Patrycja Austin Ph.D.
Patrycja Austin
lecturer
e-mail: p.austin@uw.edu.pl
Degrees:
- M.A., University of Warsaw, 2006
- Ph.D., University of Warsaw, 2013
- Assistant Professor, University of Rzeszów, 2013
Research interests:
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Contemporary British fiction:
- novel post-1970
- 20th century American fiction
- Postcolonial literature and theory
- Music in Literature
Conferences and Workshops
09-12.09.2009 Lancaster University, UK. Closing Conference of the AHRC-funded Moving-
Manchester project on „Glocal Imaginaries: Writing/ Migration/ Place”
Presentation of a Paper: “Multilingual India from Three Indian Writers in
English”
16-17.04.2010 PWSZ, Krosno, Across Borders Conference
Presentation of a Paper: “Multilingual India in Amit Chaudhuri’s Afternoon
Raag and Vikram Seth’s A Suitable Boy “
20.-21.04.2010 Uniwersitet im, Adama Mickiewicza in Poznan, Kalisz,
19. Conference of the Association of the Academic Teachers of English
PASE
Presentation of a Papert: „Musical elaborations in Amit Chaudhuri’s Afternoon
Raag, Vikram Seth’s A Suitable Boy, and Salman Rushdie’s The
Ground beneath her Feet”
13-14.05.2010 Warsaw University, Warsaw, Postcolonial Discourse,
Ethnicity, and Race in the United States: The Past and the Present
Presentation of a paper: “Orpheus in New York: Music and identity in Salman
Rushdie’s The Ground beneath her Feet”
24.09.2010 Rzeszow University, Rzeszow, Filologiczne Konspekty
Współczesności
Presentation of a paper: „Orfeusz w Nowym Jorku: Rola Muzyki w Ziemi pod
jej Stopami Salmana Rushdiego”
24.06.2011 Northumbria University, Newcastle, LitPop: Writing and
Popular Music
Presentation of a paper: “Musical Elaborations in Salman Rushdie’s The
Ground beneath her Feet”
Guest Lecturer
Bodoland University, Kokrajhar, India,
Presentation of a Paper: “Made in India: English and Rock’n’Roll go glocal.”
Other interests: flamenco, Indian cuisine, travel, American wrestling