mgr Aleksandra Socha
Research interests and projects
Psychopolitics
psychoanalysis
psychology and popular culture
horror cinema
film studies
PhD supervision
dr hab. Joanna Ziarkowska-Ciechanowska (Department of North American Cultures and Literatures)
Selected publications
“Spectatorship and Affect in Contemporary Horror: Is There Room For Post-Horror in the Body Genre?”, European Journal of American Studies special issue (scheduled for early 2027) “The Pajamification of The Zookeeper’s Wife”, Folio, issue 8(21), 2023, pp. 14-21 “The Uncanny and Abjection in Candyman: A Psychoanalytical Reading of Bernard Rose’s Candyman”, Folio, issue 7(20), 2022, pp. 69-72.Older publications can be found on the complete list in PBN
Conferences
Conferences
“21st-century Psychopolitics: From Biopolitics to Neoliberal Psychology”, Popular Culture Association National Conference, Popular Culture Association, April 16-19, 2025.
“‘I Never Asked to Be Attached to You’: Monstrous Representations of Bodily Autonomy, Morphological Freedom, and Reproductive Rights in Post-Roe v. Wade Horror Cinema”, Southwest Popular/American Culture Association 2024 Summer Salon Conference, Southwest Popular/American Culture Association, June 20-22, 2024.
“Which Holocaust Narratives Are Appropriate and Which Are Banned: Pajamification, Historical Uncanny, and Morality Tales Within Autobiographical, Non-fiction, and Fiction Holocaust Texts”, Lived Experiences International PhD Conference 2024, Centre for Literary and Intermedial Crossings na Vrije Universiteit Brussel, June 7-8, 2024.
“More Than The Sum of Its Chills and Thrills: Mental Health in Modern Horror Cinema", Southwest Popular/American Culture Association 2024 45th Annual Conference, Southwest Popular/American Culture Association, February 21-24, 2024.
“The Appropriation of Truth in Today's Technological World: Social Media, True Crime, and Biopics” Interdisciplinary Forum #PRAWDA, MISHuS Student Association at the The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, May 10, 2023.