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, above all, Art and Life. His areas of research include American pragmatism (Ralph Waldo Emerson), literary modernism (Friedrich Nietzsche), education and philosophy (John Dewey), and French theory (Jacques Rancière).
Contact: peter.luba10@gmail.com
Dissertation title: Art and Life with Emerson, Nietzsche, and Rancière
Conference Presentations:
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”, SESSION 2. Luba, Peter. “Ralph Waldo Emerson, Friedrich Nietzsche, William James, and Their Dynamic Approach to Language as a Constituent of Literary Modernism”
Academic Articles
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.
Luba, Peter. “Rancière’s American Heritage: Transitory Concepts and Gestural Pragmatism.” Idealistic Studies vol. 53, No. 1 (June 2023).
Specialized Articles
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.
Project Portfolio – Coordinator in School Education
Erasmus+
Safety in Cybernetic Space – 2022-2-SK01-KA122-SCH-000095515 – Estonia 2023
Well-Being: School-Life Balance as a Part of Healthy Lifestyle KA122-SCH-628D7B40 – Malta 2023
Digital Art and Its Potential for the Creation of Student E- Career Portfolios KA122-SCH-1D4A3502 – Estonia 2023
Visegrad Fund
Goral Culture in V4 Countries – V4 Generation Mobility Mini-Grant No. 12230080 – Poland 2023