2024: IV Convegno Internazionale della Società degli Italianisti Polacchi "SVOLTE E CAMBIAMENTI NEGLI STUDI LETTERARI, LINGUISTICI E GLOTTODIDATTICI" organized by Facoltà degli Studi Umanistici dell’Università della Slesia; 9-11 dicembre 2024, Katowice / Sosnowiec; presentation with Prof. Anna Kucharska entitled "Studiare in modo ibrido? Un approccio educativo moderno alla luce della teoria della "cooperativa di consumatori" di Bauman" (9-11.12.2024)
2024: International Conference “Italiano Adesso II” organized by the Catholic University of Ruzomberok - Faculty of Pedagogy Department of Foreign Languages - Section of Italian Language and Literature, presentation: Individualized group teaching: “Insegnamento di gruppo individualizzato: Integrazione di elementi di tutoraggio nell'insegnamento online e in presenza della lingua e cultura italiana” (18-19.10.2024)
2024: International conference “Luoghi di memoria” - European workshop on Italian-Polish “memorials‘’ organized by the Rome Tre Foundation. Janina Umiastowska, Center for Interdepartmental Research on Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and Eurasia (CRIERE) of Roma Tre University, Department of Political Science, Roma Tre University in scientific cooperation with the Italian Association of Polish Studies (AIP), Italian Association for the Study of Central and Eastern European History (AISSECO), Department of European, American and Intercultural Studies (SEAI), “Sapienza” University of Rome, PAN Scientific Station in Rome and the Polish Institute in Rome; presentation: “L'università come luogo di conservazione e trasmissione della memoria” (4.10.2024)
2024 Australian Early Medieval Association Conference "The Spectrum of the Early Medieval World: Exploring the Semiotics of Colour", 26th-28th September 2024, Australian Catholic University (online participation); presentation: "The Spectrum of Sin: Colour Symbolism in the Medieval Iconography of Hell and Dante's ‘Inferno’"
2024: International Medieval Congress 2024 Crisis, Leeds 1st-4th July 2024; presentation: Frozen Dread: Unveiling Meteorological Crises through Icy Visions in the Iconography of Infernal Realms;
2024: Symposium Peregrinum 2024 "History Changing Prophesis. Prophecy and Oracles that did or would have changed history - real, fictitious, and fiction", Santa Maria Capua Vetere (Caserta), Italy (June 11-13, 2024); presentation together with Dott.ssa Francesca Ceci (Capitoline Museums, Rome), The Prophetic Head of Orpheus - Tracing the Iconographic Evolution from Ancient to Modern Art;
2023: online guest lecture entitled A Journey through Brushstrokes: Unveiling Everyday Life in Ancient Rome through the Eyes of Nineteenth-Century English Painters in the Language and Culture series of the Faculty of Philology and Cultural Studies at Ignatianum Academy in Kraków.
2023: Ogólnopolski Kongres Nauczycieli i Pasjonatów Języka Włoskiego ANIMAKON23 [National Congress of Italian Language Teachers and Enthusiasts ANIMAKON23] organized in Cracow by Akademia Anima; 20-21st October 2023; member of the delegation of the Italian Studies Department of the Catholic University of Lublin as honorary patron of the event; presentation for teachers: Indywidualizacja nauczania stacjonarnie i online – metody tutoringowe na lekcji języka włoskiego i kultury Włoch w praktyce [English title: Individualization of teaching stationary and online - tutoring methods in Italian language and culture lessons in practice] and for students as part of ANIMAKON JUNIOR: Roma Sotterranea – odkryjmy tajemnice rzymskich podziemi! [English title: Roma Sotterranea - let's discover the secrets of the Roman underworld!]
