Iwona Kordzińska-Nawrocka

Iwona Kordzińska-Nawrocka is a graduate of Japanese Studies at the University of Warsaw and Shinshu University (Japan), and currently serves as Professor at the Department of Japanese Studies at the University of Warsaw. She has completed numerous research fellowships in Japan, at Shinshu University and the International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Nichibunken) in Kyoto among others. Her academic specialization encompasses classical Japanese literature and language as well as contemporary Japanese culture. She is the author of several publications, including: Japanese Courtly Love (TRIO, 2005), The Fleeting World of Ukiyo: The Image of Urban Culture in the Works of Ihara Saikaku (University of Warsaw Press, 2010), Classical Japanese Language (University of Warsaw Press, 2013), Japanese Culinary Culture (Japonica, 2018), Corporeality in Japanese Culture, Vols. 1, 2, 3 (co-edited with Agnieszka Kozyra, Japonica, 2016), Tradition in Japanese Popular Culture (co-edited with Agnieszka Kozyra, Japonica, 2017), Japan in a Transcultural Perspective (co-edited with Agnieszka Kozyra, Japonica, 2020).