POLISH-CZECH-SLOVAK-HUNGARIAN ARTISTIC CONNECTIONS
PROFESSOR EWA SNIEZYNSKA-STOLOT
The course will concern the selected issues of the artistic connections among four Central European nations. The following will be covered: studies of Polish-Czech-Slovak-Hungarian artistic connections; serial and individual production in the visual arts of the 14th and 15th centuries; Gothic architecture in Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary; the Renaissance and the Italian influence in East-Central Europe; the portrait of Sarmatian type in 17th century Poland, Bohemia, Slovakia and Hungary; late Baroque art in the 18th century in Poland, Bohemia, Slovakia and Hungary; cultural institutions in the 19th century as an example of national revival in Poland, Bohemia, Slovakia and Hungary; the art of the 1920»s in Poland, Bohemia, Slovakia, and Hungary. The lectures will be illustrated with slides while some will be given at the National Museum in Cracow.
Mrs. E. Sniezynska-Stolot (b.1939) is Associate Professor
at the Department of Ethnology in Cracow. She obtained an M.A. (1961),
Ph.D. (1969) and habilitation (1993) in art history. She has participated
at numerous international congresses and has organised symposia concerning
the art of Central Europe (Niedzica Seminars). She has been a research
scholar of the Czech, Hungarian and Slovak Academies of Sciences, the Lanckoronski
Foundation ( in Vienna and London) and the Paul Getty Grant Program (USA
1992). Her publications include many articles in Polish and foreign languages
as well as two books in Polish: The Mystery of the Decoration of the
Florian Psalter (1992) and Iconography of Signs of the Zodiac and
Constellations in the Middle Ages (1994). Her current research interest
include the study of the artistic relations between Poland, Bohemia, Slovakia
and Hungary as well as ancient tradition in East-Central Europe and on
the history of ideas.
DIE MALEREI IN MITTELEUROPA IN DEN JAHREN 1890-1990
DR. HABIL. TOMASZ GRYGLEWICZ
Das Seminar wird der Problematik der Malerei in Mitteleuropa um die Jahrhundertwende und im 20. Jh. gewidmet. Es wird die folgende Kunstrichtungen umfassen: Jugendstil, Symbolismus, Modernismus, Expressionismus und Avantgarde. Das Leitmotiv des Seminars wird die regionale Spezifik der Kunst
in Mitteleuropa sein, die im Gegensatz zu der West-und-Osteuropäischen Kunst anders ist. Das Schwergewicht wird auf die Problematik gelegt, die mit der polnischen Kunst verbunden ist. Insbesondere wird aber hier der Krakauer Künstlerkreis hervorgehoben. Die Teilnehmer werden die Möglichkeit haben während des Seminars einzelne Krakauer Sammlungen kennenzulernen. Die Aufmerksamkeit der Teilnehmer wird auch auf die Avantgarde (Ausstellungen, Galerien, Kontakte mit Kunstkritiker und Künstler) gelenkt.
Herr T. Gryglewicz (geb. 1949) ist Stellvertretende Direktor
des Institut für Kunstgeschichte der Jagellonen Universität.
Magisterium (1973), Doktorat (1984) und Habilitation (1994) im Bereich
der Kunstgeschichte. Seine Spezialisierung ist die moderne Kunst. Er ist
Verfasser zahlreicher Aufsätze und Abhandlungen und der volgenden
Bücher über die Kunst: Das Groteske in der polnischen Kunst
des 20. J.h. und Malerei in Mitteleuropa in den Jahren 1900-1914.
Moderne frühavantgardistische Tendenzen (beide in Polnisch).
EASTERN AND CENTRAL EUROPEAN DRAMA OF THE 20TH CENTURY
DR. MALGORZATA SUGIERA
The main purpose of this course is to show to what extent the plays of contemporary Central/East European dramatists such as Slawomir Mrozek, Tadeusz Rozewicz, Vaclav Havel, Istvan Orkeny, Ivo Bresan, Marin Sorescu and Aleksandr Wampilow are rooted in the cultural traditions of their countries as well as in political and social reality of the post-Stalinist period. Chosen plays will be compared in three different aspects: social and dramatic publicity; characters and the problem of identity; and the use and abuse of language. Connections with - and sometimes influences of - the contemporary literary movements of Western Europe are unquestionable, but close interpretation of the individual works will demonstrate that the Central/East European drama firmly refuses to fit into well-defined categories such as Surrealism, Absurd, Post-Absurd, Grotesque, Intertextualism, Postmodernism. This compels the analyst to look for other categories and labels better adjusted to their idiom.
Dieser Unterricht ist auch möglich auf Deutsch.
Mrs. M. Sugiera (b. 1958) is Assistant Professor at the Chair
of Drama, Department of Polish Philology at Cracow. She obtained an M.A.
(1981) and a Ph.D. (1988) in theatrology. She has taught at the University
of Basel, Switzerland and lectured at Bochum, Mainz, Bad Homburg, Salzburg,
Dubrovnik, Lyon and Dijon. Her publications include articles on Central
and Eastern European drama. The areas of her current interest are: the
history and theory of theatre of the 20th century theatre and the discourse
of comedy. She is completing her habilitation on the work of Slawomir Mrozek
in the context of European drama and is preparing a book on contemporary
French drama.
