Godziny konsultacji w sem. letnim / Duty Hours in the summer semester (2025/26)
Wtorki / Tuesdays
godz. 8:45-9:30 / 8:45 am - 9:30 am
pok. 3.6 w "starym budynku" /room 3.6 in the "old building" (Faculty of History)
Piątki / Fridays
godz. 16:45-17:30 / 4:45 pm - 5:30 pm
pok. 348 / room 348
Overview:
Karol Chojnowski is an assistant professor (adiunkt) at the Department of Translation Studies, Institute of English and American Studies, Univeristy of Gdańsk, where he teaches practical translation courses. He graduated from the University of Gdańsk with a master’s degree in translation studies in 2010 and received a PhD in literature (cum laude) in 2018, also at the University of Gdańsk, for his dissertation Space and Epistemology in the Works of Marek S. Huberath. He has published articles on speculative fiction and he has translated fiction, non-fiction and poetry.
Biography:
2020-onwards: assistant professor (adiunkt) at the Department of Translation Studies, Institute of English, University of Gdańsk
2011-present: PUBLISHING TRANSLATIONS, INCLUDING:
2025: Zofia Piłasiewicz, Drzewa mówią ciszą / Trees Speak in Silence (Bractwo Bartne), co-translated with EIZABETH PECK.
2022: Multiple authors, W alejach pamięci / Warsaw's Memory Avenue (Instytut Wymiaru Sprawiedliwości)
2019: Janina Osewska, Do czasu przyszłego / Until the Time to Come (Słowo i obraz), co-translated with DESMOND GRAHAM.
2019: Dou Qiang, History and Reality: 100 Terms to Understand the Communist Party of China / Historia i rzeczywistość. 100 pojęć do zrozumienia Komunistycznej Partii Chin (fragment, Adam Marszałek ).
2018: George Steiner, “Bad Friday” / “Wielki mały piątek” (fragment, in: George Steiner, Eseje z “New Yorkera” 1966-1997, słowo/obraz terytoria).
2013: Alexi Zentner, Touch / Dotyk (Wiatr od Morza).
2013: Matthew Fort, Sweet Honey, Bitter Lemons / Słodki jak miód, kwaśny jak cytryny (Pascal).
2012: Olivier Magny, Stuff Parisians Like /Zakochany w Paryżu (co-translated with Małgorzata Morel. Pascal).
2012: Matthew Fort, Eating Up Italy / Apetyt na Italię (Pascal).
2012: Jack Higgins, The Judas Gate / Brama Judasza (Buchmann).
2011: Peter Hames, “The First Wave” / “Pierwsza Fala” (chapter, in: Peter Hames, The Czechoslovak New Wave / Czechosłowacka Nowa Fala, słowo/obraz terytoria).
2011-2018: Doctoral Studies (specialization: Literary Studies) at the University of Gdańsk, Faculty of Languages; thesis title: Space and Epistemology in the Works of Marek S. Huberath
2010-2011: Postgraduate Translator Training Course (Literary Translation) at the University of Gdańsk
2008-2010: MA in English Studies (Translation Studies) at the University of Gdańsk
2005-2008: BA in English Studies (Teacher Training) at the University of Gdańsk
Research interests:
Space in literature, Biblical and eschatological motifs in fiction, non-mimetic literature.
Published articles:
https://repozytorium.bg.ug.edu.pl/info/author/UOGc3fcebd7554c47739474257...
“Biblical Allegory in Jane White’s Comet.” In: Integralia V. Wymiary studenckiej humanistyki, ed. A. Lica i M. Kardasz, Wydawnictwo PWSZ w Elblągu, Elbląg 2017, p. 139-149.
“Biblical and psychoanalytic allegory in Jane White’s Quarry.” In: Beyond Philology 2017 No. 14/2, p. 31-53.
“‘Gniazdo światów’ Marka S. Huberatha w świetle teorii recepcji czytelniczej Wolfganga Isera.” In: Tekstowe światy fantastyki, ed. M. M. Leś, W. Łaszkiewicz, P. Stasiewicz, Uniwersytet w Białymstoku–Wydawnictwo Prymat, Białystok 2017, p. 139-153.
“Miasta pod Skałą Marka S. Huberatha jako anty-apokryf.” In: W kręgu apokryfów, ed. E. Jakiel and J. Mosakowski, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego, Gdańsk 2015, p. 387-400.
“Rites of Passage, Gaining Experience and Discovering One’s Role in Mort.” In: All About Pratchett czyli wszystko o sir Terrym Pratchetcie, ed. A. Hołubowicz, K. Karaś, A. Włodarczyk, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego, Gdańsk 2018, p. 57-68.
“The Space of Death in Selected Short Stories by Marek S. Huberath.” In: Space in Literature. Method, Genre, Topos, ed. U. Terentowicz-Fotyga, Peter Lang, Berlin 2018, p. 233- 252.
“The world of childhood in Ray Bradbury’s The Illustrated Man.” In: Beyond Philology 2017 No. 14/3, p. 131-147.
“Wizerunek postaci nie-ludzkich w Extensie i W kraju niewiernych.” In: Doświadczenia Dukaja, ed. R. Blech and M. Romanowski, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego, Gdańsk 2016, p. 45-61.
Review of Jolanta Łaba’s book Idee religijne w literaturze fantasy. Studium fenomenologiczne. In: Beyond Philology 2013 No. 10, p. 213-223.
