa: Wydawnictwo WyŜszej Szkoły Pedagogicznej, pp. 337-346. 15. Alternative Theatre: Gender Transformations Between Two Cultures: Poland and Britain, ed. Leese, Peter, 2004, Poznań: the British Council, motivex, pp. 201-216. 16. Exploring the Limits of Theatre: Minimalism in British Performance Acta Universitatis Nicolai Copernici: English Studies XIII, red. Siek-Piskozub, Teresa, 2004, (Toruń: Nicolaus Copernicus University Press), pp. 113-124. 17. The Marionette, the Automaton and the Body in Performance and Narrative: Brith Gof s Haearn Corporeal Inscriptions:Representations of the Body in Cultural and Literary Texts and Practices, Edyta Lorek-Jezińska, Katarzyna Więckowska (eds), 2005, (Toruń: Nicolaus Copernicus University Press), pp.73-84. 18. Site in Welfare State s and Brith Gof s Community Projects, Acta Universitatis Nicolai Copernici: English Studies XIV, ed. Siek-Piskozub, Teresa, 2005, (Toruń: Nicolaus Copernicus University Press), pp. 249-261. 19. Pomiędzy milczeniem a niewidzialnością: Najnowsze tendencje i techniki teatralne w nauczaniu języka Nowe drogi w studiach i praktyce anglistycznej, ed. M. Buchholtz et al., 2005, (Toruń: Nicolaus Copernicus University Press), pp. 163-170. 20. Representations of the Other and the Same in Performance Art: Rose English, the Void and Gender Games, Narrating the Other: Cultures and Perspectives, eds. Wojciech Kalaga, Marzena Kubisz, 2005, (Częstochowa: Wydawnictwo WyŜszej Szkoły Lingwistycznej), pp. 173-180. 21. Between the Generic He and the Generic She: the Cultural Re- Definition of Gender Polarity in Ann Jellicoe s The Rising Generation, S/he Embracing/Wrestling Genders: Cultural Spaces for a Re-definition of the Political, ed. Agnieszka Pantuchowicz, Tadeusz Rachwał, 2005, (Bielsko-Biała: Wydawnictwo Akademii Techniczno-Humanistycznej), pp. 105-111. 22. Re-constructing Myths and Master Narratives in British Feminist Drama: Timberlake Wertenbaker s The Love of the Nightingale, Worlds in the Making: Constructivism and Postmodern Knowledge, ed. Edyta Lorek-Jezińska, Teresa Siek-Piskozub, Katarzyna Więckowska, 2006, Toruń: Wydawnictwo UMK, ss. 297-306. 23. The Prequel s Subversions and Difference: Lear s Daughters by Elaine Feinstein and Women s Theatre Group, Enjoying the Spectacle: Word, Image, Gesture: Essays in Honour of Professor Marta Wiszniowska, ed. Jerzy Sobieraj, Dariusz Pestka, 2006, Toruń: Wydawnictwo UMK, pp. 85-93. 24. Kilka kroków w stronę teatru totalnego: modyfikacje przestrzeni teatralnej poprzez film i video w alternatywnym teatrze brytyjskim, Przestrzeń w dramacie, teatrze i sztukach plastycznych, ed. Dominika Łarionow, Michał Lachman, 2006, Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, pp. 187-203.