LE THÉÂTRE POLONAIS ET LA SOCIÉTÉ EN RELATION AVEC LE THÉÂTRE DE L'EUROPE CENTRALE
DR. MAREK DEBOWSKI
Cet enseignement propose une réfléxion sur l'identité de la nation polonaise vue par les différents hommes de théâtre, depuis la naissance des spectacles religieux au Moyen Age, jusqu'à la fin du XIX siècle. En particulier, on retracera les aspects spectaculaires des fêtes religieuses médievales et les drames liturgiques, puis, à l'époque de la Renaissance, la création des théâtres académiques et les premières représentations des troupes professionnelles. A l'époque baroque on étudiera d'une part le phénomène des théâtres jésuites et de l'autre les fondations des théâtres de la Cour. Au XVIII siècle le champs de réfléxion s'élargira aux théâtres scolaires et du premier théâtre public de Varsovie créé en 1765. Au XIX siècle on verra que la place que le théâtre tient dans la Pologne démembrée varie suivant les zones occupées par les puissances copartageantes. Dans la zone russe, le polonais banni de l'école et de l'administration, ne fut autorisé qu'au théâtre. Par conséquent, le théâtre fut considéré comme seule refuge de la langue nationale. Dans la zone prussienne, malgré la germanisation, le théâtre, à condition d'être apolitique, pouvait fonctionner en présentant le repertoire "léger". En Galicie, la zone autrichienne, l'octroi des libertés nationales et linguistiques, entraîna de nombreux changements dans la vie intellectuelle et contribua au développment de la vie théâtrale en général.
Monsieur M. Debowski, (né en 1953) est maître
de conférences en théâtrologie à l'Institut
de Civilisation Polonaise de l'Université Jagiellonne et le traducteur
de littérature française. Après l'obtention d'un DEA
de lettres (1978), il a poursuivi des études de doctorat à
l'Université de Nancy II, au Centre Européen Universitaire
et défendu sa thèse à Cracovie en 1987. Dans les années
1988-89, il a été chargé de cours à l'Université
Stendhal à Grenoble. Depuis 1987 il participe aux enseignements
du Centre Européen Universitaire. Auteur de deux livres sur l'histoire
du théâtre européen. Actuellement, il poursuit des
recherches sur le théâtre européen aux XIX et XX siècles.
L'EVOLUTION DU THÉÂTRE CONTEMPORAIN EN EUROPE CENTRALE (ALLEMAGNE, AUTRICHE, POLOGNE)
DR. MAREK DEBOWSKI
Cet enseignement propose une étude des changements du théâtre en Allemagne et en Autriche depuis le théâtre naturaliste (l'oeuvre de Hauptmann) en passant par le drame néoromantique et les mises en scène de Max Reinhard, le drame expressioniste et les débuts de Brecht, jusqu'au théâtre de propagande du Troisième Reich et du régime communiste en Allemagne de l'Est. Ce cours propose une réflexion sur la situation de ce théâtre au carrefour des siècles, sur son évolution entre les deux guerres et sur ses tendances actuelles (théâtre monumental et historique, théâtre intellectuel, théâtre des peintres et théâtre d'avant-garde).
Monsieur M. Debowski, (né en 1953) est maître
de conférences en théâtrologie à l'Institut
de Civilisation Polonaise de l'Université Jagiellonne et le traducteur
de littérature française. Après l'obtention d'un DEA
de lettres (1978), il a poursuivi des études de doctorat à
l'Université de Nancy II, au Centre Européen Universitaire
et défendu sa thèse à Cracovie en 1987. Dans les années
1988-89, il a été chargé de cours à l'Université
Stendhal à Grenoble. Depuis 1987 il participe aux enseignements
du Centre Européen Universitaire. Auteur de deux livres sur l'histoire
du théâtre européen. Actuellement, il poursuit des
recherches sur le théâtre européen aux XIX et XX siècles.
L'AVANT-GARDE LITTÉRAIRE DE POLOGNE
PROFESSOR STANISLAW JAWORSKI
Le cours derait présenter les principaux points de l'histoire de l'avant-garde littéraire de Pologne (courants, groups, programmes, auteurs), ansi que l'évolution de la pensée d'avant-garde. Le but principal: démontrer l'importance du mouvement d'avant-garde pour la littérature polonaise toute entière, pour son évolution au XXème siècle.
Mr. S. Jaworski (b. 1934) is Professor at the Department of
Polish Philology, Chair of the Theory of Literature and Historical Poetics,
at Cracow. He obtained degrees in Polish philology: an M.A. (1956), a Ph.D.
(1965) and a habilitation (1975). He has lectured on Polish literature
and culture at the universities of Grenoble, Nancy and Lion. His publications
include the following books in Polish: Avant-Garde (1992) and I
write, hence I am (1993). His research interests cover the theory of
literature, particularly the issues of the creative process, and the history
of Polish literature in 20th century.
POLISH ROMANTICISM IN THE EUROPEAN CONTEXT
PROFESSOR MARIA KORYTOWSKA
Lectures will consider Polish Romanticism in comparison with other European Romanticisms in the following aspects: (1) historical events conditioning a creation of romantic tendencies in Poland (Congress in Vienna 1815, November Insurrection 1830, Great Emigration, January Insurrection 1863) and in other countries; (2) general features of the Polish Romantic ideology (liberty, tradition, progress, patriotism, messianism, individualism, gnoseology, anthropology, nature, poetry, etc.) compared with main European ideas; (3) romantic genology (drama, lyrical poetry, epic poems, letter); (4) most important poetical works of the best Polish poets compared to the similar European literary achievements (influence, resemblance, specificity). Lectures will apply the methods of comparative literature.
