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Warsaw, 4 Nowy Swiat St.
room 410 phone: (+48)(22) 55-314-12
Dorota Babilas Ph.D.
Courses taught:
- Kurs 1503: History of the Musical Theatre on Stage and Screen.)
- Kurs 140: British Life and Institutions.
- Kurs 1405: Introduction to the Culture of the 19th Century.
- Kurs 2400: Cultural History of Fashion 1789-1914.
- Kurs 241: Family History 1700-1914.
Specialisation course for MA seminar: Theories of Modern Popular Culture.
MA seminar: Material culture and essay writing of Victorian England.
Duty hours in the winter semester 2008/2009:
Education:
- Oct 2002 - Sept 2003: postgraduate studies. Poznań University - Institute of History of Art. Specialisation: 19th and 20th century art. Thesis: The Grand Foyer of the Opera Garnier in Paris as an example of art shaped by society.
- Oct 1995 - May 2000: doctoral studies. Warsaw University - Institute of English Studies. Specialisation: British literature and culture. Thesis: From Melodrama to a Popular Classic - the Change of Literary Status of Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera in English-language Cultures.
- Oct 1990 - June 1995: MA studies. Warsaw University - Institute of English Studies. Specialisation: British literature and culture. Scholarship for good results. Thesis: Christopher Marlowe's Edward II - aspects of individual and political relationships reworked by twentieth century authors.
Employment at Warsaw University:
- Feb 2005 to date - Warsaw University, Department of West European Languages and Cultures (SFK-EZ). Deputy director responsible for co-ordination of the Department's teaching programme (comprising elements of 5 philologies: English, German, French, Spanish and Italian)
- Oct 1995 to date - Warsaw University, Institute of English Studies. Oct 1995 - Sept 2000 as a doctoral student. Since Oct 2000 - full-time employee.
Achievements, scholarships, experience:
Participation in 9 international conferences. Short library scholarships (Oxford 1995, Glasgow 1997, Paris 2002). Languages: English (fluent), French (advanced), Russian (intermediate), Italian, German (elementary).
Since 1991 - multiple experiences in translation (written and oral) and teaching (EFL, Business English).
Interests:
- Art and culture of 19. century Britain
- Theories of culture of 19. and 20 century
Publications:
- Dorota Babilas (2003) "Representations of the young Virgin Mary in Poetry and Painting of D.G. Rossetti" in: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference of PASE, Warszawa: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
- Dorota Babilas (2003) "Szkodliwe i pożyteczne: rola baśni w socjalizacji kobiet" Interdisciplinary Group of Gender Studies, University of Wrocław, Internet publication: http://www.gender.uni.wroc.pl/babilas.html
- Dorota Babilas (2002) "Musicians and Vampires: two cases of Victorian possession" in: Anglica, Warszawa: Wydawnictwa Uniwerystetu Warszawskiego, pp. 77-89.
- Dorota Babilas (2002) "The Changing Role of the Royal Family on the Portraits of F.X. Winterhalter" in: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference of PASE. Kraków: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, pp. 53-58.
- Dorota Mościbrodzka (1997) "Bedtime classics - children's versions of 'grown-up' works of fiction" in: International Conference of PhD Students 1997 - Proceedings (Humanities), Miskolc: Miskolc University Press
- Dorota Mościbrodzka (1996) "Coming home to Wuthering Heights: film adaptations of Emily Bronte's novel" in: PASE Conference 1996 - Proceedings, Łódź: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
