Łukasz Kiełpiński

PhD Candidate at the Doctoral School of Humanities, University of Warsaw. His research combines theory and history of film with critical theory. He is the principal investigator of a research grant examining the contribution of Central and Eastern European emigrants to the postwar American film avant-garde (“Pearls of Science,” funded by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education). He conducted research in this field at the University of Toronto (2023–2024), Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen (IWM) as a Jerzy Giedroyc Fellow (2024–2025), and the University of California, Berkeley, as a Fulbright Junior Researcher (2025–2026). Recipient of Graduate Research Award from Polish Studies Association. His work has been published in Kwartalnik Filmowy, Kultura Współczesna, Stan Rzeczy, Pleograf, IWM Post, and Ekrany. He is also a film critic awarded in Krzysztof Mętrak Competition for the best Polish film criticism from young contributors (2023-2025).