2023: Seminar "DIDATTICA DELL'ITALIANO E PLURICULTURALITÀ" organized by Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Varsavia and Bottega Italiana, Warsaw, 16.10.2023; presentation: L’arte per personalizzare l’apprendimento: come le opere d’arte possono migliorare i risultati delle persone bilingui;
2023: 2023 Australian Early Medieval Association Conference "The Natural and the Unnatural in the Early Medieval World", 28th-30th September, University of Sydney (online participation); presentation: Between the Natural and the Unnatural - the Personification in the Scene of the Baptism of Christ in the Holy Trinity Chapel of Lublin, Poland;
2023: TSTT 2023 International Conference Rethinking How to Train Teachers of Tomorrow (15-17.09.2023, online) organized by the Department of Pre-Primary and Primary Education, Charles University in Prague (online participation); presentation: Individualized Group Learning: Integrating Modern Tutoring Methods in Teaching Italian as a Foreign Language;
2023: guest in the panel discussion "Tutoring in academic practice" during the III Education Quality Day at the Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin (13.06.2023)
2023: 5th International Conference on Arts and Humanities “Women in Religion: from spiritual leadership to female empowerment”, 8th-9th May 2023, Milano, Italy; presentation: The Madonnas of the Northern Adriatic on the border between the East and the West ;
2022: 5th National Meeting of School and Academic Tutors and the Day of Didactics at the Jan Długosz University of Humanities and Sciences in Częstochowa; 4th November 2022; presentation: Wybrane aspekty nauczania zdalnego jako pomoc w indywidualizacji nauczania – praktyczne wskazówki [English title: Selected aspects of distance learning as an aid to individualising teaching - practical tips];
2022: Ogólnopolski Kongres Nauczycieli Języka Włoskiego [National Congress of Italian Language Teachers] organized in Cracow by Akademia Anima; 22nd October 2022; member of the delegation of the Italian Studies Department of the Catholic University of Lublin as honorary patron of the event; presentation: Dzieła sztuki na zajęciach stacjonarnie i online, czyli trochę włoskiej sztuki w nauczaniu języka [English title: Works of art in classes stationary and online, a little Italian art in language teaching]
2022: IX INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON TUTORING, Collegium Wratislaviense; 23.09.2022 (online participation);
2022: International Online Conference "Dimensions of Academic Tutoring", 22 September 2022, Wrocław University of Science and Technology and University of Silesia; presentation with dr hab. Artur Bartnik: Tutoring as the answer to current student and academic needs? Experiences, challenges and future plans for tutoring at John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin;
2022: International Medieval Congress 2022 "Borders", 4-7 July 2022, Leeds, UK; presentation: On the border between the East and the West. The personification of the Jordan River (?) in the Holy Trinity Chapel of Lublin, Poland;
2022: World Congress of Modern Languages and Annual Conference of the Polish Association of Modern Languages "Language education in the times of global change: The need for collaboration and new perspectives" (June 27-29, 2022, Warsaw); presentation: Tutoring Methods in Online Group Teaching? Examples of Individualization in Teaching Italian Language and Culture;
2022: Symposium Classicum Peregrinum 2022 "Returning Home in the Greek and Roman World", Messina and Taormina, Italy (June 10-12, 2022); presentation together with Dott.ssa Francesca Ceci (Capitoline Museums, Rome), The journeys of Orpheus. Itinerary between the world and the underworld, between life and death of Thracian singer;
2022: 4th International Conference on Arts and Humanities "HUMAN MOBILITY AND CULTURAL IDENTITIES THROUGH HISTORY MIGRATION, INSPIRATION, TRANSFORMATION", 19-20th May 2022, Rome, Italy; presentation: Both the East and the West – The Influences of Latin and Byzantine Tradition on the Example of the Basilica Santa Maria Assunta on Torcello Island;
2021: Virtual International Medieval Congress 2021 "Climates"; presentation: “By the breath of God ice is given, and the broad waters are frozen fast” (Job 37, 10). The representation of ice in medieval iconography of the Last Judgement?;
