The Institute conducts research in contemporary culture and art, particularly emphasizing literature, theatre, film, audiovisual and multimedia media.

The unit is a federation of Departments. Fields of study:

1st degree: film studies and knowledge of audiovisual media, cultural studies, new media and digital culture, theatre production and organization of performances, creative writing

2nd degree: contemporary culture and art, audiovisual media and digital culture,  Master’s Degree in Women’s and Gender Studies (GEMMA)

Current research projects in the unit:

Film animation studies in Gottwaldva and Łódź (1945/47-1990) - comparative collective biography, duration: 10.02.2021 - 09.02.2025, financing: Grantová agentura České republiky (GAČR) (GF21-04081K) and the National Science Centre (2020/02/Y/HS2/00015) - dr E. Ciszewska

Forgotten links in the history of Polish audiovisual culture: Film Institute in the years 1935-1939 and 1945-1949; Ministry of Science and Higher Education / National Program for the Development of Humanities / "National Heritage" module (NPRH/DN/SP/0247/2023/12); duration: June 2024 - June 2028 - prof. K. Klejsa

Digital Atlas of Polish Theatrical Heritage Abroad; prof. K. Prykowska-Michalak

Critical Disillusions. Refigurations of Tragedy in Polish Postdramatic Theater; NCN Opus; prof. M.Budzowska

"Issues of Literary Genres" - a journal affiliated with the Department of Literary Theory - in 2024-2026 grant action under the "Journals" program of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. Project management by the Łódź Scientific Society (publisher), from the substantive side for the coordination responsible for the Editorial Office (prof. dr hab. Jarosław Płuciennik and dr Anna Zatora)

IDUB edition 2021: Between (re)construction and emulation. Archiving and popularization of electronic literature - an archive of Kate Pullinger's works (duration 2022-2025) - dr A. Przybyszewska