In my work, I focus on two aspects. On the one hand, I conduct research on the intellectual and cultural history of the 18th century, the history of the culture of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth nobility, and the education of the nobility, especially educational journeys. On the other hand, I teach students, mainly in the fields of modern Polish history, the history of travel, and broadly understood cultural history (including history in literature and the history of cinema).
I am also passionate about popularising knowledge about the past to a wide range of audiences. I give lectures to students of the University of the Third Age, secondary school pupils and foreign students, but I also popularise historical knowledge to anyone interested (on the subject of travel in past centuries and the broadly understood history of modern culture). As part of the ‘Talented at School - Brilliant at The University" programme, I mentor secondary school pupils who are interested in deepening their knowledge and acquiring new skills.
Bio
Joanna Orzeł holds a degree in history (2008, specialising in cultural history and socio-economic history) and Polish studies (2009, specialising in textual analysis and editing, and film studies). In 2015, she defended her doctoral thesis in history at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. In the same year, she began working at the Institute of History at the University of Łódź.
She is a scholarship holder of the French government (Séjour Scientifique de Haut Niveau) and the Foundation Lanckoroński and the De Brzezie Lanckoronski Foundation. She has carried out individual projects (Miniatura project - National Science Centre, ‘Initiative of Excellence - Research University’ - a project for young researchers at the University of Łódź). She has been a participant in team projects (Polish and international), including ‘Selbstzeugnisse im polnischen und deutschen Schrifttum im Spätmittelalter und der Frühen Neuzeit (15th–18th century) / Samoświadectwa w polskim i niemieckim piśmiennictwie w późnym średniowieczu i epoce nowożytnej (XV–XVIII wiek)’, ‘Lithuanian Egodocumental Heritage’ (LEGODOK), ‘SSpołeczne i kulturowe uwarunkowania edukacji w Rzeczypospolitej XVI–XVIII wieku’, ‘Identités curiales et le mythe de Versailles en Europe: perceptions, adhésions et rejets (18th–19th centuries)’. Currently secretary and executive in the project ‘Obraz Rzeczypospolitej w słownikach i encyklopediach długiego wieku osiemnastego – perspektywy francuska, brytyjska i niemiecka’.
Since 2014, she has been the editorial secretary and, since mid-2024, also the deputy editor-in-chief of "Zapiski Historyczne".
Since November 2023, she has been a research specialist at the Polish Library Institute in Paris.
In 2012–2019, she was the organisational manager of the Olimpiada Historyczna (National History Contests for high school students).
Office hours
assistant professor
Department of Early Modern History
CYCLICAL DUTY
TUESDAY
09:30 - 10:15
13:30 - 14:15
Harcmistrza Aleksandra Kamińskiego 27a room: 38 90-219 Łódź
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