dr hab. Katarzyna Krzywicka

Position: Professor, Faculty of Political Science and Journalism, (MCSU)
Units: KATEDRA MIĘDZYNARODOWYCH STOSUNKÓW POLITYCZNYCH
Functions: Editor in Chief of the scientific journal Anuario Latinoamericano - Ciencias Políticas y Relaciones Internacionales
Telephone number: +48 81 5376029
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Webpage: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5623-5384; https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Katarzyna_Krzywicka; https://journals.umcs.pl/al; https://scholar.google.pl/citations?user=Ko0yHLIAAAAJ&hl=pl; https://www.poczytaj.pl/a/katarzyna-krzywicka
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Consultation

Mailing Address:
Maria Curie-Skłodowska University
Faculty of Political Science and Journalism
Department of International Relations
email: katarzyna.krzywicka@umcs.edu.pl

Address

Wydział Politologii i Dziennikarstwa, ul. Głęboka 45, pokój A.5.61, IV piętro
20-612 Lublin

Personal information

Specializing in Latin American Studies

Ph. D. title in Political Science at the MCSU, Dissertation title: Cuba in the International Environment (1975-1995), November 1995.
Habilitation of Social Sciences at the University of Wrocław, April, 2013.

PERSONAL INFORMATION and WORK EXPERIENCE

Studied Political Science, at the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (MCSU) in Lublin.
Postgraduate Studies in Religions, at the Faculty of Sociology and Philosophy, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin.
Research stay at the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM) in Warsaw. PISM is a leading and independent think-tank that conducts original, policy-focused research.
Participation at the Summer School: The History of the Church in Latin America and the Caribbean organized in 1994 by CEHILA at Curacao, Netherlands Antilles.
Research Grants of the Ministry of National Education (1998-2002): at the University of Buenos Aires, at the University of Havana, at the American Christian Democratic Organization in Caracas.
Guest Lecturer: at the University of Netherlands Antilles, at the University of Buenos Aires.
Research Stays: at the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador (1997), at the University of Buenos Aires (1999, 2000, 2008, 2010, 2012), at the Superior Institute of International Relations "Raúl Roa García" of the Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores of the Republic of Cuba (2001), at the Latin-American Institute of Russian Academy of Science (2001), at the University of Salamanca (2002), at the University of Santiago de Chile (2003), at the Central University of Venezuela (2004, 2006, 2007, 2008), at the University of Sevilla (2006), at the Complutense University of Madrid (2008), at the Iberoamerican University of México (2009), at the Iberoamerican University of Puebla (2010), at the Center of Political and Electoral Studies in Madrid (2011), at the Latin American School of Social Sciences - FLACSO Ecuador (2012).
Visiting Professor at the Iberoamerican University of Puebla, México – November 2010.
Visiting Professor at the University of Granada, Spain, March 2013.
Visiting Professor at the University of Hradec Králové, The Chech Republic, September 2018.
Awarded the Silver Cross of Merit (2012), the Medal of the Commission of National Education (2011), the Bronze Cross of Merit (2006).

TEACHING

International Relations in North and South Americas
International Relations in Latin America
Democratic Transformations and New Regionalism in Latin America
Political Sistems of Latin American States
Religions and Religious Organizations

MEMBERSHIPS

Polish Association of Latin American Studies – PTSL
Latin American Association of Political Science – ALACIP
Latin American Studies Association - LASA
International Political Science Association – IPSA
International Editorial Council of the "Latitud Sur" scientific periodical, CEINLADI, Buenos Aires University
Scientific Council of the „Ameryka Łacińska” quarterly, the Center of Latin-American Studies, Warsaw University.
Scientific Council of "Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska", Political Science, section "K", Political Science Faculty, MCSU, 2009-2011.

FUNCTIONS PERFORMED

Member of the Faculty Council, 1999-2002.
Secretary of the Faculty Selection Board for extramural and complementary master's studies in 2000, 2005.
Elector, representative of junior academic staff members of the Faculty of Political Science in the elections for the Central Council of Higher Education in the 2005/2006 academic year .
Supervisor of Latin American Scientific Circle of MCSU, since 2006.
Member of the Faculty Selection Board for the LLP Erasmus, 2007-2009.
Coordinator of the university exchange program on behalf of MCSU within the frames of the cooperation agreement between MCSU and Benemérita Autonomous University of Puebla in Mexico, since 2011.
Founder and Editor in Chief of “Ibero-American Studies of MCSU” the publishing series, since 2011.
Member of the Program Board for the International Relations field of studies, 2012.
Founder and Editor in Chief of the scientific journal "Anuario Latinoamericano - Ciencias Políticas y Relaciones Internacionales", since 2014.