2021: The International Conference "Masters of Didactics. Improving the teaching competencies of academic teachers" organized by the Ministry of Education and Science in Poland as part of the Project „Masters of Didactics” under the Operational Programme Knowledge Education Development co-financed by the European Social Fund (21st-22nd June 2021); presentation: Tutoring in Teaching Art History – Effective Methods and Strategies on the Example of Medieval Art History Courses;
2020: Sixth Annual Conference of the Late Antique and Medieval Postgraduate Society at the University of Edinburgh (Virtual Conference), 16th-17th July 2020; presentation: Between the East and the West. The Conglomerate of Influences of Latin and Byzantine Tradition on the Example of the Basilica Santa Maria Assunta on Torcello Island;
2020: Virtual International Medieval Congress 2020 "Borders", 6th-10th July 2020; presentation: The Goddess-Queen of the Sea on "Iconographic Borders" - the Transition and Transformation of the Motif;
2019: V Konferencja Bizantynistyczna z cyklu Wybrane aspekty kultury bizantyńskiej pt. Bizantyńskie doktryny z zakresy filozofii władzy, teologii politycznej oraz ideologii wojny (Vth Byzantine Studies Conference), Lublin, 21st-22nd November 2019; presentation: Amfitryta jako władczyni mórz w bizantyńskiej ikonografii Sądu Ostatecznego? Pochodzenie i rozwój motywu;
2019: International Medieval Congress 2019, University of Leeds, 1st-4th July 2019; presentation: The Interior of the Earth in Latin and Byzantine Iconography: The 'Material' Landscape and Its Metaphorical Interpretation (Session 805); moderator of Session 726 entitled Visual and Literary Imaginations of Death and the Apocalypse;
2018: 7th International Scientific and Didactic Conference "In the dialogue of languages and cultures", Warsaw School of Applied Linguistics,14-15th November 2018; presentation entitled "Culture "on everyone's lips" - cultural elements as an integral part of the language course";
2018: International Medieval Congress 2018, University of Leeds, 2nd-6th July 2018; presentation: Remembering the past? Amphitrite in Byzantine iconography of the Last Judgement - Change or Continuity of the Ancient Motif?;
2018: 17th International Congress on Christian Archaeology. FRONTIERS. THE TRANSFORMATION AND CHRISTIANIZATION OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE BETWEEN CENTRE AND PERIPHERY, Utrecht University and the Radboud University Nijmegen, 2nd-6th July 2018; presentation: Amphitrite as the goddess queen of the sea on “iconographical frontiers”. The transformation and Christianization of the motif;
2017: IV Konferencja Bizantynistyczna z cyklu Wybrane aspekty kultury bizantyńskiej pt. Słowo i obraz w kulturze bizantyńskiej (IVth Byzantine Studies Conference entitled Word and Image in Byzantine Culture), Lublin, 16th-17th November 2017; presentation: Słowo, które dopełnia obraz – interpretacja inskrypcji oraz dekoracji mozaikowej Bazyliki Santa Maria Assunta na Torcello (English title: The Word that complements the Image - the interpretation of the inscriptions and the mosaic decoration of the Basilica of Santa Maria Assunta on Torcello island);
2017: Conference „Antyczne źródła i ich współczesne interpretacje” (English title: "Ancient sources and their modern interpretations") organized by the Institute of Classical Philology at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland, 6th -7th October 2017; presentation: Mit obrazem współczesności czy współczesność odbiciem mitu, czyli Homer, Iliada Alessandro Baricco (English title: The myth as an image of the contemporaneity or the contemporaneity as a reflection of the myth - Homer, Iliad of Alessandro Baricco);
2017: International Medieval Congress 2017, University of Leeds, 3rd - 6th July 2017; presentation: Diversity and Otherness in Hell: Representation of the Damned in Latin and Byzantine Iconography of the Last Judgement;
2017: abroad workshops for Classical Philology students in Athens entitled "Micenean Culture and its artifacts" and "Introduction to Byzantine art" (24th April - 8th May 2017)
2017: "Transmitting and Circulating the Late Antique and Byzantine Worlds" The Oxford University Byzantine Society’s 19th International Graduate Conference, 24th-25th February 2017; presentation: Both the East and the West. Latin and Byzantine tradition in the complex mosaic decoration from Torcello;
