The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Agnieszka Kijewska

née Nowodworska

University education

• 1980-1985 Philosophy at Lublin Catholic University, Philosophical Faculty,
• 1983-1984 Classics at the Faculty of Humanities.

Degrees

• 1985 MA in History of Philosophy; the MA thesis: The Influence of Christian
• Thought on Dionysian Philosophy of Beauty (under the supervision of Prof. M. Kurdzialek);
• 1993 PhD in History of Philosophy; the thesis: Neoplatonism of John Scottus Eriugena (under the supervision of Prof. M. Kurdzialek; the reviewers: Prof. E. Zielinski - Lublin Catholic University, Prof. W. Strózewski - Jagiellonian University, Cracow).
• 2000 Habilitation: the book The Book of Nature and the Book of Scripture, Lublin 1999;
• 2007 full professorship

Work History

• History of Philosophy Department, Philosophical Faculty, John Paul II Lublin Catholic University, Al. Raclawickie 14, 20-950 Lublin, Poland:
  • 1988 Lecturer there.
  • 1994 Assistant Professor there.
  • 2001 Extraordinary Professor there.
  • 1 IX 2001-31 VIII 2004 – Vice-rector of KUL for the international relation, scholarly research and promotion of the University.
  • 2008 full professor there.

Scholarships

• 1987 (summer): scholarship at the University Lille III for learning French;
• 1995-1996 Institute of Philosophy, Leuven Catholic University (Belgium);
• 1999 Institute of Philosophy, Leuven Catholic University (Belgium), 3 months;
• 1999 Scholarship from the Lanckoronski Foundation, London, one month;
• 21-30 October 2003 Scholarship for professors, Roma, Sapienza;
• X-XI 2007DAAD scholarship; Institute fur Cusanus Forschung, Trier, Germany.

Research grant

• 1996-1997 - Eriugena’s and Thierry of Chartres’ Exegesis of the Six Days of Creation - a research grant awarded by the Polish Committee for Scholarly Research.
• 2005 - At the Origins of European Culture. The Philosophy of Boethius - a research grant awarded by the Polish Committee for Scholarly Research.
• 2005 - participant of a Grant awarded by European Comission for the Institut of Sociology and Philosophy of Polish Academy of Science (IfiS PAN) for the book series Classics of Philosophy: Culture 2000 Programme CLT 2005/TRS-A1/PL-420; responsible: prof. H. Domański; coordinator: prof. T. Gadacz.
• 2008 - Participant of Research Grant sponsored by Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación de Espana, Las nociones de causalidad y manifestación como explicatio mundi. De Escoto Eriugena a M. Eckhart, Ref. FFI3008-02804; responsible: prof. M.-J. Soto-Bruna (Pamplona).

Conferences

1995

• IX International Colloquium of SPES: Johannes Scottus Eriugena: The Bible and Hermeneutics, Leuven-Louvain-la-Neuve; paper: The Eriugenian Concept of Theology;
• VI Congress of Polish Philosophy, Toruń; paper: The World as a Theophany: Eriugena-Cusanus;

1996

• V. World Congress of Christian Philosophy, Lublin;
• Anselmian Conference: St. Anselm - Bishop and Thinker; Lublin, paper: „Nisi credideritis, non intelligetis”: Faith and Reason in St. Augustine, Eriugena and St. Anselm;

1997

• The Tenth International Congress of Medieval Philosophy, Erfurt 25-30 August 1997; paper: The Concept of Being and Non-Being in Eriugena and Cusanus;

1999

• C.N.R. S. conference, Paris: Boece ou la chaine du savoi; paper: The Reception of Boethian Methodology in the Middle Ages;
• Universidad de Navarra (Pamplona, Spain): Revision del Neoplatonismo; paper: El fundamento del sistema de Eriugena;

2002

• Trinity College, Notre Dame University (US), Dublin: Eriugena, Berkeley and the Idealistic Tradition, paper: ‘Eriugenian Concept of Paradise. An Idealistic Approach;
• Roma, Vicariato di Roma – Ufficio per la Pastorale Universitaria, FUCE, COMECE, CEI: Towards a European Constitution?;
• Porto (Portugal), 11th International Congress of Medieval Philosophhy: Intellect and Imagination in medieval philosophy; paper: True and Fals Self in Boethius;
• International Conference on the Occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the University of Trnava, Slovakia: Role of Universities in Recent World; paper: Medieval Roots of Contemporary University: What Does History Teaches Us?
• Paris Sorbonne: L’eignement superieur en Pologne en l’eveil de l’entree en l’Union Europeen, paper: Des relations parmi des medievistes polonais et francais;

2003

• Edmonton, Canada: Convention of Youth for Democratic Values organized by Canadian Polish Congress; paper: Multiculturalism and Religious Pluralism as a Source of Self –Knowledge;
• Lublin (Poland), International Conference under the Patronage of SIEPM and ISNS: Being or Good. Metamorphoses of Neoplatonism, paper: Boethian Concept of the Supreme Good;

2004

• Confernce of FUCE, Eichstatt (Germany);
• 1er. Congreso Internacional Cusano de Latinoamerica, Buenos Aires, paper: De ludo globi the journey of the soul towards God;
• Catedra Extracurricular de Historia, Lengua y Cultura Polaca, Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires; paper: La Evolucion de la Escuela Tomista;
• Conference organized by History of Philosophy Department, KUL and Erasmus Institute, University Notre Dame (US): Catholic Traditions in History, Literature and Philosophy; panel discussion;
• Lublin, the 2nd Congress of Christian Culture; presidency over panel discussion: Woman, Politics, Values;
• Gettysburg (US), meeting of International Cusanus Society: ‘Reform and Obedience’, paper: The Concept of Faith in Cusanus’ Sermon XXI.