Cet enseignement est aussi possible en Français.
Mrs. M. Korytowska (b. 1947) is Associate Professor and Chair
of Comparative Literature at the Department of Polish Philology at Cracow.
Her publications include numerous articles and several books in Polish:
Mythical Structure of S³owacki's Imagination, Kraków
1979; Romantic Mystical Poetry: Ballanche, Novalis, S³owacki,
Kraków 1989 and On Adam Mickiewicz's 'Forefather', forthcoming.
The focal area of her research interest is romanticism, with particular
reference to romantic gnoseology and anthropology.
PHILOSOPHY IN CENTRAL EUROPE IN THE 19TH - 20TH CENTURIES
PROFESSOR JAN WOLENSKI
The purpose of this course is to present philosophical ideas stemming from Central Europe. A connection between philosophy, culture and politics will be stressed. The topics of the lectures will be the following: (1) Introduction. The Neurath-Haller Thesis: Austrian philosophy as an alternative to German idealism; (2) Bernard Bolzano; (3) Franz Brentano (predecessors, the development of Brentano's philosophy, descriptive psychology and intentionality, logic and language, reism, ethics, the significance of Brentano); (4) The development of Brentanism: (a) Brentanism in Prague: Marty, young Brentanists, Masaryk; (b) Carl Stumpf, Christian von Ehrenfels, and psychology; (c) Alexius von Meinong and the Graz School; (d) Brentanism and Husserl; (6) Philosophy and culture in Central Europe; (7) Philosophy in Poland: Kazimierz Twardowski and Polish analytic philosophy; other movements; (8) The Vienna Circle; (9) Philosophy, Central Europe, and Marxism; (10) The place of Central European thought in the world philosophy.
Mr. J. Wolenski (b. 1940) is Professor at the Department of
Philosophy at Cracow. He graduated in law and philosophy. His main interests
concern philosophical logic, history of logic and philosophy in Poland,
legal philosophy, and epistemology. He has published over 400 papers and
several books, the later including: The Lvov-Warsaw Philosophical School,
1985 (in Polish) and 1989 (in English), Logische Rationalismus Philosophische
Schriften der Lemberg-Warschauer Schule (hrs. von D. Pearce und J. Wolenski),
1988, Kotarbiñski: Logic, Semantics, and Ontology (ed. by
J.Wolenski), 1990 (in Polish), Polish Scientific Philosophy (ed.
by F. Coniglione, R. Poli, and J. Wolenski), 1993 (in English), Metamathematics
and Epistemology, 1993 (in Polish), Philosophical Logic in Poland
(ed. by J. Wolenski), 1994 (in English).
CIVILISATIONAL AND CULTURAL
CHANGE
IN POST-COMMUNIST
SOCIETIES
PROFESSOR PIOTR SZTOMPKA
This course will concern an important, and perhaps even the core aspect of revolutionary transformations in Central and Eastern Europe - the changes of culture and civilisation. The analyses will focus on the emergence of new social norms, values, rules of conduct, role models, life-styles, symbols and stereotypes. In these areas the barriers of and the opportunities for social advancement will be sought. The purpose of the seminars will be twofold. First, they will attempt to identify and empirically describe ongoing changes in the area of culture and civilisation in post-communist societies. This will be achieved with the help of existing sociological assessments, survey data, systematic observations, content analysis of the media and even artistic and literary works. The second purpose will be to use current theories of social change in order to analyse and interpret civilisational and cultural transformations.
Mr. P. Sztompka (b. 1944) is Professor at the Department of
Sociology, Chair of Theoretical Sociology and Head of the Center for
Analysis of Cultural Change „Europe '89" in Cracow. He has been visiting
professor at Columbia, UCLA, Ann Arbor, Bologna, Rome and other universities,
and research fellow at Berkeley, Harvard, Oxford and Uppsala. He is Member
of Academia Europaea, London and Member of the Board of the International
Sociological Association. In 1995 he received the „New Europe Prize", an
award founded by six world-leading centres of advanced studies. His publications
include many articles and several books, mostly published in English: The
Sociology of Social Change, Oxford 1993, Sociology in Europe: In
Search of Identity, (with B. Nedelmann), Berlin 1993 and Society
in Action, Cambridge 1991, Rethinking Progress, (with J. Alexander),
London 1990. His current research concerns the theory of social change
and the civilisational and cultural aspects of transformation in Central
and Eastern Europe.
THE MASS
MEDIA AND PUBLIC
OPINION
IN CENTRAL
AND EASTERN EUROPE
PROFESSOR TOMASZ GOBAN-KLAS
The role of communication in society can be studied from very different perspectives - the comparative media studies approach is one of them. A comparison of the American media system, for example, with the Communist one can be particularly illuminating. The course will investigate the history, theory and practice of the communication systems in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in order to:
(1) Examine the factors affecting the exchange of information by people in this region; (2) Discover some of the links between economics, politics, society, history, ideology, professionalism, and the media; (3) Understand on their own terms how the systems of mass media in this region functioned and how they have changed. The course will provide insight into the process of the formation and subsequent disintegration of the monolithic communication system in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, with particular emphasis on the Polish and Hungarian cases. Among subjects that will be investigated are doctrines of the media, censorship, underground publications, Gorbachev's Glasnost, new media and business communication, public opinion. Videotapes of TV broadcasts about Eastern Europe will be shown and discussed.
