Przastek Daniel

dr hab. Daniel Przastek – Ph.D. in humanities with specialisation in politics (2004), habilitation in political science (2017). Dean of the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies. Long-serving researcher of the Institute of Political Sciences, University of Warsaw, 2016-2020 Vice Dean of the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies. He professionally specialises in modern Polish and global history, cultural policies, and theatre-politics relations. Author of numerous scientific papers and articles. In his theatre activity, a permament collaborator, as a playwright, of the director Michał Zadara. Co-founder of Stowarzyszenie Międzynarodowych Inicjatyw Kulturalnych. Since 2014 contribiutes to Festiwal Teatrów Studenckich START (since 2016 as an artistic director).

Research interests

Modern Polish and global history, cultural policies, and theatre-politics relations.

Unit

Department of Political History

Recent publications:

D. Przastek, P. Mrowiński, „Polskie miesiące” na scenie. Teatralny wymiar kryzysów społeczno-politycznych w PRL, „Pamięć i Sprawiedliwość” 2022, nr 40.