Urszula Chowaniec's research interests lay primarily in Polish culture, particularly 20th century Polish literature, early modernist writing, the interwar period, women’s writing and contemporary comparative studies in Polish and Russian literature and culture. Within last few years and concurrently with finishing her research on women’s writing, the body and melancholy in contemporary Polish literature, she have initiated a project on literary and cultural dimensions on contemporary migration in Europe, called eMigrating Landscapes Project. In this semianr series she will give a lecture on Women’s Writing, Displacement and Melancholy in Polish Contemporary Literature.