{"id":531,"date":"2025-03-28T12:33:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T11:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indologia.uw.edu.pl\/nowa\/?page_id=531"},"modified":"2026-05-17T11:39:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T09:39:46","slug":"doktor-aleksandra-turek","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/indologia.uw.edu.pl\/en\/o-katedrze\/kadra\/doktor-aleksandra-turek\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Aleksandra Turek"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"428\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/indologia.uw.edu.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/OLa-428x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2529\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:12px;border-top-right-radius:12px;border-bottom-left-radius:12px;border-bottom-right-radius:12px;aspect-ratio:0.41797459287505;width:178px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indologia.uw.edu.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/OLa-428x1024.jpg 428w, https:\/\/indologia.uw.edu.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/OLa-125x300.jpg 125w, https:\/\/indologia.uw.edu.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/OLa-768x1836.jpg 768w, https:\/\/indologia.uw.edu.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/OLa-642x1536.jpg 642w, https:\/\/indologia.uw.edu.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/OLa-857x2048.jpg 857w, https:\/\/indologia.uw.edu.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/OLa-5x12.jpg 5w, https:\/\/indologia.uw.edu.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/OLa-scaled.jpg 1071w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">E-mail: a.turek{at}uw.edu.pl<br>ORCID: <a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8431-1268\">orcid.org\/0000-0001-8431-1268<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Position<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Assistant Professor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Research area<\/strong>:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Literary Studies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Early modern Rajasthani literature<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>History of Rajastani literature<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Written and oral traditions of Rajasthan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marwari, Dingal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Early modern Hindi literature (Braj, Avadhi)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Literature and Modern Standard Hindi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Literary theory<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Postcolonial studies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Biographical data<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2003 \u2013 magister kulturoznawstwa-indologii, Instytut Orientalistyczny, Wydzia\u0142 Neofilologii UW (<em>Obraz spo\u0142ecze\u0144stwa i kultury \u015bredniowiecznego Rad\u017aasthanu w \u015bwietle poematu Dhola Mary ra duha<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2010 \u2013 doktor nauk humanistycznych w zakresie literaturoznawstwa-indologii, Wydzia\u0142 Orientalistyczny UW (<em>Dhola Maru jako \u017cywa tradycja narracyjna Indii P\u00f3\u0142nocnych<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Academic visits<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2016 \u2013 visiting scholar w Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (India)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2018 \u2013 Specially Appointed Associate Professor at Graduate School of Languages and Cultures, Osaka University (Japonia)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Scholarships and fellowships<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1999\u20132000 \u2013 Government of India (ICCR) scholarship at the Central Institute of Hindi, Agra (India)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2000 \u2013 Advanced Diploma in Hindi Language Proficiency, Central Institute of Hindi, Agra (Indie)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2005\u20132006 \u2013 Government of India (ICCR) doctoral scholarship at the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur (India)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2016 \u2013 field research in the Shekhawati region (Rajasthan, India)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Research projects and grants<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2024\u20132023 \u2013 participation in an international research project <em>Shades of Violence. Aggresion and Domination in Indian Culture<\/em> (NCN, Inicjatywa Doskona\u0142o\u015bci dla UJ. Project lead: Prof. Lidia Sudyka, Jagiellonian University). The outcome includes a conference presentation and a published article: <em>Rajput Vocabulary of Violence<\/em>, <em>\u201c<\/em>Cracow Indological Studies\u201d, t. XXVI, nr 2, Krak\u00f3w 2024, s.&nbsp; 241-258. &nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2019\u20132023 \u2013 member of a three-person international team in a project funded by the Japanese government (JSPS KAKENHI, grant no. JP19K00519; project lead: Prof. Hiroko Nagasaki, Osaka University, with the participation of Prof. Jaroslav Strnad, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague). Outcome: monograph: <em>Trive\u1e47\u012b. Texts of Three Literary Traditions in Early Modern Languages of North India. A Reader<\/em>, Kyoto, Vizianagaram 2023.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Membership<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.easas.