Piotr Baleja

Philologist specialising in Translation and Slavic Studies, practising translator, and language teaching methodologist

I believe that in every kind of work, the most important thing is to develop an appropriate plan and consistently move towards the set goals.

My life motto comes from the words of Natan Tenenbaum: “So save me from hatred and keep me from contempt.”

I believe that everyone deserves respect and to be treated as a subject rather than an object.

Education

 

 

• Bachelor’s studies: Russian Philology (specialization: with Ukrainian language), University of Łódź – 2020

• Master’s studies: Russian Philology (specializations: Translation Studies and Specialist Languages; Teaching Specialization), University of Łódź – 2022

• Postgraduate studies: Editing of Literary and Practical Texts, University of Łódź – 2023

• Vocational training: Methodology of Teaching Russian as a Foreign Language, Lomonosov Moscow State University – 2019

 

Ongoing studies

 

 

• Master’s studies: Ukrainian Language and Literature, and Ukrainian as a Foreign Language, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (Ukraine)

• Postgraduate studies: Teaching Polish as a Foreign and Second Language, University of Wrocław

 

International study mobility

 

 

• Semester studies at the Russian State Social University in Moscow – summer semester of the 2018/2019 academic year

• One-year studies at the University of Latvia in Riga – 2021/2022 academic year

 

International research internships

 

 

• Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU), 2025

• Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU), 2025

• (PROM – Short-Term Academic Exchange), University of Helsinki, 2025

• Echoes of the Shtetl: Representations of Jewishness in Slavic Culture , In: Latvijas Universitāte (LU), 2025
  

 

International library research visits

 

 

• Piotr Baleja: Library Research Visit, Kansalliskirjasto (National Library of Finland), 2025

• Piotr Baleja: Library Research Visit, Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU), 2025

• Piotr Baleja: Library Research Visit (NAWA PROM – Short-Term Academic Exchange), University of Helsinki, 2025

• Piotr Baleja: Library Research Visit, University of Tartu, 2024

• Piotr Baleja: Library Research Visit, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, 2024

• Piotr Baleja: Library Research Visit, Ukrainian Catholic University, 2024

 

• Ukrainian culture and literature;
  
• Literary translation;
• Cultural memory;
• Contemporary literature;
• Drama;
• Multiculturalism;
  
• Methodology of teaching foreign languages;
• Interpreting: practice and methodology of simultaneous interpreting (SI) and consecutive interpreting (CI).

• the ‘Universitas Lodziensis Alumno Laude Dignissimo’ distinction for students and doctoral students of the University of Łódź - 2025;

• Rector's Award for doctoral students at the University of Łódź for their activities and achievements in the period from 1 September 2024 to 30 May 2025