EDUCATION
PhD in Classical Studies - January 2015
Dissertation title: The myth of Dionysus in Greek Poetry from Homer to Euripides.
Supervisor: Krzysztof Bielawski
MA in Classical Studies - 2009
Jagiellonian University, Krakow
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Postdoc fellow - 2016-present
Institute of History, University of Warsaw
Research Projects:
“Dionysian sacrifice and related rituals in myth, history, and in the grey area between the two” (2019-22)
“Cultural Palimpsest: History of the myth of Lycurgus, the king of Edonians from Homer to Eustathius” (2016-19)
Research assistant - 2014-2016
Institute of Classical Studies, Jagiellonian University, Krakow
Research project “Animal Sacrifice in Ancient Greece in the Light of Philological Testimonies”
TEACHING
Latin teacher
Institute of Romance Studies, Jagiellonian University, Krakow- 2013-4
Institute of English Studies, Jagiellonian University, Krakow - 2012-3
Greek teacher
Kolegium Filozoficzno-Teologiczne OO. Dominikanów, Krakow - 2012
LECTURES AND PAPERS
- Performing tragic identities: The madness of Menaechmus. "Plautus from page to stage" conference, Brno, Czech Republic, 11-14.11.2019.
- That troubled house of Lycurgus: On the palace miracle in Aeschylus and Naevius. CASA conference. Stellenbosch, South Africa, 7-10.11.2019.
- Thetis in Naxos: a local perspective. "Sovereign of the Sea: The Staying Power of Thetis in the Graeco-Roman World and Beyond" panel at the 12th Celtic Conference in Classics. Coimbra, Portugal 26-9.06.2019.
- The iconography of soft pornography: allusions to erotic foreplay in Greek vase painting. "Sex and the ancient city: Aspects of sexual intercourse in Greco-Roman antiquity. International conference in honour of Professor Chris Carey, University College London", University of Cyprus, Nicosia, 11-13.06.2019.
- Likurg, król Edonów, w Rzymie. Na tropach tekstu, który wszyscy znali tak dobrze, że nikt o nim nie wspomniał. “Hortus deliciarum” IJP PAN, Kraków 19.10.2018.
- “Tropaeum Liberi” di Accio riconsiderato. Convegno internazionale di studi classici “Alla ricerca del mito perduto. Personaggi mitici di tragedie scomparse. Siena, Italy, 8-9.10.2018.
- Where would you put your clothes? On depictions of garments displayed on stools in Greek vase painting. „Textiles in Ancient Iconography” panel at 24th EAA Annual Meeting. Barcelona 5-8.09.2018.
- Lycurgus in fabula. The eventful afterlife of Greco-Roman drama in Hyginus. “Mythography not Mythology” panel at the 11th Celtic Conference in Classics. St Andrews 11-14.07.2018
- Two kinds of Dionysian limen: Lycurgus and Perseus' story. Thresholds in Literature and Arts, Lisbon 6-8.06.2018.
- Aristophanes victimized: Animal sacrifice in the old comedy. Athens Greek Religion Seminar. Swedish Institute at Athens. 3.10.2017.
- Old answers to old questions: Re-construction of the religious past as a response to identity crisis. 17th International Conference for Ancient East-Mediterranean Studies in Tartu (ICAEM 2017): "Crises in Early Religions". Tartu, Estonia 8-11.06.2017.
- Pandora Herself. Prometheus, Pandora, Adam and Eve: Archetypes of the Masculine and Feminine and their Reception throughout the Ages. Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel. 20-22.03.2017.
- Towards a Definition of Animal Sacrifice in Ancient Greece. Aristophanes and Old Comedy. Animal Sacrifice in Ancient Greece, 2nd edition. Kraków 10-12.02.2017.
- Mέχρι σπλάγχνων: When is that? From snout to tail. Exploring the Greek sacrificial animal from the literary, epigraphical, iconographical, archaeological and zooarchaeological evidence. Uppsala 9.12.2016.
- Philology of killing, religion of eating. Cleaning the Burkert's table. 5th International Kraków Study of Religions Symposium. Understanding and explanation in the study of religions. In memory of Walter Burkert (1931-2015). Kraków 8.11.2016.
- The dynamics of desire: is the pecking-order model to be rejected? Hierarchy and Equality: Representations of Sex/Gender in the Ancient World. Athens. 11.09.2016.
- Bringing stools to Athena?Athena: Sharing current research. London 3.06.2016.