Mr. T. Goban-Klas (b. 1942) is Professor at the Department
of Sociology and Head of the Chair of the Sociology of Culture and Communication
at Cracow. He has lectured at several universities in the United States
and Europe and held research fellowships at Stanford and Seoul. He has
published ten books, together with more than one hundred articles in major
journals, both in Poland and abroad. His most recent books are: The
Orchestration of the Media. The Politics of Mass Communication in Communist
Poland and the Aftermath, Boulder 1994 (in English) and Mass Media in Poland,
Warszawa 1992 (in Polish). He specialises in communication research.
NATIONALISM AND NATIONAL
INTEGRATION
IN CENTRAL
AND EASTERN EUROPE
DR BOGUSLAWA BEDNARCZYK
Nationalism is the most successful political ideology in human history. In two centuries since its first formulation in the writings of European philosophers, it has caused the political map of the world to be completely redrawn, with the entire land surf ace now divided between nation-states. Nevertheless, nearly all of these states contain ethnic or cultural minorities within their borders that are only imperfectly integrated into the national society. The process, problems and frequent failures of natio nal integration are issues of central importance in the contemporary world. The main object of this course is to relate the theory of nationalism to the practice of national integration. The course contains an outline of the way in which nationalist theor y emerged together with an analysis of the criticisms that have been levelled against it. Next it explains the processes that are summed up by the term 'national integration'; examines the normative arguments that have been advanced in support of criticis m of these processes; and discusses the vexed contemporary question of circumstances in which cultural minorities within a national state can reasonably be said to have rights. In addition, the aim of the course is to discus the further question of whethe r such minorities, if territorially concentrated, can ever have the right to secede. A set of hypothesis will also be included in order to explain why nationalist movements have become more prominent in the past two decades. In this respect, the course w ill focus on co-operation between ethnic groups and ruling establishments as a prerequisite to long-term peace in Europe, notably in those areas where there has been a preference for stridently nationalistic politics.
.Mrs. B. Bednarczyk (b. 1944) is Associate Professor at the
Department of Political Science at Cracow. She holds an M.A. (1969) and
a Ph.D. (1977) in law. She has taught at Western universities (Southern
Connecticut State University in New Haven, Institute of European Studies
in Vienna and NATO Defense College in Rome) and has been research scholar
at Western institutions (John Hopkins University, Yale University, International
Institute of Human Rights in Strasbourg). Her publications include articles
in Polish and foreign periodicals. Her main fields of research are the
contemporary history of European legal and political movements and ideas,
human rights and the protection of minority rights in new democracies in
Central and Eastern Europe. Habilitation in 1995 in political science.
Honorary fellowship London University School of Slavonic and East European
Studies. The most important recent publications: "Nationalism, Ethnic Minorities
a nd Human Rights in Post-Cold-War Central and Eastern Europe" (1994, in
English), "Predicting the New Europe; The Collapse of the Old Regimes and
the Outburst of Nationalistic Disputes" (1995, in English), "Labour Party;
Political, Soci al and Ideological Dilemmas" (1995, in English).
THE SOCIAL
HISTORY OF COMMUNISM
AND POST-COMMUNISM
IN EASTERN
EUROPE
DR. KRZYSZTOF GORLACH
The main objective of the course is to provide students with a better understanding of the phenomena of communism and post-Communism through the presentation of the various theories of the rise and fall of communism in Eastern Europe. Basic knowledge of major historical developments will be given. Particular attention will be paid to the role of major 'social actors'. The course will concern such issues as the nature of Soviet-type systems, power relations in Soviet-type societies, the position and role of various social strata (intelligentsia, workers and peasants) under communism and in the period of systemic transformation. The following questions will be addressed: What was the departure point of the systemic transformation in Eastern Europe? What are the results of the transformation processes in the different countries? Where is Eastern Europe heading? Will Western style democracies emerge or will new forms of authoritarian regimes develop? Is Eastern Europe vulnerable to a new type of totalitarianism? What are the prospects of new democracies or pseudo - democracies shaken by ethnic, religious, political or class conflicts?
Mr. K. Gorlach (b. 1954) is Associate Professor at
the Department of Sociology at Cracow. He obtained an M.A. (1978) and a
Ph.D. (1986) in sociology. His publications include books and articles
about rural sociology, such as Peasants in Contemporary Poland,
1991 (in Polish), Rural Poland in the Process of Systemic Transformation,
1993 (in Polish), Peasants, Farmers, Entrepreneurs: The "Akward Class"
in Post-Communist Poland, 1995 (in Polish) and Family Farming
in the Contemporary World: East-West Comparisons, 1995 (in English).
His research concerns rural sociology with particular reference to the
changes of family farming in Poland and the United States, social movements
and recent processes of socio-political transformation in Eastern Europe.
He was involved in several research projects, including Social Protests
in Eastern Europe under Post-Communism co-ordinated by the Center for
European Studies at Harvard University.
SOCIAL LIFE
AND SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS
IN POLAND
UNDER COMMUNISM
PROFESSOR LESZEK DZIEGIEL
The course will present ethnographic observations on the life, studies and work of the Jagiellonian University students and graduates from 1949 to 1956. Case studies of personal experience and data from Polish press of that period will be discussed and analysed. The following issues will be covered: the role of the Communist Party and youth organisations in selecting the candidates for studies; social and material problems of students' existence in an alien city; standards of everyday life; forbidden fashions, music and entertainment; studies in the ideologically 'land-locked' country; a 'Western' snob as an answer to the officially imposed 'Eastern' models of life; subculture of student dormitories and lodging-houses; university military training and its 'folklore'; political tension, police control and the feeling of claustrophobia; frustrations and aspirations of students and youth; the world-view forming role of tourism and mountain hiking; school of independence spirit among the informal groups; contacts with the neighbouring communist world; the life of jobless graduates on the margin of 'normal' existence; first symptoms of the 'political thaw': film, press and radio; growing social role of jazz; political upheavals of 1955 and 1956; Hungarian tragedy and Polish hopes of change seen from the perspective of Cracow students and graduates.
