Vegan literature professor working in feminist and queer studies, interested in depictions of pregnant people in early modern lit. (she/her) 🌱🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 🧘🏃🚵https://bsky.app/profile/prof-burzynska.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/prof-burzynska.bsky.social/post/3mlswxxmjvs2iAfter 4 years in the making, I explore the mythology and politics of milk in Shakespeare and the early modern period—linking race, gender, and species, while centring non-human maternal bodies 🐐🍼 @wauampoznan.bsky.social #Shakespeare #EarlyModern #AnimalStudies14 May 2026 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:cxaei47zkbydc2qxyddar47r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlswxxmjvs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/prof-burzynska.bsky.social/post/3mldsprfkyc25My department is ogranising this timely event. Come and join us! [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 May 2026 13:13 +0000at://did:plc:cxaei47zkbydc2qxyddar47r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldsprfkyc25https://bsky.app/profile/prof-burzynska.bsky.social/post/3mctxjh4ai226CFP Announcement! I am honoured and delighted to co-edit a special volume of Anglistica AION. An Interdisciplinary Journal together with my wonderful colleagues and friends, Luca Barratta and Michela Compagnoni.20 Jan 2026 10:35 +0000at://did:plc:cxaei47zkbydc2qxyddar47r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mctxjh4ai226https://bsky.app/profile/prof-burzynska.bsky.social/post/3mbvvguwisk2xYes, come and meet Agnes Shakespeare and learn more about the turbulent history of Anne Hathaway's reception in popular and academic discourse. #hamnet #shakespeare #earlymodern #earlymodernstudies [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Jan 2026 11:38 +0000at://did:plc:cxaei47zkbydc2qxyddar47r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbvvguwisk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/prof-burzynska.bsky.social/post/3mbtjrni3rk2m📚 Culture Vultures Reading Group invites you to a presentation & discussion of Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell. 🗓 14.01.2026, 11:30–13:00 📍 Collegium Heliodori, room 214 I will talk about Anne Hathaway/Agnes Shakespeare. All welcome!07 Jan 2026 13:04 +0000at://did:plc:cxaei47zkbydc2qxyddar47r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbtjrni3rk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/prof-burzynska.bsky.social/post/3m5lge5723c2vWent to the theatre to see the newest "Coriolanus"; the posters, the gadgets and all capture the gimmicky nature of the performance #theatre #shakespeare14 Nov 2025 10:01 +0000at://did:plc:cxaei47zkbydc2qxyddar47r/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5lge5723c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/prof-burzynska.bsky.social/post/3m5iy3azysk2qI'm deeply honoured and extremely happy to announce the release of the following publication “Care and Contagion in Shakespeare's Changing World” edited by Darryl Chalk and Rebecca Totaro. I have eternal gratitude to the best editors. #publication #shakespeare #earlymodern13 Nov 2025 10:40 +0000at://did:plc:cxaei47zkbydc2qxyddar47r/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5iy3azysk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/prof-burzynska.bsky.social/post/3m5grdtcwms2lFound this charm and I'm insisting on it being a sign from the Universe 😀 #mindfulness12 Nov 2025 13:34 +0000at://did:plc:cxaei47zkbydc2qxyddar47r/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5grdtcwms2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/prof-burzynska.bsky.social/post/3m5dxp7efyc2aBack to vegan food photos because vegan food is so photogenic 😀 it's the colours and the variety #vegan #plantbased #breakfast11 Nov 2025 10:50 +0000at://did:plc:cxaei47zkbydc2qxyddar47r/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5dxp7efyc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/prof-burzynska.bsky.social/post/3m55bpzlgx22m#Reading #Butler and like always I'm blown away by the depth of research and nuance of arguments. Yet, given what is happening around, this becomes an increasingly hard read. But you've got to love the cover 😘08 Nov 2025 19:01 +0000at://did:plc:cxaei47zkbydc2qxyddar47r/app.bsky.feed.post/3m55bpzlgx22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/prof-burzynska.bsky.social/post/3m4vblnvhtc2oToday, my dear colleagues and I had the pleasure of representing our department at the Reading Groups Fair at the AMU Faculty of English. We really enjoyed networking with other teachers and students — as the photos clearly show! #teaching #teacherslife #shakespeare #academic05 Nov 2025 14:37 +0000at://did:plc:cxaei47zkbydc2qxyddar47r/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4vblnvhtc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/prof-burzynska.bsky.social/post/3m4qh3obbl22dPoland 2025 All Saints' Day in one photo. No comment.03 Nov 2025 16:32 +0000at://did:plc:cxaei47zkbydc2qxyddar47r/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4qh3obbl22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/prof-burzynska.bsky.social/post/3m4nbmmnxok2dMajestic and yet absolutely friendly creatures. We were equally curious of each other. They don't deserve the fate humans thrust upon them. #vegan #loveallanimals #animalover02 Nov 2025 10:16 +0000at://did:plc:cxaei47zkbydc2qxyddar47r/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4nbmmnxok2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/prof-burzynska.bsky.social/post/3m4ftdfjwsk2wReading wonderful papers for an eco-Shakespeare symposium and feeling wistful about the future. This is the paradox of activist-oriented research; you need to find space for the sadness associated with irrevocable loss and joy for the people who work with you on nourishing hope #ecology #research30 Oct 2025 11:12 +0000at://did:plc:cxaei47zkbydc2qxyddar47r/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4ftdfjwsk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/prof-burzynska.bsky.social/post/3m43tu3yyds2lNow that the festival is over I look forward to spending some evenings at home with a mug of tea and stacks of books. But it was wonderful! Poznań the capital city of Polish queerness rules! #queer #theatre #festival26 Oct 2025 11:55 +0000at://did:plc:cxaei47zkbydc2qxyddar47r/app.bsky.feed.post/3m43tu3yyds2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/prof-burzynska.bsky.social/post/3m3mtmrwpfk2e#Queerfest Day 2! A very powerful performance on Susan Sontag's life and works. I learnt a great deal and it was such a treat. #theatre #queer20 Oct 2025 12:41 +0000at://did:plc:cxaei47zkbydc2qxyddar47r/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3mtmrwpfk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/prof-burzynska.bsky.social/post/3m3kgkq7wrk2sQueerfest day 1. This really happend 😀 #theatre #queer19 Oct 2025 13:41 +0000at://did:plc:cxaei47zkbydc2qxyddar47r/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3kgkq7wrk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/prof-burzynska.bsky.social/post/3m3houlkmnc2fToday #Queerfest begins, a queer theatre festival in the heart of Poznań. #queer #theatre #excited18 Oct 2025 11:32 +0000at://did:plc:cxaei47zkbydc2qxyddar47r/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3houlkmnc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/prof-burzynska.bsky.social/post/3m3ddqnh4h22zPost-covid run. I did go for a jog and I'm feeling stronger and stronger every day. There's fast recovery for you. I believe it's my diet that did that for me. #covid #fitness #vegan16 Oct 2025 18:02 +0000at://did:plc:cxaei47zkbydc2qxyddar47r/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3ddqnh4h22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/prof-burzynska.bsky.social/post/3m364njmv7s25Also reading #Hamnet in preparation for the film's premiere. What a spellbinding novel! Though having seen the trailer I can't unsee Paul Mescal as Shakespeare and Jesse Buckley as Agnes #Shakespeare not complaining!14 Oct 2025 16:12 +0000at://did:plc:cxaei47zkbydc2qxyddar47r/app.bsky.feed.post/3m364njmv7s25https://bsky.app/profile/prof-burzynska.bsky.social/post/3m364hpxbf225Is literature an instrument of ideology or a space of its contestation? Both. It depends what literature, where, when, how? And what is literature anyway? Mmm... It shapes to be a wonderful course. I'm having so much fun preparing lectures. #teaching #literature #shakesperean #academy14 Oct 2025 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:cxaei47zkbydc2qxyddar47r/app.bsky.feed.post/3m364hpxbf225https://bsky.app/profile/prof-burzynska.bsky.social/post/3m33dcu2ox22cGetting better and reading materials for an introduction to theory of literature course. Gosh! So excited about it! It's been so long since I asked myself - What is literature? What is theory? #teaching #literature #covid13 Oct 2025 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:cxaei47zkbydc2qxyddar47r/app.bsky.feed.post/3m33dcu2ox22chttps://bsky.app/profile/prof-burzynska.bsky.social/post/3m2tt267yr22jI got out of bed today and managed to do some stuff around the flat, which I consider a great success given that yesterday I could barely walk #covid #sick #fall10 Oct 2025 13:54 +0000at://did:plc:cxaei47zkbydc2qxyddar47r/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2tt267yr22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/prof-burzynska.bsky.social/post/3m2pbt7skgs2wI added some of these books to my reading lists. #ReadBannedBooks [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Oct 2025 18:35 +0000at://did:plc:cxaei47zkbydc2qxyddar47r/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2pbt7skgs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/prof-burzynska.bsky.social/post/3m2paulb5c22wCOVID is no joke, I've been knocked down and unable to really do anything except sleep. #covid #sick08 Oct 2025 18:18 +0000at://did:plc:cxaei47zkbydc2qxyddar47r/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2paulb5c22whttps://bsky.app/profile/prof-burzynska.bsky.social/post/3m27zc26zrc2wToday I had the great honour of delivering an inaugural lecture at The Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University. Standing in that space, I was reminded of the responsibility that comes with having a voice—and the promise I once made to always use mine to speak to what truly matters. (1/5)02 Oct 2025 16:52 +0000at://did:plc:cxaei47zkbydc2qxyddar47r/app.bsky.feed.post/3m27zc26zrc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/prof-burzynska.bsky.social/post/3m27qaavxxs2eWorking hard to tap into my resources of queer joy for Thursday lecture on queer joy in Shakespeare with my favourite books. I'm trying to create space for the difficult and painful and still generate joy 💚🌈 Keep your fingers crossed🤞02 Oct 2025 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:cxaei47zkbydc2qxyddar47r/app.bsky.feed.post/3m27qaavxxs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/prof-burzynska.bsky.social/post/3m225lhdkt223Last Friday I had the privilege of taking part in The Night of Scientists [Noc Naukowców]. It was heart-warming to see buses of young people arriving from schools across the region, eager to spend their evening engaging with research and ideas. 1/3 #teaching #shakespeare #earlymodern #queer30 Sep 2025 08:53 +0000at://did:plc:cxaei47zkbydc2qxyddar47r/app.bsky.feed.post/3m225lhdkt223https://bsky.app/profile/prof-burzynska.bsky.social/post/3lyainhercs2hBefore I log off for a week in an attempt to immerse myself in the last glimpse of summer and some #mindfulness practice, let me just say that someone is excited about their "queer literature across the ages" course #teaching #earlymodern #adaptation #Shakespeare #academic07 Sep 2025 10:37 +0000at://did:plc:cxaei47zkbydc2qxyddar47r/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyainhercs2h