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Prof. Dr. Przemyslaw Marciniak

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University of Silesia
Byzantine Studies

External Senior Fellow (EURIAS Programme)
October 2018 – July 2019

Last Update: 31.08.2019

Curriculum Vitae

I have received my PhD and habilitation in Byzantine Studies from the University of Silesia, Poland and in 2018 I’ve received a promotion to a full professorship. I am currently Professor of Byzantine Literature and Head of Center for Studies on Literature and the Reception of Byzantium, at the University of Silesia, Poland. I held fellowships and research positions in Germany, Great Britain, France, Sweden and USA. I was recently awarded with Humboldt Research Prize – Friedrich Willhelm Bessel-Forschungspreis. My research focuses on 12th century Byzantine literature, Byzantine performativity, Byzantine humour and the reception of Byzantine culture in the post-Byzantine period. My publications include a monograph on theatre in Byzantium, a Polish translation of the satire “Timarion”, and a volume “The Reception of Byzantium in European Culture since 1500” (Routledge 2016, co-edited with Dion Smythe) as well as papers in periodicals such as Dumbarton Oaks Papers, Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies etc.

Selected Publications

FRIAS Project