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">European Association for South Asian Studies (EASAS)<\/a>, (since 2016); member of EASAS Advisory Board (2016-2021)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pto.orient.uw.edu.pl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Polskie Towarzystwo Orientalistyczne (PTO)<\/a>, since 2018<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Main publications<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Authored and co-authored monographs<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hiroko Nagasaki, Jaroslav Strnad, Aleksandra Turek, <em>Trive\u1e47\u012b. Texts of Three Literary Traditions in Early Modern Languages of North India. A Reader<\/em>, Kotoba Books, Kyoto, Vizianagaram 2023 (217 pages).<br><a href=\"https:\/\/ir.library.osaka-u.ac.jp\/repo\/ouka\/all\/94758\/?lang=1https:\/\/ir.library.osaka-u.ac.jp\/repo\/ouka\/all\/94761\/?lang=1\">ir.library.osaka-u.ac.jp\/repo\/ouka\/all\/94758\/?lang=1<br>ir.library.osaka-u.ac.jp\/repo\/ouka\/all\/94761\/?lang=1<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Three Jewels of the Desert. The Dhola\u2013Maru Story: A Living Narrative Tradition of Northern India<\/em>, Dom Wydawniczy ELIPSA, Warszawa 2012 (302 pages).<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Edited volumes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cIndological Studies: Literary and Cultural Landscapes of Rajasthan\", A. Turek and Piotr Borek (eds), vol. 27, no. 2, 2025 (173 pages).<br><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.akademicka.pl\/cis\/issue\/view\/419\">https:\/\/journals.akademicka.pl\/cis\/issue\/view\/419<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Chapters in monographs<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Individuality versus Collectivity: Pragmatic Goals of \u1e0ci\u1e45ga\u1e37 g\u012bt Literary Compositions<\/em>, in <em>Early Modern Literatures of North India: Current Research 2022-2024<\/em>, Hiroko Nagasaki, Monika Horstmann, Kiyokazu Okita (eds), Heidelberg Asian Studies Publishing, Heidelberg 2025, pp. 309-327. <a href=\"https:\/\/hasp.ub.uni-heidelberg.de\/catalog\/book\/1553\/chapter\/22786\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/hasp.ub.uni-heidelberg.de\/catalog\/book\/1553\/chapter\/22786\">https:\/\/hasp.ub.uni-heidelberg.de\/catalog\/book\/1553\/chapter\/22786<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Old Pattern with New Heroes:<\/em><strong> <\/strong><em>\u1e0ci\u1e45ga\u1e37 g\u012bt in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century<\/em>,w: <em>Literary Cultures in Early Modern North India. Current Research<\/em>, in Imre Bangha, Danuta Stasik (eds), Oxford University Press, New Delhi 2024, pp. 215-241. <a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/book\/58024\">academic.oup.com\/book\/58024<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>G\u0119si w staniczku, czyli o mi\u0142o\u015bci na spos\u00f3b indyjski i polski<\/em>, in <em>Poetyka Odrzucenia. Szcz\u0105tki, resztki, przyleg\u0142o\u015bci<\/em>, in Monika Nowakowska (ed.), Dom Wydawniczy ELIPSA, Warszawa 2024, pp. 166-178.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>P\u1e5bthv\u012br\u0101j R\u0101\u1e6dhau\u1e5b\u2019s Veli<\/em>, in <em>Trive\u1e47\u012b. Texts of Three Literary&nbsp;Traditions in Early Modern Languages of North India. A Reader<\/em>, Hiroko Nagasaki, Jaroslav Strnad, Aleksandra Turek, Kotoba Books, Kyoto, Vizianagaram 2023, pp. 129-188.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>A Journey through M\u0101rv\u0101\u1e5b from the Perspective of a Camel<\/em>, in <em>Journeys and Travellers in Indian Literature and Art<\/em>, <em>vol. 2: Vernacular Sources<\/em>, in D. Stasik, A. Trynkowska (eds), Dom Wydawniczy ELIPSA, Warszawa 2018, pp. 35-48.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Hostility or Solidarity? The R\u0101jp\u016bts and J\u0101\u1e6ds in the Ch\u0101va\u1e37\u012bs from the region of \u015aekh\u0101va\u1e6d\u012b<\/em>, in <em>Polish Contributions to South Asian Studies<\/em>, in D. Stasik (ed.), Dom Wydawniczy ELIPSA, Warszawa 2017, pp. 82-93.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Indie<\/em>, in <em>Z dalekich krain. Chiny. Indie. Nigeria. Wietnam<\/em>, A. Dziarmarga, I. Grudzi\u0105\u017c (eds), Wydzia\u0142 Informacji o Krajach Pochodzenia DPU, Urz\u0105d ds. Cudzoziemc\u00f3w, Warszawa 2015, pp. 33-57.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Banjara \u2013 hipotetyczni przodkowie Cygan\u00f3w<\/em>, in <em>Etnograficzne w\u0119dr\u00f3wki po obszarach antropologii. Tom w darze dla Profesora Lecha Mroza<\/em>, \u0141ukasz Smyrski, Katarzyna Waszczy\u0144ska (eds), Wydawnictwo DiG, Warszawa 2013, pp. 265-271.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Indyjskie korzenie Cygan\u00f3w<\/em>, in <em>Romowie 2009. Mi\u0119dzy w\u0119dr\u00f3wk\u0105 a edukacj\u0105<\/em>, Barbara Weigl (ed.), Academica SWPS, Warszawa 2009.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Is the Dhola Maru ra duha only a poetic elaboration?<\/em>, in <em>Culture, Polity and Economy<\/em>, Varsha Joshi, Surjit Singh (eds), Rawat Publicatons, Jaipur 2009, pp. 173-182.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Narrative Traditions of Rajasthan<\/em>, in <em>India in Warsaw. Indie w Warszawie. Tom upami\u0119tniaj\u0105cy 50-lecie powojennej historii indologii na Uniwersytecie Warszawskim (2003\/2004)<\/em>, D. Stasik, A. Trynkowska (eds), Warszawa 2006, pp. 300-306.