Beata Kowalska

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Beata Kowalska (2018)

Beata Kowalska is a Polish sociologist and professor at the Institute of Sociology at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow .

Scientific activity

Kowalskas completed his habilitation in 2013 with a thesis on women in the Kingdom of Jordan ; her research interests lie in the areas of feminist sociology, development research and post-colonial studies . In recent years, she has dealt particularly with Muslim feminism and the situation of women in countries in the Middle East. Another area is gender studies . Kowalska is committed to gender equality in Poland.

The rector of the Jagiellonian University honored her teaching activities in 2010/11 with the main prize Pro Arte Docendi .

Scholarships and lectures have taken Kowalska to Cambridge University , the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna, the American Center for Oriental Research in Amman , the New School for Social Research in New York, Rutgers University, and the University in Buffalo .

Fonts (selection)

  • With Georges Roux and Jolanta Kozłowska: Mezopotamia . Warsaw 2008.
  • With Krystyna Slany and Marcin Śmietana: Homoseksualizm. Perspektywa interdyscyplinarna . Kraków 2008.
  • With Katarzyna Zielińska and Ben Koschalka: Gender. Kobieta w cultures i społeczeństwie . Kraków 2009.
  • With Krystyna Slany and Magdalena Ślusarczyk: Kalejdoskop genderowy. W drodze do poznania płci społeczno-kulturowej w Polsce . Kraków 2011.
  • Queerowanie islamu. In: Katarzyna Górak-Sosnowska (Ed.): Queer a islam. Alternatywne seksualności w kulturach muzułmańskich . Gdańsk 2012.
  • Kobiety, rozwój, obywatelstwo w Haszymidzkim Królestwie Jordanii (habilitation thesis). Kraków 2013.
  • With Inga Hajdarowicz: Kobiety i wojna. Genderowy wymiar konfliktu syryjskiego . In: Krakowskie Studia Międzynarodowe . No. 3 (2017). Pp. 207-231.
In English
  • Beyond the veil. Some sociological remarks on muslim feminism and the "Hijab" . In: Krakowskie Studia Międzynarodowe. [T.] 4, No. 2 (2007). Pp. 197-205.
  • A woman's touch in the Arab Spring. The struggle of Jordanian mothers for equality in citizenship . In: Hemispheres . Vol. 29, No. 1 (2014). Pp. 5-30.
  • (Co-author): Gender equality and quality of life in Poland. A survey research report . Kraków 2016.

Web links

Commons : Beata Kowalska  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Pro Arte Docendi . (accessed October 17, 2018)
personal data
SURNAME Kowalska, Beata
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish sociologist
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century