drBeniamin Kłaniecki

Assistant professor
- beniamin.klaniecki@amu.edu.pl
- (+48) 61 829 1017
Collegium Heliodori, room 202
Websites / Profiles:
Degrees:
- B.A. in English, Poznań, 2015
- M.A. in English, Poznań, 2017
- Ph.D. in Postcolonial literature (summa cum laude), Poznań, 2021
Research interests:
- Contemporary British fiction
- Indian writing in English (IWE)
- Nigerian fiction
- Gender and queer studies
- Postcolonial studies
Teaching experience:
- History of British Literature
- Postcolonial Literatures
- Indian literature in English
- TEFL
Papers read at conferences and congresses:
- Ogólnopolska Konferencja XX-wieczne konfrontacje literackie, UW, Warszawa, 2015,
- Ogólnopolska Konferencja Kultura zaangażowana. Społeczno-polityczne inspiracje w kulturze i sztuce, UKW, Bydgoszcz, 2015,
- The Practice of (In)visibility Conference, University of Brighton, UK, 2015,
- The International Conference 50 Shades of Popular Culture, FactaFicta, Kraków, 2016,
- The International Conference The Street and the City – Awakenings, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal, 2016,
- The Interdisciplinary Student and Graduate Conference Culture, Identity, and Media, Goethe Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 2016,
- Interdyscyplinarna Konferencja Naukowa Pozycje literatury, UAM, Poznań, 2016,
- III. Ogólnopolska Konferencja Naukowa Azja nieznana, UAM, Poznań, 2016,
- V. Ogólnopolska Interdyscyplinarna Studencko-Doktorancka Konferencja Naukowa Między Wschodem a Zachodem, między Północą a Południem, UW, Warszawa, 2016,
- International Conference on Gender Studies, Interdisciplinary Research Foundation, Kraków, Poland, 2016,
- “NEWstories: Faces of Crisis in 20th- and 21st- Century Prose” Conference, UJ, Kraków, Poland, 2019,
- The Third Biennial Conference Talking Bodies, The Institute of Gender Studies at the University of Chester, UK, 2017,
- Ogólnopolska Konferencja Naukowa (Nie)męskość w tekstach kultury XIX-XXI wieku, UG, Gdańsk, 2017.
- The International Conference “Thinking Gender Justice”, University College Dublin, Ireland, 2018,
- The International Conference “Orientations: A Conference of Narrative and Place”, University of Nottingham, UK, 2018,
- The Fourth Biennial Conference ‘Talking Bodies’, The Institute of Gender Studies at the University of Chester, UK, 2019,
- Queer Celebrity Conference, Centre for Studies in Literature, the University of Portsmouth, UK, 2019,
- 28th PASE Conference "Diversity is inclusive: Cultural, literary and linguistic mosaic", Poznań, Poland, 2019,
- “NEWstories: Shades of Hope in 20th- and 21st- Century Prose” Conference, UJ, Kraków, Poland, 2020,
- 22nd Utopian Studies Society Conference, Brighton, UK, 2022,
- "Masculinities, mythologies and E/epics: tracing bodies, (non)violence and the cultural imaginary" Conference, MAHE, India, 2023.
Research visits:
- Robinson College, University of Cambridge, August 2018,
- Robinson College, University of Cambridge, July-August 2022,
- Manipal Centre for Humanities, MAHE, India, March 2023.
Professional organisations:
- International E.M. Forster Society
- European Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies
Scholarships:
- The Ministry of Science and Higher Education scholarship for outstanding achievements in the academic year 2016/2017.
- The Marshall of Greater Poland scholarship for outstanding academic achievements, 2017,
- Clifford and Mary Corbridge Trust Scholarship, 2018,
- Clifford and Mary Corbridge Trust Scholarship, 2022.