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Articles<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A. Turek, P. Borek, <em>Studies in Literary and Cultural Landscapes of Rajasthan<\/em>, \u201cCracow Indological Studies\u201d, t. 27, nr 2, 2025, s. V-XX. <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.akademicka.pl\/cis\/article\/view\/6858\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/journals.akademicka.pl\/cis\/article\/view\/6858\">https:\/\/journals.akademicka.pl\/cis\/article\/view\/6858<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Between Tradition and Innovation: Girdhard\u0101n Ratn\u016b\u2019s<\/em> Phog ikk\u012bs\u012b<em>as Contemporary Dingal Verse<\/em>, \u201cCracow Indological Studies\u201d, t. 27, nr 2, 2025, s. 147-173. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.12797\/CIS.27.2025.02.08\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.12797\/CIS.27.2025.02.08\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.12797\/CIS.27.2025.02.08<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Rajput Vocabulary of Violence<\/em>, \u201cCracow Indological Studies\u201d, t. 26, nr 2, 2024, s. 241-258.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.12797\/CIS.26.2024.02.10\">doi.org\/10.12797\/CIS.26.2024.02.10<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>S\u012bta of Sindh<\/em>, \u201cCracow Indological Studies\u201d, t. 22, nr 1, 2020, s. 55-72. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.12797\/CIS.22.2020.01.03\">doi.org\/10.12797\/CIS.22.2020.01.03<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Rad\u017aasthani \u2013 pocz\u0105tki j\u0119zyka i literatury<\/em>, \u201ePrzegl\u0105d Orientalistyczny\u201d, no. 2 (270), 2019, pp. 157-170.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>A Good Villain: the Bravery of the Dacoits from the \u015aekh\u0101va\u1e6d\u012b region of R\u0101jasth\u0101n<\/em>, \u201eIndologica Taurinensia. The Journal of the International Association of Sanskrit Studies\u201d, vol. XL (2014), 2015, pp. 377-389.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The <em>R\u0101jasth\u0101n\u012b K\u0101va\u1e5b<\/em>: a pilgrimage in sacred space and to the past<\/em>, \u201cQuaderni Asiatici\u201d, no. 104, dicembre 2013, pp. 139-151.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Rad\u017aputowie \u2013 stereotypowi bohaterowie Rad\u017aasthanu<\/em>, \u201ePrzegl\u0105d Orientalistyczny\u201d, no. 3-4, 2011, pp. 142-150.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Dhola-Maru in Rajasthani Folk Theatre<\/em>, in <em>Theatrum Mirabiliorum Indiae Orientalis. A Volume to Celebrate the 70th Birthday of Professor Maria Krzysztof Byrski<\/em>,<strong> \u201e<\/strong>Rocznik Orientalistyczny\u201d, vol. LX, no. 2, 2007, pp. 368-380.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Strofy o Dholi i Maru \u2013 rad\u017aastha\u0144ski poemat mi\u0142osny<\/em>, \u201ePrzegl\u0105d Orientalistyczny\u201d, no. 3-4, 2005, pp. 177-187.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Encyclopedic entries and articles<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>W: <em>Dictionnaire encyclop\u00e9dique des litt\u00e9ratures de l\u2019Inde et de l\u2019Asie du Sud<\/em>, Anne Castaing, Nicolas Dejenne, Claudine Le Blanc (red.), Classiques Garnier, Paris 2025:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201eDhola Maru\u201d, pp. 271-273;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201eKathputli\u201d, pp. 460-462;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201eKhyal\u201d, pp. 472-474;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201eKhyat\u201d, pp. 474-475;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201eKushallabh\u201d, pp. 492-493.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Guest lectures and seminars<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Australian National University, Canberra (Australia), Uniwersytet Jagiello\u0144ski (Krak\u00f3w), Osaka University (Japonia), Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universit\u00e4t (Bonn, Niemcy), Birla Institute of Technology and Science, (Pilani, Indie), Rajasthani Academy (Indie)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>E-mail: a.turek{at}uw.edu.plORCID: orcid.org\/0000-0001-8431-1268 Stanowisko Adiunkt Kierunek bada\u0144: Dane biograficzne Wyjazdy naukowe Stypendia, kwerendy, sta\u017ce naukowe Projekty badawcze Cz\u0142onkostwo G\u0142\u00f3wne publikacje Monografie autorskie i wsp\u00f3\u0142autorskie Czasopisma pod redakcj\u0105 Rozdzia\u0142y w monografiach Artyku\u0142y w czasopismach Has\u0142a i artyku\u0142y encyklopedyczne Wyk\u0142ady go\u015bcinne Australian National University, Canberra (Australia), Uniwersytet Jagiello\u0144ski (Krak\u00f3w), Osaka University (Japonia), [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":648,"parent":28,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-531","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indologia.uw.edu.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indologia.uw.edu.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indologia.uw.edu.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indologia.uw.edu.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indologia.uw.edu.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=531"}],"version-history":[{"count":64,"href":"https:\/\/indologia.uw.edu.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2533,"href":"https:\/\/indologia.uw.edu.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/531\/revisions\/2533"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indologia.uw.edu.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indologia.uw.edu.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indologia.uw.edu.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}