- Sul riciclo di porcellini: il problema di consumo di carne contaminata. Hagnos, miasma, e katharsis. Viaggio tra le categorie del puro e dell'impuro nell'immaginario del mondo antico. Cagliari 5.05.2016
- Whole and ground: krithai and alphita. International workshops on Greek animal sacrifice, Kraków 12-5.11.2015
- Przemoc wobec zwierząt? Semiotyka ofiary w starożytnej Grecji. Przemoc w świecie starożytnym: źródła, struktury, interpretacje. Lublin 28-30.09.2015
- Między wersami Ptaków Astofanesa. Polskie Towarzystwo Filologiczne, Kraków 9.06.2015
- Ofiara krwawa w Pokoju Arystofanesa. Centrum Praktyk Teatralnych Gardzienice 13.03.2015.
- Ofiara krwawa w Ptakach Arystofanesa. Seminarium Otwarte, Instytut Filologii Klasycznej UJ, Kraków 9.12.2014.
- On the sale of sacrificial meat. Europaeum Classical Colloquia, Paris 6-8.11.2014
- Liminalna przestrzeń w kulcie Dionizosa, Miejsca święte w religiach świata, Warszawa 13.06.2013
- Jak zrobić z wilka daniela. Problem tożsamości znaku w obrębie systemu semiotycznego i poza nim, II ogólnopolska interdyscyplinarna studencko-doktorancka konferencja mediterraneistyczna Ad fontes Artis, Wrocław 7-9.06.2013.
- Od piśmienności Arystotelesa do oralności M. Parry'ego, Ogólnopolska konferencja studencko-doktorancka Typograficzne przestrzenie tekstu, Kraków 23-24.05.2013
- Kobiety Eurypidesa, Eurypides Arystofanesa, Bios, Biograf, Biografia. Człowiek starożytny w perspektywie biograficznej na przestrzeni wieków, Katowice 15-16.05.2013
- Mit dionizyjski w świetle etymologii ludowej, przednaukowej i naukowej, Session on Indo-European Historical Linguistics, Sosnowiec 09.05.2013.
- Orficka interpretacja Dionizosa, IV Kolokwia Orfickie, Nieborów 3-6.10.2012
- Figura obcego w greckim rytuale przejścia VI Studencka Konferencja Starożytnicza Centrum – peryferia – granice, Kraków 8.05.2010
SCHOLARSHIPS, MEMBERSHIPS, PROGRAMS AND AWARDS
03-08.2020 Visiting Scholar at the University of Pisa, Laboratorio di antropologia del mondo Antico (LAMA), Italy
2019-2022 Sonata, Research grant founded by the National Science Centre (Poland)
22.11-22.12.2019 Bourse du Gouvernement français. Collège de France, Centre ANHIMA, Paris
03.2019-01.2020 Visiting Scholar at Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, Italy
2018 onwards: associate membership in the Polymnia research network
2018 onwards: membership in the European Association of Archaeologists
2018 De Brzezie Lanckoroński Foundation scholarship (one month): London/ Oxford
2017 Grant for young scholars employed at the Faculty of History, University of Warsaw: research stay in Oxford (one month)
2017-19 Membership in the British School at Athens (Greece)
2016-19 Fuga, Post-Doc placement program supported by the National Science Centre (Poland)
2016 Bourse de recherche: Fondation Hardt pour l’étude de l’Antiquité classique (Geneva)
2016 Rector's of the Jagiellonian University Ist grade collective award for scholarly achievements
2015 Grant for young scholars employed at the Fcaulty of Philology, Jagiellonian University (publication of the PhD thesis)
2013/14 Scholarship for best PHD students of the Jagiellonian University
2013/14 Supplemetary scholarship for best PHD students of the Jagiellonian University
2012/13 Supplemetary scholarship for best PHD students of the Jagiellonian University
2010/11 Università degli studi di Torino – Erasmus Programme (Italy)
BOOKS
- Kicking Against the Pricks: From Aeschylus’ Lycurgeia to Naevius’ Lycurgus. Under review with…tbc. Most likely to be published in 2020.
- Ofiara krwawa w Grecji starożytnej w świetle źródeł filologicznych. Arystofanes i komedia stara. Warszawa 2017.
- Mit Dionizosa w poezji greckiej od Homera do Eurypidesa. Kraków 2015.
ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS
- Bipedes uolucres in Naevius’ Lycurgus. Rheinisches Museum für Philologie: forthcoming.
- Dynamics of desire. Gift-giving and pecking order. Norwegian Institute at Athens Papers and Monographs: forthcoming.
