PhD. Candidate at Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague. He received his MA in Anglophone Literatures and Cultures from Charles University in 2021. His MA thesis Ralph Waldo Emerson, Friedrich Nietzsche, John Dewey, and the Creative Reader was awarded the Mathesius Award by the Vilém Mathesius Foundation for the Promotion of English and American Studies in Prague. In his current PhD. project (currently dir. doc. Erik Roraback, previously late David Lee Robbins, PhD.), he focuses on Euro-American pragmatism, the Trans-Atlantic exchange of ideas, and modern American literature. His areas of research include American pragmatism (Ralph Waldo Emerson), literary modernism (Friedrich Nietzsche), education and philosophy (John Dewey), African American literature (Ralph Elison and James Baldwin) and French theory (Jacques Rancière).
Name of the dissertation: Art and Life with Emerson, Nietzsche, and Rancière
Contact: peter.luba10@gmail.com
2022
Paper presentation at European Society for the Study of English Conference 2022 Mainz hosted by Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany, from 29 August to 2 September 2022.
Seminar 26: “Modernism in Motion”
https://esse2022.uni-mainz.de/files/2022/09/ESSE-MASTER-Programme-310822.pdf
SESSION 2
Luba, Peter. “Ralph Waldo Emerson, Friedrich Nietzsche, William James, and Their Dynamic Approach to Language as a Constituent of Literary Modernism”
2024
Paper presentation at Hradec Králové Anglophone Conference 2024 organized by Pedagogická fakulta Univerzity Hradec Králové, Czechia, 21- 22 March 2024 with the submission:
Luba, Peter. “Creativity, Nihilism, Anthropocene: On Immanent Creativity, Sacrality, and Potentialities in Emerson, Nietzsche, Rancière and Stiegler”
Paper presentation at Emerson: Father of the American Mind on the Influence and Continuing Relevance of Emerson’s Philosophy on Culture conference, organized by Northern Virginia Community College, Virginia – USA, 1-2 June 2024 with the submission later processed into a chapter in the Emerson’s Affinities book, published by Routledge.
Luba, Peter. “Fichte, Emerson, Stiegler, and the Rediscovery of the Immanent Self-Culture in the Era of Dissipation”
Luba, Peter. “Remediation, Empathy, Creative Exegesis: The Potential of Hypermedia for Generation of New Ways of Interpretation in Art and Life.” Hradec Králové Journal of Anglophone Studies Vol. 9, No. 1-2 (2022): 99-113. URL <http://pdf.uhk.cz/hkjas/pi/pdf/vol9nr1_2022.pdf#page=99>.
Luba, Peter. “Rancière’s American Heritage: Transitory Concepts and Gestural Pragmatism.” Idealistic Studies vol. 53, No. 1 (June 2023). URL <https://doi.org/10.5840/idstudies202353149>.
Luba, Peter. “Dreams of Language in the Age of AI: On Neganthropic Linguistic Pragmatism with Emerson, Nietzsche, and Stiegler.” Hradec Králové Journal of Anglophone Studies, Vol. 11, No. 1-2 (2024): 14-22 URL <https://pdf.uhk.cz/hkjas/pi/pdf/vol11nr1_2024.pdf#page=14>
Luba, Peter. “Fichte, Emerson, Stiegler, and the Rediscovery of the Immanent, Self-Culture in the Era of Dissipation,” in Emerson’s Affinities: Father of the American Mind. London and New York: Routledge, 2026. URL < https://www.routledge.com/Emersons-Affinities-Father-of-the-American-Mind/Alexandrov-Stakland/p/book/9781032994017>. Forthcoming on 7 November 2025.
Expert group – Publication team and co-editing of a special issue of the Hradec Králové Journal of Anglophone Studies focused on artificial intelligence and its implementation in the educational process – Reimagining Utopias: Exploring the Philosophical, Creative, and Educational Nexus of AI. Collaborating with OECD Schools+ on the priority area of artificial intelligence in education. A specialized subsection was published in Hradec Králové Journal of Anglophone Studies Vol. 11, No. 1-2, 2024.
