Tomasz Kitliński (born 29 December 1965) is a Polish political philosopher, cultural and social analyst, and civic activist. He is a lecturer and trade unionist at Maria Curie-Sklodowska University and an author of books (''Dream? Democracy!'' ), articles, petitions and letters of protest. In his research and teaching, he deals with contemporary society, culture and politics,

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, literary and

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, art practice, religious studies and

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. In his activism, he champions women's, LGBT, labour and refugee rights and participation.

Biography

Tomasz Kitlinski holds his M.Phil. from the

Paris Diderot University Paris Diderot University, also known as Paris 7 (french: Université Paris Diderot), was a French university located in Paris, France. It was one of the inheritors of the historic University of Paris, which was split into 13 universities in 197 ...

, where he prepared his thesis, supervised by Julia Kristeva. He conducted research under Hélène Cixous,

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and

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. He was a

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at the New School for Social Research in New York, where he participated in the seminars of

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and Jonathan Schell. He also conducted research and presented a paper at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London. Kitlinski is a member of Poland's Green Party. At the University of Brighton, he moderated a meeting with Britain's only Green MP,

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. In a letter to the editor, published in the Guardian, he has written on the importance of Zygmunt Bauman's scholarly output. In 2011 he curated

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in Lublin, where he organised a series of queer, feminist and Jewish events, to which he invited Irena Grudzinska-Gross,

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, Kazimiera Szczuka, Anna Grodzka and Robert Kuwałek. Kitlinski was cited by the ''New York Times''. He has been involved in filmmaking; Kitlinski collaborated with directors Helen Whitney, Raphael Lewandowski, Urszula Pieregonczuk, Grzegorz Linkowski and Piotr Brozek. On

2019 Polish parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Poland on 13 October 2019. All 460 members of the Sejm and 100 senators of the Senate were elected. The ruling Law and Justice (PiS) retained its majority in the Sejm, but lost its majority in the Senate to the ...

Kitliński was a candidate for the sejm from The Left. He was supported by Hubert Znajomski and received 2334 votes.

Books

* ''Dream? Democracy! A Philosophy of Horror, Hope & Hospitality in Art & Action'', Lublin: Maria Curie-Sklodowska Press, 2014 (table of contents:) * ''Love and Democracy: Reflections on the Queer Question in Poland'' (with

Paweł Leszkowicz Paweł Leszkowicz (born 17 December 1970) is a Polish art historian and art curator. He works as a lecturer and researcher at the Department of History of Art, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, and lectures at the University of Fine Arts in P ...

), Cracow: Aureus, 2005. * ''The Stranger Is within Ourselves: How to Love according to Julia Kristeva'', Cracow: Aureus, 2001. * ''Love. Hate'' (with Dariusz Fodczuk and Chris Hurford), Lublin: Ex-Libris, 1991. * ''Parallel Lines'' (with Angus Reid), Wroclaw: Galeria x, 1990.

References

Bibliography

* Kitlinski's contribution, co-authored with Joe Lockard and Pawel Leszkowicz, to the NYU Press collection of essays: Laurent Berlant, Lisa Duggen (eds), ''Our Monica, Ourselves''. New York: New York University Press, 200

* Sociologist Eric Fassin on Kitlinski's article, co-authored with Joe Lockard and Pawel Leszkowicz, about Monica Lewinsk

* Kitlinski's contribution to the Palgrave Macmillan collection of essays: Angela Jones (ed), ''A Critical Inquiry into Queer Utopias''. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013 * Kitlinski's biography at the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London

* Kitlinski's biography in the scholarly journal ''Inter Alia''

* Kitlinski's biography at Gender Center, Polish Academy of Sciences

* Sociologist Dota Szymborska-Dyrda reviews Tomasz Kitlinski and Pawel Leszkowicz's book ''Love and Democracy: Reflections on the Queer Question in Poland''

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