Tomasz Kitliński Explained

Tomasz Kitliński (born 29 December 1965) is a Polish political philosopher, cultural and social analyst, and civic activist. He was a lecturer and trade unionist at Maria Curie-Sklodowska University:[1] since 2023 he has been Professor at the Academy of the Arts in Szczecin.[2] He is also an author of books (Dream? Democracy! [3]), articles, petitions and letters of protest. In his research and teaching, he deals with contemporary society, culture and politics, intellectual history,[4] literary and critical theory, art practice, religious studies and social anthropology. In his activism, he champions women's, LGBT, labour and refugee rights and participation.

Biography

Tomasz Kitlinski holds his M.Phil. from the Paris Diderot University, where he prepared his thesis, supervised by Julia Kristeva. He conducted research under Hélène Cixous, Maria Janion and Julia Kristeva.[5]

He was a Fulbright scholar at the New School for Social Research in New York, where he participated in the seminars of Ágnes Heller, Richard J. Bernstein and Jonathan Schell.[6] He also conducted research and presented a paper at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London.[5] Recipient of Maria Skłodowska-Curie Intra-European Fellowship.[7] [8] He was a Fellow at Margherita von Brentano-Zentrum für Geschlechterforschung at the Freie Universität in Berlin, 2021- 2023.[9] In 2023 he served as Senior Fellow in Image Science (Bildwissenschaft) at the Department of Art History, Technische Universität Dresden, where he conducted a project "A Comparative Study of the Politics of Women's, Queer and Refugees' Protest Art, and Visual Culture in Poland, 2015-present."[10]

Kitlinski is a member of Poland's Green Party.[11] At the University of Brighton, he moderated a meeting with Britain's only Green MP, Caroline Lucas.[12] In a letter to the editor, published in the Guardian, he has written on the importance of Zygmunt Bauman's scholarly output.[13] In 2011 he curated Transeuropa Festival in Lublin, where he organised a series of queer, feminist and Jewish events, to which he invited Irena Grudzinska-Gross, Robert Biedroń, Kazimiera Szczuka, Anna Grodzka and Robert Kuwałek.[14]

Kitlinski was cited by the New York Times.[15]

He has been involved in filmmaking; Kitlinski collaborated with directors Helen Whitney, Raphael Lewandowski, Urszula Pieregonczuk, Grzegorz Linkowski and Piotr Brozek.

On 2019 Polish parliamentary election Kitliński was a candidate for the sejm from The Left. He received 2334 votes.[16]

Books

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dr Tomasz Kitliński . filozofia.umcs.lublin.pl. 2014-06-07.
  2. Web site: Informacja o wynikach konkursów na Wydziale Malarstwa - Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej Akademii Sztuki w Szczecinie . 2024-05-05 . bip.akademiasztuki.eu.
  3. Web site: Wydawnictwo UMCS ::: DREAM? DEMOCRACY! A Philosophy of Horror, Hope & Hospitality in Art & Action – Tomasz Kitlinski. wydawnictwo.umcs.lublin.pl. 2014-06-07.
  4. Web site: Bazy danych - Nauka Polska. nauka-polska.pl. 2014-06-07.
  5. Web site: Archive, Research Forum Events Spring Term 2007 Calendar, The Courtauld Institute of Art. courtauld.ac.uk. 2014-06-07. 2014-07-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714174952/http://www.courtauld.ac.uk/researchforum/archive/2007/looking-east-bio.shtml. dead.
  6. Web site: Jonathan Schell Remembered Public Seminar. 31 March 2014 . publicseminar.org. 2014-06-07.
  7. Web site: Informations . 2024-05-05 . PAN.
  8. Web site: Themelovin . Hospitality Vs. Hatreds » Marie Curie Project . 2024-05-05 . en-US.
  9. Web site: 2021-10-07 . Tomasz Kitlinski, PhD (winter term 2021/22, summer term 2022 and winter term 2022/23) . 2024-05-05 . www.mvbz.fu-berlin.de . de.
  10. Web site: Welcome Tomasz Kitlinski as Senior Fellow at TU Dresden! . 2024-05-05 . TU Dresden . en.
  11. Web site: Partia Zieloni. zieloni2004.pl. 2014-06-07.
  12. Web site: Debate Civil Partnerships Programme University of Brighton - Faculty of Arts. arts.brighton.ac.uk. 2014-06-07.
  13. Web site: Letter: Bauman's influence From the Guardian The Guardian. 29 April 2007 . theguardian.com. 2014-06-07.
  14. Web site: Letter from Lublin. 9 October 2011. 2014-06-07.
  15. Web site: The Stones of Poland's Soul. partners.nytimes.com. 2014-06-07.
  16. Web site: Wybory do Sejmu i Senatu Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 2019 r.. sejmsenat2019.pkw.gov.pl. pl. 2020-05-23.
  17. Web site: Contents: Chapter 1 The Other Methodology of the Other.... 20 May 2014. 2014-06-07.
  18. Web site: Writing: Books - Angus Reid. angusreid.co.uk. 2014-06-07.

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