Assistant Professor at the Department of Classical Philology, Faculty of Philology, University of Łódź.
He received his PhD in literary studies in 2023 on the basis of the dissertation "Wokół pojęcia díkē: poetyka i ideologia „sprawiedliwości” w tradycji Teognisa z Megary" (Around the Concept of Díkē: Poetics and Ideology of “Justice” in the Tradition of Theognis of Megara).
Graduate of Classical Philology and Philosophy at the University of Łódź.

Selected Academic Publications (2019–2025):

Most available at: https://ktfp.academia.edu/JanSkarbekKazanecki. 

• The Transmission of the Theognidean Tradition as a Cultural Memory Practice, "Arethusa" 58 (2025) [forthcoming].
• How much new is there in the old? Themis, dike and an evolutionary understanding of ancient Greek normativity, "Collectanea Philologica" 28 (2025) [forthcoming].
• Nostalgia, Expulsion and the Poetic I: the Poetics of Diaspora in the Corpus Theognideum, “Akroterion” 66 (2022), pp. 17-39 (DOI:10.7445/66—1017).
• The Ancient Greek Symposion as Space for Philosophical Discourse: Xenophanes and Criticism of the Poetic Tradition , „Tekstualia” 8/1 (2022), pp. 3-24 (DOI:10.5604/01.3001.0015.9904).
• “I have suffered even as Odysseus…” – the (anti-)heroization of the poetic I in Corpus Theognideum, 1123-1128. In: Maria de Fatina Sousa e Silva, Susana Marques Pereira (eds.), Heroes and anti-heroes, Roma: Aracne, 2022, pp. 105-132 (DOI: 10.53136/97912218005486).

Selected Academic Conferences:

• 16th Celtic Conference in Classics, University of Coimbra, 15–18 July 2025 (Panel: Freedom as Metaphor – Metaphors of Freedom. Metaphorical Notions of the “Free” and the “Slave” in Ancient Thought).
  Paper title: “Lest Your Belly Torment You as a Base-born Servant…”: The Stomach as a Metaphor for Freedom and Enslavement in Archaic Elegy.

• Image and Authority: How Presentation Affected Leadership in the Ancient World, University of Birmingham, 30 May 2025.
  Paper title: Leading the People Towards Virtue and Justice: Archaic Poetry and Political Legitimation in Athenian Oligarchic Discourse.

• Od Hezjoda do Parandowskiego: transmisja mitu i mitografia w kulturze Europy. W 100. rocznicę wydania Mitologii J. Parandowskiego [From Hesiod to Parandowski: The Transmission of Myth and Mythography in European Culture. On the 100th Anniversary of the Publication of J. Parandowski’s Mythology], University of Białystok, 28–29 November 2024.
  Paper title: O mądrym mężu, który wymyślił bogów. Mit antropogenetyczny w dramacie satyrowym Syzyf [On the Wise Man Who Invented the Gods: The Anthropogenetic Myth in the Satyr Play Sisyphus].

• International Conference: Normativity & Praxis. Visions of Good Life in Antiquity – Physical, Spiritual, and Social Ancient Medicine and Philosophy Workshop, University of Łódź, 18–19 May 2022.
  Paper title: Magical Incantation and the Criticism of Greek Medicine in Plato’s Charmides*.

• Orality and Literacy XIV: Textualization, 20–23 June 2021.
  Paper title: The Transmission of the Theognidean Tradition as a Mnemonic Cultural Practice.

• 2ο Συνέδριο Μεταπτυχιακών Φοιτητών και Υποψηφίων Διδακτόρων Κλασικής Φιλολογίας (Λόγοι περί Ετερότητας: Όψεις του «άλλου» στην αρχαία ελληνική και λατινική γραμματεία) [2nd Conference of Postgraduate Students and Doctoral Candidates in Classical Philology (Discourses on Otherness: Aspects of the “Other” in Ancient Greek and Latin Literature], Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 15–17 September 2020.
  Paper title: Η εξουσία του να είσαι «ξένος» . Το μοτίβο της ξενίας και της εξορίας στην αρχαϊκή ελληνική ποίηση [The Power of Being a Stranger: The Motif of Xenia and Exile in Archaic Greek Poetry].

His academic accomplishments consist chiefly of the publications listed above, along with the better of the courses he has had the pleasure of teaching at the University. Beyond research and teaching he is also involved in grassroots initiatives - supporting workers’ rights, local communities, fundraising for those in need, and other forms of mutual aid.