2016: III Ogólnopolski Kongres Młodych Bizantynistów "Cesarstwo Bizantyńskie i bizantyński krąg kulturowy" (IIIrd National Congress for Young Byzantine Studies Researchers "Byzantine Empire and Byzantine tradition"), organized at the University of Łódź (Poland), 25th-26th November 2016; presentation: Amfitryta jako bogini i personifikacja morza w bizantyńskiej ikonografii - pochodzenie i rozwój motywu (English title: Amphitrite as goddess-queen and personification of the sea - origin and development of the motive)
2016: Conference "Divine (In)Justice in Antiquity and in the Middle Ages" organized by the University of Sheffield, Sheffield 4th November 2016; presentation: „And they will throw them into the fiery furnace,where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” (Mt 13, 42). The representation of Divine Justice in Latin and Byzantine iconography of the Last Judgement;
2016: Symposium Classicum Peregrinum 2016. “The Mysteries of Mithras and other Mystic Cults in the Roman World”, Tarquinia 16th-19th June 2016; presentation in cooperation with Dott. Francesca Ceci, Capitoline Museums: Perception of Mystery. The Images of the Myth of Orpheus on Ancient Coins
2016: abroad workshop for Classical Philology students in Athens entitled: Tajniki greckiej architektury, czyli budujemy starożytną świątynię (English title: The secrets of Greek architecture - building an ancient temple) (17th-27th April 2016)
2016: II Ogólnopolski Kongres Młodych Bizantynistów "Extra limites. Konstantynopol poza granicami Cesarstwa" (IInd National Congress for Young Byzantine Studies Researchers "Extra limites. Constantinople outside the limits of Imperium"), organized by Section of Byzantine History SKNH UAM, Poznań (Poland), 1st-2nd April 2016; presentation: Pomiędzy Wschodem a Zachodem. Wpływ tradycji łacińskiej i bizantyńskiej na zespół mozaikowy ściany zachodniej Bazyliki Santa Maria Assunta na Torcello (English title: Between the East and the West. Influence of Latine and Byzantine tradition on the mosaic complex on the west wall of the Basilica Santa Maria Assunta on Torcello island)
2015: III Konferencja Bizantynistyczna z cyklu Wybrane aspekty kultury bizantyńskiej, pt. Doktryny geopolityczne i ideologie władzy w Cesarstwie Bizantyńskim oraz ich oddziaływanie na Bałkanach (IIIrd Byzantine Studies Conference), 26th-27th November 2015; presentation: „Ucisk i udręka dotknie duszę każdego człowieka popełniającego zło, (…) Gdyż Bóg wszystkich ludzi traktuje jednakowo” (Rz 2, 9-11). Władza kościelna i władza świecka w bizantyńskiej ikonografii Sądu Ostatecznego (English title: "There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, (...) For God shows no partiality (Rm 2, 9-11). Authority of the Church and authority of the State in Byzantine iconography of the Last Judgement);
2015: 3rd International Conference on the Roman Danubian Provinces. Society and Economy, 11th-13th November 2015 organized by the Institut für Alte Geschichte und Altertumskunde, Papyrologie und Epigraphik, Universität Wien; presentation in collaboration with Dott.ssa Francesca Ceci (Capitoline Museums): Una stele di Orfeo. Il monumento funerario di Marco Aurelio Vero a Poetovium (Ptuj, Slovenia). Uno studio iconografico; (paper read);
2015: International Conference VII Colloquia Orphica in Nieborów, 7th-9th October 2015, presentation: Christ and Sol Invictus in early Christian and medieval iconography – introduction to the study;
2015: International ILA Congress "LVMEN!" Past, Present & Future. In memoriam Dorin Alicu, 8th - 12th September 2015 organized in Sibiu, Romania; presentaion: Christ – Sol Invictus/Helios in medieval iconography? Ancient origin and development of the motif;
2015: International Conference "Wiedza/wiara/praktyka. Filozofia i religia w świecie antycznym" ("Knowledge/faith/practise. Philosophy and religion in ancient world"), 27th April - 4th May 2015 organized in Humanistic Institute in Athens, Greece; presentation: „(…) The perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality (…)” (1 Cor 15, 54) Resurrection of the dead in tradition and iconography. Origin and development of the motive; workshops for students: Title: Śladami procesji nowego peplosu, czyli studium fryzu panatenajskiego; Place: New Acropolis Museum ; Title: Tajemnice greckiego malarstwa wazowego, czyli co kryje kolekcja waz z Narodowego Muzeum Archeologicznego w Atenach; Place: National Archaeological Museum;
2015: 9th London Ancient Science Conference, 16th-18th February 2015 organized in London by the Institute of Classical Studies, the Department of Science and Technology Studies UCL and the British Society for the History of Science; presentation: The interior of the earth in Latin and Byzantine iconography – evolution or revolution of ancient tradition?;
