Agata Łuksza

Assistant professor in the Institute of Polish Culture, University of Warsaw. She is the author of Glamour, femininity, performance. Actress as an Object of Desire (Warsaw University Press, Theatre Institute 2016) as well as of numerous articles both in Polish and international journals. Her research interests include: the history of late nineteenth and early twentieth-century theatre, particularly theatre fandom history and women’s history; colonial and postcolonial histories; gender, body and sexuality; gothic studies and fan studies. She is a Board Member of the European Association for the Study of Theatre and Performance and the co-editor of its journal European Journal of Theatre and Performance.