25. Recycling Major Narratives by Minority Culture: Robinson Crusoe in Brith Gof s Y Pen Bas, Y Pen Dwfn The Shallow End/ The Deep End, Studies in English Drama and Poetry, Vol.1: Reading English Drama and Poetry, ed. Joanna Kazik, 2007, Łódź: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, pp. 189-199. 26. ToŜsamość hybrydy. Redefinicje orientalizmu w postkolonialnej literaturze brytyjskiej (Hari Kunzru Impresjonista), Azja u progu XXI wieku, ed. Marek Jeziński, Marcin Lisiecki, 2007, Toruń: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek, pp. 228-235. Papers read at conferences: 1998.09.17-21. International Conference: 'Exile' (Ustroń, The University of Silesia, The Bolton Institute of Higher Education) paper: "Exiled to the City: Liminality and A Postmodern Variation on the Myth of Lost Paradise in Forced Entertainment's Performances." 2000. 04.28-30. IXth Annual Conference on Cross-Currents in Literature, Film and the Visual rts: 'The Sublime and the City' (Cork - Ireland, University College) paper: "Mapping the Sublime: Orientations and Disorientations in Urban Performances and Other Projects by Forced Entertainment" 2001.04.20-22 'Exploring Canadian Identities' (Toruń, Nicholas Copernicus University) paper: "Prospero on Snake Island: The Welfare State's Exploration of the Toronto Islands Community Through the Site-specific Adaptation of Shakespeare's Tempest." 2001.07.02-09. 4th World Congress of Drama/Theatre and Education: Playing Betwixt and Between (Bergen- Norway) paper: Audience activating techniques in recent performance and their educational efficacies. 2001.09.10-11. 'Asking Questions of Americanisation. English in a Globalizing Era' (Toruń: Nicholas Copernicus University, King Alfred s College - Winchester, Southern Oregon University) paper: Lux Flakes Snow and the Decalogue of Capitalism: The Images of Consumerism in British and Polish Performances 2002.04.22-24. Kultura tworzona w dialogu cywilizacyjnym Europy: III Międzynarodowe Sympozjum Interdyscyplinarne (Częstochowa: WyŜsza Szkoła Pedagogiczna) paper: Między etyką a polityką: dialog pomiędzy Europą Zachodnią i Wschodnią w dramacie Toma Stopparda - Professional Foul 2002.07. 22-27, European Culture in a Changing World: Between Nationalism and Globalism VIII International Conference of ISSEI (Aberystwyth, Wales: University of Wales) paper: Towards Liberation or Towards Globalisation?: Consumerism in Polish Alternative Theatre of the Nineties 2002.09.25-28, Multicultural Dilemmas: Identity-Difference-Otherness International Conference (Ustroń, Uniwersytet Śląski) paper: Representations of the Other and the Same in Performance Art: Rose English, the Void and Gender Games 2003.01.31, Poland and Britain: Connection, Parallel, Divergence. British Cultural Studies Conference (Warszawa: The British Council, Uniwersytet Jagielloński) paper: Gender in Polish and British Experimental Theatre
2003.05.24-27, Poetyka Anomalii Cielesnej: Ciało zdeformowane w tekście i obrazie (Gdańsk: Uniwersytet Gdański) paper: Tekstualne i wizualne deformacje ciała ukrzyŝowanego w dramatach Edwarda Bonda i Sarah Kane 2003.10.24-25, British Drama through the Ages (Łódź: Uniwersytet Łódzki) paper: Recycling Major Narratives by Minority Cultures: Robinson Crusoe in Post- Industrial Welsh Theatre (Brith Gof) 2003.10.24-25, S/He... Embracing/Wrestling Genders. Cultural Spaces for a Re- Definition of the Political (Bielsko-Biała: Akademia Techniczno-Humanistyczna) paper: Between the Generic He and the Generic She: the Cultural Re-Definition of Gender Polarity in Ann Jellicoe s The Rising Generation 2005.02.3-5, Constructing Worlds: Constructivism and the Changing Status of Knowledge (Toruń: UMK) paper: Re-constructing myths and master narratives in British feminist drama: Timberlake Wertenbaker s The Love of the Nightngale 2005.05.16-17, Filozofia i Etyka Interpretacji (Toruń: UMK) paper: W mrocznym cieniu patriarchatu: Córki Lira i feministyczne interpretacje kanonu literatury 2005.10.13-14, Cywilizacje azjatyckie na progu XXI wieku. Kultura religia polityka (Toruń: UMK) paper: ToŜsamość hybrydy. Redefinicje orientalizmu w postkolonialnej literaturze brytyjskiej (Hari Kunzru Impresjonista) 2005.10.17-18, British Drama Through the Ages (Łódź: Uniwersytet Łódzki) paper: Corporeal Discourses and Strategies in Sarah Kane s Drama 2005.11.17-20, Fictional/Real in Contemporary Theatre (Kraków: Uniwersytet Jagielloński) paper: Fictional Realities and Real Fictions in British Feminist Theatre 2007.10.25-27, Images of the City (Łódź: Uniwersytet Łódzki) paper: Mythical and real cityscapes in British women s drama: Kay Adshead s Thatcher s Women Guest lectures: 2000 IV Theatre Festival 'Maski,' Poznań, lecture and video presentation: Forced Entertainment Co-operative 2001 International Theatre Festival 'Kontakt,' Toruń, presentation: Forced Entertainment: Making Performance 2003 Department of Drama, University of Hull, Great Britain.