2014: International Conference "I quattro elementi nella lingua, nella letteratura e nell'arte italiana e polacca" in Sosnowiec (6th-9th November 2014) organized by Institute of Lingue Romanze e Traduttologia dell'Università della Slesia and by Società Dante Alighieri in Katowice; presentation: Al soffio della tua ira si accumularono le acque, si alzarono le onde come un argine, si rappresero gli abissi nel fondo del mare (Es 15,8). I quattro elementi nell’iconografia medievale del Guidizio Universale? Nuova proposta iconografica;
2014: International Conference in Nieborów VI Colloquia Orphica, 15th-18th September 2014 organized by Institute of Classical Philology at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin and Institute of Political Studies at University Ignatianum, Nieborów (Poland); presentation: Vision of the interior of the earth in Latin and Byzantine tradition – introduction to the study;
2014: International PhD Student Conference in Classical Studies “Sapiens Ubique Civis II” in Szeged, Hungary; 27th-29th August 2014; presentation: To overcome the death: The Resurrection of the dead as a part of the representation of the Last Judgement from Torcello - origin, interpretation and development of the motive;
2014: abroad Conference "Między Atenami a Jerozolimą. Człowiek, religia, państwo w kulturze antycznej i chrześcijańskiej"(Between Athens and Gerusalem. People, religion, state in ancient and Christian culture) organized in Institute of Humanisties in Athens, Greece; 27th April - 4th May 2014; presentation: Gestus ut motus et signum. The meaning and significance of gesture in early Christian and medieval art basing on the representation of the Damned in Hell
2013: International Interdisciplinary Symposium "Constantine and the Grandeur that was Rome" organized by Kellogg College and Oxford Centre for Late Antiquity and Oxford Centre or the Study of Religion in Public Life, 11th-13th December 2013, University of Oxford, England; presentation: Power in the son’s shadow: Flavia Iulia Helena – her figure, importance and influence in the 4th century
(congress web site; programme)
2013: International Conference 2°CONVEGNO SCIENTIFICO INTERNAZIONALE LINGUA E CULTURA ITALIANA NELL‘EUROPA CENTRALE, 6th-8th November 2013, Catholic University of Ruzomberok, Slovacchia, presentaion: Nel mondo delle immagini – l’opera d’arte durante la lezione di lingua italiana
2013: I National Congress of Students and PhD Students of History of Art, 10th-12th October 2013, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, presentation: Przedstawienie Potępionych i Zbawionych na przykładzie sceny Sądu Ostatecznego z Torcello (English title: Representation of the Condemned and the Redeemed in the scene of the Last Judgement in Torcello)
2013: International Conference in Nieborów (V Colloquia Orphica, 2nd-5th October 2013) organized by Departament of Greek Philology and Institute of Classical Philology at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin and Institute of Political Studies at University Ignatianum, Nieborów (Poland); presentation: Orpheus, Adam or God the Father? Some notes on iconographical and cultural continuity between ancient and early medieval motives;
2013: XVI International Congress of Christian Archaeology (XVI Congresso Internazionale di Archeologia Cristiana) in Rome (22nd-28th September 2013)
2013: International PhD Student Conference in Classical Studies “Sapiens Ubique Civis” in Szeged, Hungary; 28th-30th August 2013; presentation: Suffering of the Damned in the representation on the west wall of Torcello’s Basilica;
2013: International Conference “A man doth not live by bread only. Food, kitchen and cuisine in antiquity” organized by Institute of Classical, Mediterranean and Oriental Studies, University of Wrocław, Poland; 13th - 15th June 2013; presentation: "And they, (…) breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness (…) of heart (Acts 2, 46)” – early Christian feasts and “cuisine”
video of the presentation available here
2013: Międzynarodowa Interdyscyplinarna Konferencja Studentów Języków Romańskich (International Interdisciplinary Conference of Students of Romance Languages, University of Slask, Sosnowiec, Poland); 25th - 26th May 2013; presentation: L’opera dell’arte durante la lezione di italiano – come e perché usarla?