Mr. L. Dziegiel (b. 1931) is Professor at and Head
of the Department of Ethnology at Cracow. He obtained an M.A. (1955), a
Ph.D. (1972) and a habilitation (1982) in ethnology - economic anthropology.
His habilitation book concerned Rural Community of Contemporary Iraqi
Kurdistan Facing Modernisation, Kraków 1981 (in Polish). His
fields of research include: Polish folk and popular culture, rural communities
of developing countries (Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya), and the socio-cultural
impact of the communist system upon the educated strata of the Polish society.
FROM YALTA TO MALTA AND BEYOND
PROFESSOR GUNNAR BOEHNERT, GUELPH UNIVERSITY, CANADA
The lecture and discussion course focuses on the 55-year period, from the outbreak of World War II to the reemergance of Russia as a power factor in Europe, that saw some unprecedented and historic events take place in Europe, the United States, and Russia. World War II destroyed the political map of Europe established by the Versailles Treaty, and produced a political landscape of Europe which ushered in the 45-year long Cold War. The Cold War period saw Europe split into half, divided by an "Iron Curtain", and had the United States and the Soviet Union face each other with unimaginable nuclear arsenals. In 1989 the world witnessed the collapse of the Soviet empire in the East-Central Europe, followed by the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. The years 1992-94 saw the disintegration of what was once the Soviet Union followed soon by a more assertive Russia determined to reestablish hegemony over the territory of what was once the Soviet Union and an ill-defined "near abroad". The course also discusses the period 1994-97.
Mr. G. Boehnert (b. 1932) is Associate Professor at
the Department of History, University of Guelph, Canada. He has extensive
European experience. He is a military historian and former military officer,
who has specialised on contemporary military topics related to NATO and
the Warsaw Pact. He is presently working on post-1989 European security
issues. His publications include many articles and three books of which
he is a co-author/co-editor: Strategies for Peace and Security in the
Nuclear Age: Proceedings, Guelph 1985, Contemporary History: Europe
Between the Superpowers, University of Guelph 1988, and Beyond Solidarnośæ:
Essays on Poland's Past and Present, University of Guelph 1992.
DIE SICHERHEIT UND ZUSAMMENARBEIT IN EUROPA
PROF. DR. ERHARD CZIOMER
Die Themen dieses Vorlesung: (1) Die Voraussetzungen und Entwicklungstendenzen der europäischen Sicherheit nach 1945, (2) Die neuen Heraus-forderungen für die europäische Sicherheit in den 90-er Jahren, (3) Die neue Rolle der NATO, (4) Die Weiterentwicklung der KSZE, (5) Die gemeinsame Aussen- und Sicherheitspolitik der Europäischen Union, (6) Russland als Faktor der europäischen Sicherheit, (7) Die sicherheitspolitische Dimension des Balkankonflikts, (8) Die Sicherheitspolitik Polens.
Herr E. Cziomer (geb. 1940) ist ordentlicher Professor der
Jagellonen Universität, Lehrstuhlinhaber für Internationale Beziehungen
am Institut für Politische Wissenschaften. Doktorat (1972), Habilitation
(1976) im Bereich der neusten europäischen Geschichte. Mitglied verschiedener
wissenschaftlicher Organisationen im In- und Ausland, u.a. Westinstitut
(Posen), Ausschuss für Politische Wissenschaften der Polnischen Akademie
der Wissenschaften (Warschau), Ranke Gesellschaft (Kiel), Institut für
Mitteleuropa und Donauraum (Wien). Experte des polnischen Aussenministeriums
(Warschau). Mehrere Forschungs- und Lehraufenthalte im Ausland, darunter
Gastprofessur an der Universität Bonn. Die wichtigsten Veröffentlichungen:
Die Rolle der Hexagonale im europäischen Einingungsprozess,
Kraków 1992 (in Polnisch) und Deutsche Geschichte 1945-1991,
Kraków 1991 (in Polnisch).
INTEGRATION OF CENTRAL
AND EASTERN EUROPEAN
COUNTRIES
INTO THE EUROPEAN
UNION AND NATO
DR. MAREK KUCIA
The course will discuss the politics, economics and social aspects of the integration of Poland and other Central and Eastern European countries into the European Union and NATO from 1989 onwards. In particular, it will analyse and evaluate the implementation of the Association Agreements of Poland and other countries of the region with the European Communities. Special stress will be laid on the social background and consequences of the integration processes as well as the evolution of public opinion. The course will concern Poland with references and comparisons to other countries of Central and Eastern Europe.
