Country of Residence
Discipline(s)
GYA Roles
Institution
Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University
Department of Psychology, Pedagogy and Humanities
- Gustawa Herlinga-GrudziĆskiego 1
30-705 KrakĂłw, Poland
Research Interests
social anthropology
sexual health
gender and queer studies
self-organizing and self-management
decolonization and postcolonial studies
critical postdevelopment studies
feminisms
public health
masculinity studies
biomedicine
HIV/AIDS activism
socio-cultural histories of health and illness
Topics to speak on:
biomedicine in HIV prevention and AIDS prevention — self-organizing and self-management among LGBTQ+ communities — socio-cultural histories of health and illness
A little progress each day adds up to big results.
Biography
RafaĆ Majka holds a PhD in culture studies from SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities (2017). He also graduated in English Philology from the University of Silesia (2006) and did a postgraduate study in Gender Studies at the University of Warsaw (2011). In 2021 he completed another postgraduate studies – Trendwatching & Future Studies at the AGH University of Science and Technology in Cracow. He did research visits in Marseille, France (2021, Aix-Marseille UniversitĂ©, France), in Berlin, Germany (2016, John F. Kennedy Institute, Freie UniversitĂ€t; 2023, Institute for Europeans Ethnology, Humboldt University), in Edmonton, Canada (2005, University of Alberta), and in Boston, Massachusetts, USA (2008, 2012, Massachusetts Institute of Technology). In 2019 he published a book on contemporary left philosophies of social change entitled TeraĆșniejsze przyszĆoĆci. WspĂłĆczesne wyobraĆșnie lewicowe [Futures Present. Contemporary Left Imaginaries]. He has published numerous articles and co-edited a few books/journal issues. For over a decade he has been active in leftist, feminist, LGBT and queer social movements.
Awards
Rector of the University Bielsko-BiaĆaâs award for outstanding teaching and academic
John F. Kennedy Institute Research Grant
Rector of the University of Bielsko-BiaĆaâs award for an outstanding academic achievement
French Government Scholarship (BGF)
Global Scholars Academy 2021
German DAAD Scholarship 2023
Activities