Nina Witoszek

Nina Witoszek (born 15 July 1954) is a Polish-born Norwegian cultural historian, writer, public intellectual and a Research Professor at the University of Oslo's Centre for Development and the Environment.

Nina Witoszek
Born (1954-07-15) July 15, 1954
Poland
NationalityPolish, Norwegian
Alma materUniversity of Wrocław
OccupationHistorian, writer, Research Professor
EmployerUniversity of Oslo
Political partyGreen Party (Norway)
AwardsFritt Ord Award (2005)
Websitehttps://ninawitoszek.org/

Life

Academic career

Witoszek studied at the University of Wrocław, Oxford University, University of Stockholm and holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in comparative literature.[1]

She held fellowships at the Swedish Collegium of the Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Uppsala (1993), Robinson College, Cambridge (1995) and Mansfield College, Oxford (2001) and visiting professorship at Stanford University (2010). She has taught at Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, University College, Galway (1995–1997) and European University Institute (1997–1999).[2][3]

In 2005 she received the Fritt Ord Award for articulating and communicating central and eastern European experiences in Norwegian public debate.

Witoszek is known for her work on the Ecosophy of Arne Næss and modern Scandinavian cultural identities. She serves as a director of the Arne Næss Chair in Global Justice and the Environment at the University of Oslo.[4][2]

Since 2019 she is a member of the Concilium Civitas – The Association of Polish Scientists Abroad.[2][5]

Private life

Witoszek was born in Poland and grew up in Kraków; as a student she was part of a dissident group, and in 1983 she fled to Norway. In the 1990s she moved to Ireland and co-authored with partner Pat Sheeran, under the pseudonym Nina FitzPatrick, a number of novels, short stories and, under their own names, a study of Irish traditions of death. After Sheeran's death in 2001 she returned to Norway.

Since 2015 Witoszek serves as a deputy representative of the Green Party at the Oslo City Council.[2]

Bibliography
  • Fables of the Irish Intelligentsia (1991), short stories
  • Faustynas elskere (1994), novel
  • Talking to the Dead: A Study of Irish Funerary Traditions (1998), with Pat Sheeran
  • Norske naturmytologier (1998)
  • Arne Næss and the Progress of Ecophilosophy (1999)
  • Kultur og krise (2002)
  • Daimon (2004), novel
  • Verdens beste land (2009)

References
  1. S, Visiting address; Akerveien 1301st; Phone, 2nd floor 0484 OSLO Mail address P. O. Box 1116 Blindern 0317 OSLO. "Nina Witoszek - Centre for Development and the Environment". www.sum.uio.no. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
  2. "Bio | Nina Witoszek". Retrieved 2020-07-27.
  3. Nina Witoszek Archived 2019-08-10 at the Wayback Machine (Aschehoug)
  4. Hustad, Jon (2003-05-10). "Kosmopolitten". Klassekampen.
  5. "Nina Witoszek". Concilium Civitas (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-07-27.
Awards
Preceded by
Unni Wikan		 Recipient of the Fritt Ord Award
2005		 Succeeded by
Bjørgulv Braanen
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