- Μέχρι σπλάγχνων: when is that? [in:] From snout to tail. Exploring the Greek sacrificial animal from the literary, epigraphical, iconographical, archaeological and zooarchaeological evidence, ed. G. Ekroth, J.-M. Carbon, Stockholm: forthcoming.
- Orpheus in Aeschylus and the Thracian child-eater on a hydria from the British Museum. Kernos 32 (2019): 13-28.
- Zeus on the Leucadic Rock. White magic of an obscene passage in Ptolemy Chennos. Acta Classica. Journal of the Classical Association of South Africa 62 (2019): 220-8.
- The (alleged) sacrifice and procession at Rural Dionysia in Aristophanes' Acharnians. Hermes. Zeitschrift für Klassische Philologie 147.2 (2019): 143-52.
- Pelting Pentheus. On the use of oulai in sacrificial ritual. Classical Philology 114.1 (2019): 144-53.
- Whole and ground: krithai and alphita. [in:] Animal Sacrifice in Ancient Greece: Proceedings of the First International Workshop in Kraków (12-14.11.2015). ed. K. Bielawski, Warszawa 2017: 145-82.
- The Herme-Neutics of χοιροκομεῖον in Aristophanes' Lysistrata. Symbolae Olsoenses 91 (2017): 13-27.
- Where did Athenian generals take their oath of office? Mnemosyne 70.5 (2017): 872-877.
- Sul riciclo dei porcellini: il problema del consumo di carne contaminata. Otium. Rivista di studi sulla cultura antica 2.1 (2017): 1-14.
- Ancient homophobia: Prejudices against homosexuality in classical Athens. Humanitas 69 (2017): 47-62.
- Aesop victimized. The sale of sacrificial and non-sacrificial meat. Mnemosyne 70.1 (2017): 58-78.
- Liminalna przestrzeń kultu Dionizosa. Ex Nihilo 15 (2016): 61-75.
- Aristophanes, the Accuser of Socrates. Sociolinguistic Aspects of Comedy. Classica Cracoviensia 18 (2015): 39-50.
- Fallus z przyległościami, czyli jak wykastrowano kulturę antyczną, [in:] Ciało, seksualność, pornografia w perspektywie historycznej, ed. P. Jędrzejewski, K. Szlęzak, G. Szuster, Kraków 2015: 287-98.
- Mélange of Melanaegis and Leukaspis: On the aetiology of Apatouria festival, Eos 101 (2014): 159-68.
- Od piśmienności Arystotelesa do oralności Milmana Parry'ego, [in:] Typograficzne przestrzenie tekstu, ed. K Starachowicz, J. Knap, Kraków 2014: 31-40.
- Transsubstncjacja zupy ogórkowej. Na marginesie rozważań nad symbolem w rytuale. [in:] Nauka prowadzi w przyszłość, ed. M. Król, Kraków 2014: 27-30.
- Dionizos i derywaty. Problem badawczy, czy problem badaczy?, Zeszyty Naukowe Towarzystwa Doktorantów Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego. Seria Humnaistyczna 7 (2/2013): 13-23.
- Tożsamość kultury i w kulturze, [in:] Źródła Humanistyki Europejskiej. Iuvenilia Philologorum Cracoviensium 6, ed. K. Korus, Kraków 2013: 17-26.
- Non-Orphic Interpretation of Dionysus, Littera Antiqua 6 (2013): 4-12.
- Semiotyka obuwia – problem uniwersaliów kulturowych, [in:] Źródła Humanistyki Europejskiej. Iuvenilia Philologorum Cracoviensium 5, ed. K. Korus, Kaków 2012: 241-249.
EDITIONS, TRANSLATIONS
- Andrzej Maksymilian Fredro, Vir consilii. ed., trans. J. Marszałek, B. Bednarek, J. Macjon, I. Krawczyk. Warszawa – forthcoming.
- Andrzej Maksymilian Fredro, Militarium seu axiomatum belli ad harmoniam togae accomodatorum liber primus. ed., trans. J. Chmielewska, B. Bednarek, Warszawa 2015.
- Andrzej Maksymilian Fredro, Scriptorum seu togae et belli notationum fragmenta. ed., trans. J. Chmielewska, B. Bednarek, Warszawa 2014.
- G. Chiabrera, Damigella tutta bella, Nowy Filomata 3/4 2012: 249-254.
REVIEWS
- Ariadne Konstantinou, Female Mobility and Gendered Space in Ancient Greek Myth. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2018. Eos CVI (2018.1): 145-8.
White water kayaking and kayak freestyle, running (up to the marathon distance, however, I feel more at ease in half-marathons), cycling tours, snorkeling