2013: XVIIIth CIAC Conference (XVIIIth International Conference of Classical Archaeology) in Merida, Spain; 13th - 18th May 2013; presentation: Flavia Iulia Helena in the iconography of the 4th century - real image or political convention?
(Film - Best moments of the Congress 2013 : http://ciac2013merida.org/en/congreso/video-los-mejores-momentos-del-ciac-video-highlights-ciac)
2013: International Conference in Athens "Wokół Minosa i Meneksenosa Platona (konteksty)"; 21st - 27th April 2013; presentation: Hades as the ruler of the Damned in the Last Judgement in the representation on the west wall of Torcello’s Basilica
2012: National Conference on Orphism IV Kolokwia Orfickie in Nieborów, Poland; 3rd - 6th October 2012; presentation: So what for the monument, if my monument are sounds of the lyre - lyre of Orpheus...”(J. J. Rojek). Several iconographical remarks on the Stella of Orpheus in Ptuj, Slovenia
2012: International Conference Ex Oriente Lux. V International Congress of the International Lychnological Association (ILA) in Ptuj, Slovenia organized by Ptuj - Ormož Regional Museum, Kranj Regional Museum, Municipality of Ptuj; 15th - 19th May 2012; presentation: Light and Luminosity in Early Medieval Mosaics on the Example of the Representation of the Last Judgement on the West Wall of Torcello’s Basilica
2012: conference entitled Dlaczego złota rybka czasem jest czerwona. Słów kilka o różnicach kulturowych i ich znaczeniu dla nauki języków obcych; 28th May 2012; presentation: Language of the image – use of the representation of the Last Judgement in Torcello in the development of language and intercultural skills
2012: conference entitled Certyfikaty językowe. Jak? Gdzie? Po co?; 22nd March 2012; presentation: Italian language certificates
2011: International Conference 1. Convegno Scientifico Internazionale „Lingua e Cultura italiana nell’Europa Centrale at Catholic University in Ruzomberok, Slovakia; 8th - 10th November 2011; presentation: La lingua attraverso la cultura. Elementi culturali nel processo di insegnamento della lingua italiana
2011: First International Congress of the Students of United Europe and Russia ”MY VOICE FOR EUROPE” at LISA University in Łódź; 7th - 9th July 2011; presentation:. Teaching the language, learning the culture. Modern methods of rousing the multiculturalism during the foreign language courses
2011: Jubilee of 65-years of History of Art Institute at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin; 19th May 2011; presentation: Did angels always have wings? Some methodological remarks on research curried out for master’s thesis from Ancient and early Christian History of Art
2011: VIIth National Student’s Antiquity Conference - VII Studencka Konferencja Starożytnicza „Prawda i kłamstwo w starożytności”, KUL, Lublin; 13th - 15th May 2011; presentation: Flavia Iiulia Helena in the iconography of the 4th century – real image or political convention? Some remarks on Late Antique portrait
2010: national conference "CZAS się tym zająć!"; Jubilee of the College of Interfaculty Studies in the Humanities at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin; 19th - 20th November 2010; presentation: From Horai to tempora anni. Personifications of the four seasons in Ancient and early Christian art
2010: VIth National Student’s Antiquity Conference VI Studencka Konferencja Starożytnicza „Centrum-peryferia-granice”, UJ, in Cracow; 6th - 8th May 2010; presentation: From Ancient goddess to early Christian angels – crossing “iconographical borders”
2009: Vth International Student’s Antiquity Conference V Studencka Konferencja Starożytnicza „Święto, zabawa, uroczystość w świecie starożytnym”, UAM, in Poznań; 7th - 9th May 2009; presentation: Convivium, fractio panis, or maybe coena coelestis?
2009: national conference Cesarzowa Helena, matka Konstantyna Wielkiego, pierwsza archeolog chrześcijańska, at PAT, in Kraków; 16th January 2009; presentation: Flavia Iiulia Helena in the iconography of the 4th century
2007: national conference „Kultura cnoty-cnoty kultur”, at UAM, in Poznań-Gniezno, 10th - 11th May 2007; presentation: From the Ancient virtue Pietas to the early Christian images of Orants