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Paulina Koniuch

  • From 2020, doctoral studies at the Doctoral School of Humanities, University of Warsaw, thesis topic: Displaced identity-making. Contemporary visual art of the third generation of Tibetan refugees in Dharamsala as an expression of identity politics. PhD supervisors: Prof. UW PhD. Agata Bareja-Starzyńska and prof. UAM PhD. Natalia Bloch
  • 2017 – 2020 bachelor’s studies, University of Warsaw, Institute of Art History, thesis title: Definiowanie tożsamości w twórczości współczesnych artystów tybetańskich. Media, motywy, środowiska artystyczne
  • 2017 – 2019 master’s studies, University of Warsaw, Faculty of Oriental Studies, Department of Turkic and Inner Asian Peoples, thesis title: Wizerunek dakini Dordże Phagmo w tybetańskiej ikonografii, ikonometrii i buddyjskiej praktyce religijnej
  • 2014 – 2017 bachelor’s studies, University of Warsaw, Faculty of Oriental Studies, Department of Turkic and Inner Asian Peoples, thesis title: Tybetański “szalony święty” Drugpa Kunleg (‘Brug pa kun legs, 1455-1529) i jego twórczość

Peer-reviewed publications

  • Koniuch, Paulina. 2020. “Ikonografia dakini Dordże Phagmo w sztuce buddyzmu tybetańskiego na podstawie wybranych wizerunków)”, Przegląd Orientalistyczny 1 (273): 21-37.
  • Koniuch, Paulina. 2020. “Problem of identity and changes in the art of the contemporary Tibetan artists from Lhasa on the example of paintings by Gade”, Przegląd Orientalistyczny 4 (275): 309-319.
  • Koniuch, Paulina. 2021. “Buddhist Influences in the Oeuvre of Contemporary Tibetan Artists in Exile on the Example of Selected Works by Gonkar Gyatso and Palden Weinreb”, Prace Orientalistyczne XLV “Oriental Studies: Global and Local Perspectives”: 86-102.
  • Koniuch, Paulina. 2023. „Cultural Fluctuations of Tibetan Culture in Dharamsala and Their Reception among the Tibetan Exilic Youth”. Acta Asiatica Varsoviensia 36: 91–114.
  • Liu, Chang, and Paulina Koniuch. 2025. “From Canvas to Cyberspace: Contemporary Tibetan Art and the Digital Tibetan Identity Landscape.” Visual Studies, February, 1–14. doi:10.1080/1472586X.2025.2462016.

Editor

  • Szpindler, Magdalena, Paulina Koniuch, and Stanisław Jan Kania, eds. 2025. Tibet and the Himalayas: Past and Present I. Warsaw: Elipsa.

Conference, seminar participation

  • “Tybetańskość” wczoraj i dziś – przemiany w sposobach definiowania tożsamości przez współczesnych artystów z Lhasy na przykładzie twórczości Gade – Presentation at the 9th conference ” Między Wschodem a Zachodem, Między Północą a Południem ” September 14-15, 2020, University of Warsaw
  • Buddhist Influences in the Oeuvre of Contemporary Tibetan Artists in Exile on the Example of Selected Works by Gonkar Gyatso and Palden Weinreb – Presentation at the 10th International Conference of Oriental Studies KNO: Global and Local Perspectives, November 15-16, 2021, University of Warsaw
  • Multikuturalizm – czy zawsze dobry? Na styku Tybetu i Indii w McLeod Ganj – Presentation at the international student-doctoral conference “Różnorodność aspektów i podejść do wielokulturowości i międzykulturowości”/”Une variété d’aspects et d’approches de la multiculturalité et de l’interculturalité aujourd’hui”, May 27-28, 2022, University of Warsaw
  • Tibetan Art in the Age of Instagram – A Preliminary Study of the Problem of Identity in the Works of the Youngest Generation of Contemporary Tibetan Artists – Presentation at the 16th IATS conference (International Association for Tibetan Studies), July 3-09, 2022, Charles University in Prague
  • “Tibetanness” in Dharamsala – how does the youngest generation of artists define their identity? – online presentation at Tibetan Graduate Studies Seminar, Oxford University, October 20, 2022
  • Visual arts as means of expressing identity among the youngest generation of Tibetans – presentation at the conference “Art of communication and communication through art in Asia and Africa” ​​December 1-2, 2022, University of Warsaw
  • Navigating Space: The Challenges of Exhibiting Contemporary Tibetan Art in Mcleod Ganj – Presentation at the 1st International Conference “Tibet and the Himalayas: Past and Present”, October 21-22, 2024, University of Warsaw
  • Gender inequality in the Tibetan artistic milieu in India – a coincidence or not? Background and journey towards a feminist and decolonial praxis – Presentation at the 35th Deutscher Orientalistentag DOT 2025; 8th–12th September 2025 | FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg

Grants

  • 18/04-12/05/2022 India, Delhi and Dharmshala, field research, scientific consultations and query – IV.4.1. A complex programme of support for UW PhD students, 1st mobility competition, University of Warsaw
  • 02/07-15/07/2022 Czech Republic, Prague, international conference and field research – Microgrant of the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Warsaw
  • 12-25/09/2022 England, London, research and scientific consultations – ZIP grant under the Program for financial support for foreign trips of doctoral students of the University of Warsaw for scientific and teaching purposes
  • 14/07-23/09/2023 India, Dharamshala, field research and scientific consultations – Microgrant of the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Warsaw
  • 07/09-13/09/2025 Germany, Erlangen, 35th Deutscher Orientalistentag DOT 2025 international conference – Microgrant of the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Warsaw

Other

  • From 2020 Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Warsaw
  • 04/02 – 07/05/2020 apprenticeship, National Museum in Warsaw, Collection of Oriental Art, under the supervision of Dr Magdalena Pinker
  • December 8-9, 2020, Assistance at the 9th International Conference of Oriental Studies organised by the Committee of Oriental Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Faculty of Oriental Studies, and Polish Society for Oriental Studies, University of Warsaw
  • December 15-16, 2021, Assistance and preparation of conference materials at the 10th International Conference of Oriental Studies “Global and Local Perspectives”, organised by the Committee of Oriental Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Faculty of Oriental Studies, and Polish Society for Oriental Studies, University of Warsaw
  • May 27-28, 2022 Co-organizer (scientific committee) and assistance at the international student-doctoral conference “Diversity of aspects and approaches to multiculturalism and interculturalism”/”Une variété d’aspects et d’approches de la multiculturalité et de l’interculturalité aujourd’ hui”, University of Warsaw
  • June 29-30, 2022, Assistance at the “Oriental Studies for the Future” conference on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the Faculty of Oriental Studies at the University of Warsaw
  • November 13-15, 2023, Assistance and Guided Museum Tour at the “Heaven and Hell and What Lies Between: Representing the Afterlife from Central Asia to the Himalayas” international conference, organised by SEECHAC and the University of Warsaw
  • October 21-22, 2024, Co-organiser of the 1st International Conference “Tibet and the Himalayas: Past and Present”, University of Warsaw
  • Lecture and discussion at the Asia and Pacific Museum accompanying the film premiere of „Shambhala”:
    • June 3rd 2025: Małżeństwa poligamiczne w Tybecie: tradycja i współczesność (Polygamous Marriages in Tibet: Tradition and Modernity)
    • June 10th 2025: Wyzwania mniejszości tybetańskiej w Chinach, Nepalu i Indiach (Challenges of the Tibetan Minority in China, Nepal and India)
  • November 17-18, 2025, Co-organiser of the 14th International Conference “Cultures of Asia and Africa: Old Subjects, New Approaches?” organised by the Polish Society for Oriental Studies, Faculty of Asian and African Studies, and the Karaimskie Dziedzictwo Foundation, University of Warsaw
  • December 8-9, 2025, Assistance and preparation of conference materials for the International Conference “Mongolia and the Mongols: Past and Present”, University of Warsaw