Professor Evelina Kristanova, SWPS University in Warsaw

ekristanovaTitle of scientific achievement of post-doctoral degree (habilitation): Promotion of books and literature in selected Polish Catholic journals in 1927-1953 – a series of nine publications (including two books and seven articles) related by subject; Faculty of Journalism, Information and Book Studies, University of Warsaw

PhD dissertation: The social and cultural program of Tęcza (1927-1939) on the background of the Catholic press in the Second Polish Republic, supervised by Oskar S. Czarnik, Prof. PhD; Faculty of Philology, University of Lodz

Master’s Thesis : The magazine and book on the pages of the Parisian Kultura in 1947 – 1993, supervised by Janusz Kapuścik, Prof. PhD; Faculty of Philology, University of Lodz

Bachelor’s Thesis: The Church’s social teaching on the pages of Tygodnik Warszawski (1945 – 1948), supervised by pr. Stanisław Skobel, PhD; Faculty of Theology of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-4935-7417

Expertise:

  • Media Studies
  • Political Sciences
  • Theology

Teaching experience:

  • Online advertising
  • Advertising campaigns
  • Communication in People’s Surroundings
  • Public Relations
  • History of Polish Press
  • Social and Cultural Influence of Media
  • Service marketing
  • Diploma seminar

Area of research

  • Religious broadcasts at the RWE Polish Broadcasting Service
  • Advertisement
  • Digitized press
  • Woman Media Studies (images of women and politicians in the media)
  • Catholic Socio-Cultural Magazines in Poland
  • Promotion of books
  • Cultural Institutions in Bulgaria
  • John Paul’s II Books Edition
  • Press in Polish People’s Republic Period (under Communist Control; 1952-1989)
  • The History of Media and Communication Research

Functions performed

  • 2025 – a member of Komisja Medioznawcza Polskiej Akademii Umiejętności  w Krakowie [Commission on Media Studies of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences]
  • 2024-  a member of the Center for Research on the Economics of Memorial Sites at SWPS University
  • 2024 – Collaborator of the Center for Multimodal Educational and Cultural Research of Faculty of Polish Studies at the Jagiellonian University
  • 2023- a Member of the Editorial Staff of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • 2021-  a Member of the Editorial Staff of Nasza Przeszłosc [Our Past]
  • 2019-2023 a Member of the Education Quality Team at the University of Economics and Human Sciences in Warsaw
  • 2019-2023 Advisor for 2nd year English-speaking students at the University of Economics and Human Sciences in Warsaw
  • 2009-2012 Secretary of the Editorial Staff of Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Librorum series
  • reviewer/critic for: Religions, Journalism and Media, Media Research Issues, Sustainability, Com.press, Church Archives Library and Museums, Culture – Media – Theology, Klio, Studies into the History of the Book and Book Collections, Torun Bibliological Studies Journal, “Roczniki Nauk Społecznych”[Annals of Social Sciences]
  • since 2017 – a Member of The Polish Communication Association