Ph.D.   in Social Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London, UK, (obtained: 12.07.2012).

Thesis: Nation Queer? Discourses of Nationhood and Homosexuality In Times of Transformations: Case Studies From Poland.

Supervisors: Professor Lynne Segal and Professor Sasha Roseneil.

Examiners: Professor William Spurlin (Brunel University) and Dr Jim Bjork (King’s College).

M.A.    in Cultural Studies (Distinction), Jagiellonian University, Krakow, PL, 2004.

Dissertation: New Queer Cinema: Where Art Meets Activism And Theory As One.

B.A.     in Film and Media Studies (Distinction), Jagiellonian University, Krakow, PL, 2002.

Dissertaiton: “Torch Song Trilogy”: An Anthropological View On “Gay Film”.

BOOKS

•     Kulpa, R. (in preparation) “Nation Queer? Discourses of Nationhood and Homosexuality In Times of Transformations”.

•     Kulpa, R. and Mizielinska, J. (eds.) (2011) “De-Centring Western Sexualities: Central and Eastern European Perspectives”. Farnham: Ashgate.

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES

•     Kulpa, R. (in preparation) “Gender and Polish Melancholic Nationalism”. Final draft to be submitted by the 30 May 2013 to: National Identities.

•     Kulpa, R. (under review) “Western Eye For the Homophobic Guys: Discourses about ‘Homophobic Eastern Europe’”. In: Journal of Intercultural Studies.

•     Kulpa, R. (accepted) “On Attachment and Belonging: Or Why Queers Mourn Homophobic President?”. In: Sexualities. Forthcoming.

•     Kulpa, R. (2013) “Western Leveraged Pedagogy of Central and Eastern Europe: Discourses of Homophobia, Tolerance, and Nationhood”. In: Gender, Place and Culture. A Journal of Feminist Geography. iFirst DOI:10.1080/0966369X.2013.793656.

OTHER ARTICLES IN ACADEMIC JOURNALS

•     Kulpa, R. and Mizielinska, J. (2013) “Central and Eastern European Sexualities ‘in Transition’. Reflections on Queer Studies, Academic Hegemonies, and Critical Epistemologies.” Special Issue Introduction. In: Lambda Nordica Vol 17, No 4, pp. 19-29.

•     Kulpa, R. and Mizielinska, J. (2013) “Debating Sexual Politics in Central-Eastern Europe. A Reply”. In: Southeastern Europe. Vol 37, No 1, pp. 102-110.

•     Kulpa, R. (2008) “Our Rights, Their Law, Polish Reality. Or Do We Need Queer Political Theory?” In: Identities. Journal of Politics, Gender and Culture. Vol. 6, pp. 9-36.

•     Kulpa, R. (2004) “Torch Song Trilogy. Antropologiczne Spojrzenie na Film Gejowski”. In: Kawartalnik Filmowy (Polish Academy of Science). No 47/48, pp. 128-145. (PL).

•     Kulpa, R. (2004) "Kulpa: Przypisy do Fassbindera. Barthes. Foucault. Girard. Jeu de massacre et desire". Czas Kultury. Numer Specjalny: Auto-agresja. No 1, pp. 41-55.

•     Kulpa, R. (2002) “Karnawal? Camp i Gender w Drag Queen Show”. In: Konteksty. Polska Antropologia (Polish Academy of Science). No 2/3, pp. 263-272. (PL).

BOOK CHAPTERS

•     Kulpa, R. (2012) “L’Est Visto Dall’Ovest. Dei Discorsi Occidentali Sull’Omofobia Nell’Europa Centro-Orientale”.  In: Alterazioni. Introduzione Alle Sociologie Delle Omosessualità. Ed. C. Rinaldi, pp. 361-392. Milan: Mimesis. (IT).

•     Kulpa, R., Mizielinska, J., and Stasinska, A. (2012) “(Un)translatable Queer? or What Is Lost and Can Be Found in Translation...” In: Import - Export - Transport. Queer Theory, Queer Critique, and Activism in Motion. Eds. S. Mesquita, M. K. Wiedlack, and K. Lasthofer, pp. 115-146. Vienna: Zaglossus.

•     Kulpa, R. (2011) “Nations and Sexualities – 'West' and 'East'”. In: De-Centring Western Sexualities: Central and Eastern European Perspectives. Eds. R. Kulpa and J. Mizielinska, pp. 43-62. Farnham: Ashgate.

•     Kulpa, R. and Mizielinska, J. (2011) “'Contemporary Peripheries': Queer Studies, Circulation of Knowledge, and East/West Divide”. In: De-Centring Western Sexualities: Central and Eastern European Perspectives. Eds. R. Kulpa and J. Mizielinska, pp. 11-26. Farnham: Ashgate.

•     Kulpa, R. (2010) “LGBT Issues And the Queer Approach”. In: 21st Century Political Science. Eds. J. Ishiyama and M. Breuning, pp. 856-864. New York-London: Sage.

•     Kulpa, R. (2009) “Sexing Poland. Some Thoughts About Gay and National Identities after 1989”. In: The EU and Central & Eastern Europe. Successes and Failures of Europeanization in Politics and Society. Eds. S. Fischer and H. Pleins, pp. 101-110. Hannover: Ibidem Verlag.

•     Kulpa, R. (2008) Article entries: Lesbian Separatism; Male Feminists; Same-sex Families; NGLTF; Mattachine Society; Harry Hay. In: Encyclopaedia of Gender and Society. Ed. J. O’Brien. New York-London: Sage.

•     Kulpa, R. (2008) Article entry: Names Project: AIDS Memorial Quilt. In: LGBTQ America Today: An Encyclopaedia. Ed. J. C. Hawley. Westport: Greenwood Press.

•     Kulpa, R. (2002) Subwersywnosc Plci. In: Zrozumiec Plec. Studia Interdysciplinarne. Ed. A. Kuczynska. Wroclaw: Wroclaw University Press.

REVIEWS and NON-ACADEMIC ARTICLES IN MAGAZINES, JOURNALS, AND NEWSPAPERS

•     Kulpa, R. (2013) Review of “Why Are Faggots so Afraid of Faggots?” ed. Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore. In: Anarchist Studies (Lawrence & Wishart). Forthcoming.

•     Kulpa, R. (2012) Review of “Queer in Europe” eds. L. Downing and R. Gillett. In: Psychology & Sexuality.  Vol 4, No 2, pp. 216-218.

•     Kulpa, R. (2010) Review of “Is Rectum a Grave? And Other Essays” by L. Bersani. In: Times Higher Education. 3-9.06.2010, p. 54.

•     Kulpa, R. (2008) Review of “Homophobia and Nationalism in Poland” by B. Tornquist-Plewa and A. Malmgren. In: Europe-Asia Studies. Vol 60 (8), p. 1458.

•     Kulpa, R. (2007) Review of “Polish Perspectives on Communism” ed. B. Szlachta. In: Slavonic and East European Review. Vol 85 (3), pp. 587-589.