Scientific Activity

PUBLICATIONS

CURRENT RESEARCH

Political systems of Latin American States (Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay)
Democratic transformations and new regionalism in Latin America
Civil-military relations in Latin American States
Church and State relations in Europe and Latin America
Ethnic and national minorities in Latin America and Europe

CONFERENCES and SYMPOSIA

Organizer:

International Conference of Latinoamericanists: "América Latina frente a las transformaciones geopolíticas y nuevas amenazas", Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin - East European State Higher School in Przemyśl, Przemyśl, 2013.
International Symposium: "América Latina: cambios a nivel regional y su inserción internacional", 54 International Congress of Americanists, University of Vienna, 2012.
International Conference: "Dwieście lat niepodległości państw Ameryki Łacińskiej. Historia i współczesność (Bicentenary of Independence of Latin American Countries. History and Modernity)", Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, 2010.
International Symposium: "Desarrollo energético. Una problemática histórica que continúa vigente", Buenos Aires University, 2010.
International Conference: "Oblicza Ameryki Łacińskiej (The Faces of Latin America)", Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, 2009.
International Conference: "Chrześcijańska demokracja we współczesnym świecie (Christian Democracy in the Modern World)", Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Puławy, 1998.

Participation with paper (selection):

VIII Congreso Latinoamericano de Ciencia Política (ALACIP), paper: "Estándares jurídicos de la libertad de conciencia, religión y de culto en la República Bolivariana de Venezuela", Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Peru, July 2015.
III Congreso Internacional de Ciencia Política: "Legitimidad política e integridad electoral", panel especial: "Coyunturas electorales en Europa y Estados Unidos", paper: "Las elecciones presidenciales de 2015 en Polonia", Asociación Méxicana de Ciencias Políticas - AMECIP, Instituto Nacional Electoral - INE, Universidad de Guadalajara, México, July 2015.
XXXIII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, (LASA), paper: "El papel de Venezuela en cooperación e integración regional de América Latina y el Caribe", Organizer University of Pittsburgh, San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 2015.
XVII Congreso Internacional de la Asociación de Historiadores Latinoamericanistas (AHILA): "Entre espacios: La historia latinoamericana en el contexto global", paper: "Las relaciones entre el Estado y la Iglesia en Venezuela. El estatus jurídico y la práctica religiosa", Instituto de Estudios Latinoamericanos, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, September 2014.
23 World Congress of Political Science - IPSA/AISP: "Challenges of Contemporary Governance", RC44.173 Exploring the Role of the Military through a Geo-strategic Case Study of a Particular Country, paper: "The Armed Forces in the Process of Transformation of the State. The Case of Venezuela", Montreal, 2014.
VII International Congress of the Consejo Europeo de Investigaciones Sociales sobre América Latina - CEISAL: "Memoria, presente y provenir en América Latina", paper: "La posición geopolítica de Cuba. Las nuevas relaciones y viejos límites", University Fernando Pessoa, Oporto, 2013.
III International Congress of the Centro de Investigaciones en Estudios Latinoamericanos para el Desarrollo y la Integración - CEINLADI: "La región frente a los desafíos que generan las crisis y paradigmas emergentes en el sistema internacional y regional. Análisis historicos, económicos y sociopolíticos", paper: "El ALBA y la nueva geopolítica de Venezuela - entre la ideología y el pragmatismo", University of Buenos Aires, 2012.
54 International Congress of Americanists – ICA: "Building Dialouges in the Americas-Construyendo Diálogos en las Américas", paper: "La dimensión política de los cambios sistémicos en América Latina: especificidades, desafíos y amenazas", University of Viena, 2012.
VI International Congress of the Asociación Latinoamericana de Ciencia Política - ALACIP: "La investigación política en América Latina", paper: "La democracia directa en Venezuela - entre la representación, participación y delegación del poder", FLACSO - Quito, 2012.

XV Congress of the Federación Internacional de Estudios sobre América Latina y el Caribe - FIEALC, paper: "Situación jurídica de los pueblos indígenas en Venezuela. Dilemas de representación y participación", Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, 2011.
VI Congress of the Consejo Europeo de Investigaciones Sociales sobre América Latina - CEISAL, paper: "El sistema de partidos de Venezuela - entre la representación y participación", IPEALT - Université de Toulouse Le Mirail, Toulouse, 2010.
53 International Congress of Americanists - ICA, paper: "El papel de las Fuerzas Armadas en el sistema político de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela", Universidad Iberoamericana, Ciudad de México, 2009.
I International Congress of the Centro de Investigaciones en Estudios Latinoamericanos para el Desarrollo y la Integración - CEINLADI, paper: "América Latina - entre la marginalización e integración", University of Buenos Aires, 2008.
53 International Congress of Americanists - ICA, paper: "EE.UU. e América Latina: La seguridad e integración económica", University of Sevilla, 2006.
XII Congress of the Federación Internacional de Estudios sobre América Latina y el Caribe - FIEALC, paper: "El sistema político venezolano. Los límites de la gobernabilidad democrática", Rome, 2005.
51 International Congress of Americanists - ICA, paper: "Desafíos y posibilidades de la democracia liberal en Venezuela", University of Santiago de Chile, 2003.
I International Congress of the Asociación Latinoamericana de Ciencia Política - ALACIP, paper: "Relaciones Cuba-Estados Unidos. El papel del „enemigo”", University of Salamanca, 2002.
X Congress of the Federación Internacional de Estudios sobre América Latina y el Caribe - FIEALC, paper: "La evolución del papel internacional de Cuba en América Latina y el Caribe", Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, 2001.