URL: <https://pdf.uhk.cz/hkjas/pi/pi_11-1-2024.php>
Editors for the issue:
Mgr. Peter Ľuba (Charles University, Czech Republic)
doc. PhDr. Václav Řeřicha, CSc. (Palacký University in Olomouc, Czech Republic)
Editor-in-Chief:
Mgr. Jan Suk, Ph.D. (University of Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic)
Luba, Peter. “Činnostne zameraný prístup vo výučbe anglického jazyka.” Metodicko-pedagogické centrum, Výzva na spracovanie najlepších pedagogických a odborných skúseností v národnom projekte Profesijný rozvoj učiteľov (TEACHERS) – 5. kolo (2022), 1-45. URL <https://mpc-edu.sk/pages/projects/teachers/nops5_kolo/Luba_2022_web.pdf>.
2024
A month-long research stay at Heidelberg University through the German partner universities program in July 2024.
Mentor during the stay: Prof. Dr. Magnus Schlette, Prof. Daniel S. Malachuk
Subject of the research stay:
Creative Reading with Emerson, Nietzsche, Dewey, and Rancière/ Re-Transcendentalizing Emerson
Erasmus+ Traineeship
September 2024 – February 2025
KA131-HE č. 3328220 ERASMUS+ MOBILITA JEDNOTLIVCŮ Teaching traineeship at Catholic University in Ružomberok. Teaching of Twentieth-century American Literatures seminar, curriculum preparation and administrative tasks; consultations with students; cooperation on research activities.
Erasmus+
Safety in Cybernetic Space
2022-2-SK01-KA122-SCH-000095515, Estonia 2023
Group mobility of school pupils
Well-Being: School-Life Balance as a Part of Healthy Lifestyle
2023-1-SK01-KA122-SCH-000134652, Malta 2023
Group mobility of school pupils
Digital Art and Its Potential for the Creation of Student E- Career Portfolios
2023-1-SK01-KA122-SCH-000115462, Estonia 2023Group mobility of school pupils
Aiming for a Common Goal through The Inclusive Power of Football
2024-1-SK02-KA182-SPO-000229918, Liechtenstein 2024
Job shadowing
Learning Together Through the Power of Inclusive Music and Digital Mathematics
2025-1-SK01-KA122-SCH-000341820, Austria, the Netherlands 2025/2026
Group mobilities of school pupils
Accreditation for Erasmus in vocational education and training
2023-1-SK01-KA120-VET-000191946
Stredná odborná škola Jána Antonína Baťu, Námestie SNP 5, Partizánske
Accreditation for Erasmus in vocational education and training
2024-1-SK01-KA120-VET-000279335
Stredná odborná škola lesnícka Tvrdošín, Medvedzie 135, Tvrdošín
From Science to Sustainability: Digital & Technical Education in Europe
2025-1-SK01-KA122-SCH-000341608 – Liechtenstein, Estonia
Accreditation for Erasmus in vocational education and training
2024-1-SK01-KA120-VET-000279280
Stredná priemyselná škola, SNP 413/8, Myjava
Algebraic Approach Towards Shaping „Minus”in School Mathematics
2022-1-PL01-KA210-SCH-000084007
With Uniwersytet Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Embodying Math & Physics Education
2023-1-PL01-KA210-SCH-000165829
With Uniwersytet Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Goral Culture in V4 Countries – V4 Generation Mobility Mini-Grant No. 12230080 – Poland 2023
Dožinky Done Digitally
V4 Generation Mobility Mini-Grant No. 12420102 – Poland, Slovakia 2024
Media, Safety Online, and Cross-Border Dialogue
V4 Generation Mobility Mini-Grant No. 12510250 – Czechia, Slovakia 2025