Mr. M. Kucia (b. 1962) is Assistant Professor at the Department
of Sociology and Director of the School of Central and Eastern European
Studies at Cracow. He obtained M.A. degrees in political science (1986)
and in sociology (1988). After postgraduate studies at Oxford and Cracow
he received a Ph.D. in sociology (1992). He has held a post-doctoral scholarship
at Oxford and has worked as a consultant for Gallup, London on public opinion
research projects concerning Central and Eastern Europe. His publications
include research reports (in English) on Business Ethics in Poland,
1994 and Public Opinion on Mass Privatisation in Poland, 1993. His
current research concerns the integration of Poland and other former East
block countries into the European Union. To research and to teach the issues
of European integration he has been awarded a Jean Monnet Fellowship by
the European Commission.
REGIONALE ZUSAMMENARBEIT IN MITTELEUROPA
PROF. DR. ERHARD CZIOMER
Die Themen dieses Vorlesung: (1) Geschichtliche Voraussetzungen der Zuzammenarbeit in Mitteleuropa, (2) Der neue Regionalismus in den 90-er Jahren, (3) Die Mitteleuropäische Initiative, (4) Die Visegrader Kooperation, (5) Die Frage der nationalen Minderheiten in Mitteleuropa, (6) Der Westen und der Reformprozess in Mitteleuropa, (7) Die regionale Zusammenarbeit Polens, (8) Zusammenfassung: die Gegenwart und die Zukunft der regionalen Zusammenarbeit in Mitteleuropa.
Herr E. Cziomer (geb. 1940) ist ordentlicher Professor der
Jagellonen Universität, Lehrstuhlinhaber für Internationale Beziehungen
am Institut für Politische Wissenschaften. Doktorat (1972), Habilitation
(1976) im Bereich der neusten europäischen Geschichte. Mitglied verschiedener
wissenschaftlicher Organisationen im In- und Ausland, u.a. Westinstitut
(Posen), Ausschuss für Politische Wissenschaften der Polnischen Akademie
der Wissenschaften (Warschau), Ranke Gesellschaft (Kiel), Institut für
Mitteleuropa und Donauraum (Wien). Experte des polnischen Aussenministeriums
(Warschau). Mehrere Forschungs- und Lehraufenthalte im Ausland, darunter
Gastprofessur an der Universität Bonn. Die wichtigsten Veröffentlichungen:
Die Rolle der Hexagonale im europäischen Einingungsprozess,
Kraków 1992 (in Polnisch) und Deutsche Geschichte 1945-1991,
Kraków 1991 (in Polnisch).
POLEN UND DEUTSCHLAND IN EUROPA
PROF. DR. EHRHARD CZIOMER
Die Themen der Vorlesung: (1) Die geschichtliche Dimension der deutsch-polnischen Beziehungen, (2) Die Entkwicklungstendenzen der deutsch-polnischen Beziehungen nach 1945, (3) Polen und die deutsche Einheit 1990, (4) Die neuen Rahmenbedingungen und Bestimmungsfaktoren der deutsch-polnischen Zusammenarbeit in den 90-er Jahren, (5) Die neuen Vertragsgrundlagen in den 90-er
Jahren, (6) Die Entwicklung der politischen Zusammenarbeit, (7) Die europäische Dimension der deutsch-polnischen Zusammenarbeit, (8) Die wirtschaftliche Kooperation und Zusammenarbeit, (9) Die regionale und grenzüberschreitende Zusammenarbeit, (10) Die deutsche Minderheit in Polen, (11) Polen in Deutschland, (12) Das deutsch-polnische Jugendwerk, (13) Das Deutschland- und Polenbild in beiden Ländern, (14) Die menschlichen Kontakte und humanitären Fragen, (15) Zusammenfassung: die Gegenwart und die Zukunft der deutsch-polnischen Beziehungen.
Herr E. Cziomer (geb. 1940) ist ordentlicher Professor der
Jagellonen Universität, Lehrstuhlinhaber für Internationale Beziehungen
am Institut für Politische Wissenschaften. Doktorat (1972), Habilitation
(1976) im Bereich der neusten europäischen Geschichte. Mitglied verschiedener
wissenschaftlicher Organisationen im In- und Ausland, u.a. Westinstitut
(Posen), Ausschuss für Politische Wissenschaften der Polnischen Akademie
der Wissenschaften (Warschau), Ranke Gesellschaft (Kiel), Institut für
Mitteleuropa und Donauraum (Wien). Experte des polnischen Aussenministeriums
(Warschau). Mehrere Forschungs- und Lehraufenthalte im Ausland, darunter
Gastprofessur an der Universität Bonn. Die wichtigsten Veröffentlichungen:
Die Rolle der Hexagonale im europäischen Einingungsprozess,
Kraków 1992 (in Polnisch) und Deutsche Geschichte 1945-1991,
Kraków 1991 (in Polnisch).
HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
DR. BOGUSLAWA BEDNARCZYK
The purpose of this course is to demonstrate that respect for and protection of human rights is a crucial factor of 'good governance' and a major source of legitimacy for those who govern. The course is designed to review and assess the progress made in the field of human rights, and identify obstacles to their full implementation as well as ways in which they can be overcome. Discussing the process of making and implementing rules about human rights as well as the political philosophies underlying the global debate about human rights, the course will explore the past, present, and future of human rights in world politics. Against this background, emphasis will be placed on the examination of the relationship between human rights, development and democracy with particular attention to the role of the CSCE Human Dimension Missions, The Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), and the CSCE Conflict Prevention Mechanisms and Procedures. Among the principal features of the international system for human rights protection the following issues will be taken into consideration: (1) Is it possible for states and other actors to take effective action to protect human rights globally? (2) Or must they sacrifice human rights on the altar of national power struggle? (3) What has been done, what is being attempted now, and what are the prospects of improved protection of human rights in the future.
