Courses
Opole University (Institute of English Studies)
- Academic Writing 1 & 2 (academic year 2010/2011, 2011/2012, 2012/2013)
- Language Skills: Speaking & Writing (2nd year) (academic year 2013/2014), 2014/2015, 2015/2016, 2016/2017 (winter semester)
Wszechnica Świętokrzyska (English Department)
- History of American Literature (academic years: 2007/2008 (classes), 2008/2009 (classes), 2009/2010 (classes), 2010/2011 (classes and lectures), 2011/2012 (classes and lectures), 2012/2013 (classes and lectures), 2013/2014 (classes and lectures), 2014/2015 (classes and lectures), 2015/2016 (classes)
- Translation of Technical Texts (academic years: 2014/2015, 2015/2016)
- Translation of Legal Texts (academic years: 2014/2015, 2015/2016)
- Computer-Aided Translation Technology (academic years: 2014/2015, 2015/2016)
- Introduction to Subtitling (academic years: 2014/2015, 2015/2016)
- Translation in Administration (academic year: 2014/2015)
- Translation of Literary Texts (academic year: 2014/2015)
- Business Translation (academic year: 2014/2015)
- Integrated Skills (academic years: 2007/2008, 2008/2009, 2010/2011, 2011/2012, 2012/2013, 2013/2014, 2014/2015, 2015/2016)
- Introduction to Literary Studies (academic years: 2007/2008, 2008/2009)
- Speaking (academic years: 2007/2008, 2008/2009, 2009/2010)
Wyższa Szkoła Zarządzania Ochroną Pracy (English Department)
- Introduction to Literary Studies (academic year 2011/2012)
- U.S. Culture (academic year 2011/2012)
- History of the USA (academic year 2011/2012)
Research
American Literature
- 19th century prose & poetry, particularly Edgar Allan Poe's life and output, gothic literature
- Muslim American Literature, particularly novels by Michael Muhammad Knight
- philosophy in literature
- the phenomenon of death in American literature
English Literature
- Pre-Romantic poetry, particulary the so-called Graveyard Poetry
- depictions of cemeteries in English literature
- the concept of Antichrist in English literature
Selected articles
Mihułka, J. Nietzschean Will to Power in Edgar Allan Poe's „Ligeia”. In: Crosscurrents: Culture, Literature and Language, Ed. Ryszard W. Wolny. Kielce: Wszechnica Swietokrzyska, 2008. 65-73.
Mihułka, J. Śmierć w osiemnastowiecznej poezji angielskiej wobec śmierci w wirtualnym świecie XXI wieku – zmiana percepcji? In: Idea przemiany 2. Zagadnienia literatury, kultury, języka i edukacji. Eds. P. Fast, M. Duś. Częstochowa: Wydawnictwo Wyższej Szkoły Lingwistycznej 2008. 157-170.
Mihułka, J. The Concept of Mourning in Wordsworth’s Poems. In: On Time. Reflections on Aspects of Time in Culture, Literature and Language. A Festschrift in Honour of Andrzej Ciuk. Ed. Ryszard W. Wolny. Opole: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Opolskiego, 2009, 96-108.
Mihułka, J. Various Depictions of Cemeteries in Graveyard Poetry. In: Exploring the Notion of Space in Cultural, Literary and language studies. Eds. Andrzej Ciuk, Katarzyna Molek-Kozakowska. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010.
Mihułka, J. Evil Incarnate: The Representations of Antichrist in the Seventeenth-Century English Literature. In:Philologica Wratislaviensia: From Grammar to Discourse. Vol. 4. Ed. Z. Wąsik. Frankfurt am Main: PeterLang Verlag, 2012. 161-177.
Mihułka, J. Muhammad Was a Punk Rocker: The Depiction of Islam in The Taqwacores by Michael Muhammad Knight. In: American and British Studies Annual. Vol. 7. Ed. S. Bubikova. University of Pardubice Press, 2014. 48-62.
Teaching & Research