.Mrs. B. Bednarczyk (b. 1944) is Associate Professor at the
Department of Political Science at Cracow. She holds an M.A. (1969) and
a Ph.D. (1977) in law. She has taught at Western universities (Southern
Connecticut State University in New Haven, Institute of European Studies
in Vienna and NATO Defence College in Rome) and has been research scholar
at Western institutions (John Hopkins University, Yale University, International
Institute of Human Rights in Strasbourg). Her publications include articles
in Polish and foreign periodicals. Her main fields of research are the
contemporary history of European legal and political movements and ideas,
human rights and the protection of minority rights in new democracies in
Central and Eastern Europe. Habilitation in 1995 in political science.
Honorary fellowship London University School of Slavonic and East European
Studies. The most important recent publications: "Nationasilm, Ethnic Minorities
a nd Human Rights in Post-Cold-War Central and Eastern Europe" (1994, in
English), "Predicting the New Europe; The Collapse of the Old Regimes and
the Outburst of Nationalisty Disputes" (1995, in English), "Labour Party;
Political, Socia l and Ideological Dilemmas" (1995, in English).
THE FORMATION
OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS
IN THE NEW
CENTRAL AND EASTERN
EUROPEAN DEMOCRACIES
AFTER 1989
PROFESSOR HIERONIM KUBIAK
The course will discuss the issue of the formation of the democratic political systems in the former communist countries of Europe in several aspects. (1) Theoretical context - contemporary concepts and models of political systems; civil society and state, parties and party systems. (2) Historical context: (a) the consequences of the Yalta - Potsdam political and military arrangement for Europe, and (b) Central and Eastern European routes of escape from the system of state socialism. (3) Beliefs and ideologies - national, political, religious - in today's Central and Eastern European countries. Their social conditioning, intertwining and mutual reinforcement. (4) New institutions and procedures. Internationalisation of constitutional law. Effectiveness and legitimacy. (5) Social movements and political parties. Transitions from the single party system to multi-partism. (6) Old and new elites: intellectuals, politicians, managers, leaders of mass movements. (7) Political alienation and oligarchization: the old heritage and new causes.
Mr. H. Kubiak (b. 1934) is Professor at the Department of
Sociology at Cracow and former Director of the Polonia Institute. After
post-graduate studies at the Jagiellonian University, Columbia University
and University of Chicago, he worked on ethnicity, nation-building processes,
international relations and politics. His publications include fourteen
books and over one hundred papers, essays and research reports. Recently
published books in English include: International Consequences of Ethnic
Conflict, Berlin 1993, National Security in a Changing International
Environment, Oxford 1993, International Consequences of the Ethnic
Conflicts in Eastern Europe, Hamburg 1993 and Social Sciences and
the Challenge of Transition: The Polish Case, Council of Europe, Strasbourg
1994.
COMPARATIVE POLITICS: FROM EASTERN TO CENTRAL EUROPE
PROFESSOR TERESA SASINSKA-KLAS
This course will examine, in a comparative perspective, the emergence, existence and collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe. It will focus on certain institutions (party, state, trade unions, army, church and others) and will analyse the political cultures, ideologies and policies of various East European countries. The topics to be discussed will include: official communist ideology and its legitimacy; the communist party and state institutions; centrally planned economies and social structure; the political context of transition from Eastern to East Central Europe; the economic dilemmas and challenges of post-communism; the security problem of Eastern Europe.
Mrs. T. Sasinska-Klas (b. 1948) is Associate Professor at
the Department of Political Science and Head of the Chair of Journalism
at Cracow. She obtained an M.A. degree in sociology (1970), a Ph.D. (1977)
and a habilitation (1993) in political science. She has published numerous
articles on the transition from communism to post-communism in East-Central
Europe, on the legitimacy of political power and security issues. The areas
of her current interest include the process of systemic transition in East-Central
Europe and the role of the media in the political transition.
CONSTITUTIONALISM AND SOCIAL
CHANGE
IN CENTRAL
AND EASTERN EUROPE
PROFESSOR GRAZYNA SKAPSKA
The course in its first section will present basic issues related to modern constitutionalism and social change. It will discuss modern constitutionalism in the light of the theory of democracy, the constitution as a result of democratisation processes, and as a product but also an instrument of civil society. It will present the main institutions protecting constitutional order (constitutional courts and tribunals) and will discuss concepts of rights, privileges and entitlements. In the second, the course will deal with constitutional and social, political and economic changes after the German Unification Treaty and the constitutional changes in Russia and in Central Europe. The third and concluding section will focus on the problems of emerging constitutional culture as a culture of consensus and tolerance in a pluralistic society and as an instrument for the formation of civil society and modern citizenship.
Mrs. G. Skapska (b. 1948) is Professor at the Department of
Sociology at Cracow. She obtained M.A. degrees in law (1970) and in sociology
(1974), a Ph.D. in law (1978) and a habilitation in the sociology of law
(1992). She has taught at the Central European University, Prague, the
Centre of Socio-Legal Studies, Wolfson College, Oxford and the universities
of Sydney in Australia and Washington in Seattle. She has published numerous
articles, the most recent in English being: The Legacy of Anti-Liberalism,
in: Marxism and Communism, (ed.) M. Krygier, Amsterdam 1994. The
areas of her current research interest include the emerging institutional
order in transformational processes and the theory and development of civil
society after the collapse of communism and the theory of legality.
POLITICAL PARTIES IN POST-COMMUNIST COUNTRIES AFTER 1989
DR. KATARZYNA SOBOLEWSKA-MYSLIK
The course will concern itself with the political parties which emerged in post-communist countries after 'velvet revolutions' of 1989. It is designed to present not only political parties as organisations, but also to consider the problem of their possible and real role in the period of political transformation from communism to democracy. The course will consider the political parties of Poland and other Central and Eastern European counties and will discuss their ideologies. The focus of the course will be on the problems connected with the functioning of political parties as new elements in the political systems. The problems to be discussed include: (1) The emergence of political parties; (2) Parties in the political system; and (3) Political parties and society.
Mrs. K. Sobolewska-Myslik (b. 1958) is Assistant Professor
at the Department of Political Science, Chair of Contemporary Political
Systems, at Cracow. She has published articles on the problems of democratic
transition in Spain. Currently, she is concerned with democratic transformation
in Poland and other post-communist countries.
THE CONSOLIDATION
OF DEMOCRACY
IN CENTRAL
AND EASTERN EUROPE
DR. ARTUR GRUSZCZAK
This course will concern theoretical and practical aspects of the processes of democratic consolidation in Poland and other Central and Eastern European countries. The purpose of the seminar will be twofold. Firstly, it will present theoretical approaches, conceptions and models of democratic consolidation. Secondly, it will aim to identify, describe and evaluate systemic transformations in Central and Eastern Europe in the context of achievements of political change and prospects for the consolidation of democracy.
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Mr. Artur Gruszczak (b. 1965) is Assistant Professor
at the Chair of International Relations, Department of Political Science
at Cracow. He earned an M.A. (1988) and a Ph.D. (1993) in political science.
He has held visiting scholarships in Madrid and Vienna. He has published
numerous articles in Polish, English and Spanish on the international problems
of Latin America as well as the issues of democratic transition in East-Central
Europe and Latin America. Currently, he is involved in comparative research
on the consolidation of democracy in East-Central Europe and its international
repercussions.
PATHOLOGIES IN THE NEW
DEMOCRACIES
IN CENTRAL
AND EASTERN EUROPE
DR. ARTUR GRUSZCZAK
This course will discuss a specific category of socio-political phenomena which to a considerable degree determine systemic changes in the region and have a strong impact upon the processes of democratic consolidation. Such issues as corruption, patronage, clientelism and organised crime will be dealt with in a theoretical as well as realistic perspectives. Some mechanisms and phenomena associated with those pathologies affecting the political system will also be covered: structures of power and the government, such as delegitimation, overload, ungovernability and the existence of reserved domains.
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Mr. Artur Gruszczak (b. 1965) is Assistant Professor
at the Chair of International Relations, Department of Political Science
at Cracow. He earned an M.A. (1988) and a Ph.D. (1993) in political science.
He has held visiting scholarships in Madrid and Vienna. He has published
numerous articles in Polish, English and Spanish on the international problems
of Latin America as well as the issues of democratic transition in East-Central
Europe and Latin America. Currently, he is involved in comparative research
on the consolidation of democracy in East-Central Europe and its international
repercussions.
THE ROLE
OF ELITES IN THE TRANSFORMATIONS
OF
THE CENTRAL
AND EASTERN EUROPEAN
COUNTRIES
PROFESSOR JACEK WASILEWSKI
The course will discuss the characteristics of the 'old' and 'new' economic and political elites in Poland and other Central and Eastern European Countries and their roles in the emerging economic and political systems. Foci of interest will include: the social background of the elites, their political affiliations, inter-relations between the political and the economic elites, the old and the new 'nomenklatura', the functioning of elite pressure groups and political representations, similarities and differences among elites in the former Soviet-block countries.
Mr. J. Wasilewski (b. 1945) is Professor at the Department
of Sociology at Cracow. He obtained an M.A. (1969) and a Ph.D. (1977) and
a habilitation (1990) in sociology. He lectured at universities in the
United States (Stanford, Orlando, Stevens Point and others). His publications
include the book Social Processes of the Recruitment of the Regional
Power Elites, 1990 (in Polish) and numerous articles both in Polish
and English. His current research interest remain the formation and the
functioning of political and economic elites.
CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF EASTERN EUROPE
DR. KAZIMIERZ BARAN
This course offers a comparative constitutional history of the countries of Eastern Europe from the Middle Ages to the end of World War II. The Medieval and Renaissance sections of the course emphasise the ways in which Eastern Europe differed substantial from the West: the rise of a new serfdom in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries east of the Elbe, the relatively liberal patterns of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth with its habeas corpus for gentry, etc. The following partitions of the Commonwealth are seen as the decline of any challenge to despotism in Eastern Europe. For the nineteenth century, the Enlightenment, liberalism and nationalism are the basic notions presented, while for the inter-war period of the twentieth century, the emphasis of the course is on the drift of East European states - except for Czechoslovakia - from parliamentary democracies to authoritarian governments. Finally, a detailed diplomatic history of the period 1939-1945 is presented, with particular stress on the Teheran (1943) and Yalta (1945) conferences.
Mr. K. Baran (b. 1944) is Associate Professor at the Department
of Legal History at Cracow. He received an M.A. degree in English Philology
(1969) and a Ph.D. degree in legal history (1976). He has lectured on various
aspects of Polish history and culture to foreign students in the Summer
School of the Jagiellonian University and at several universities abroad
(Stanford University, California, Cleveland State University and the Institute
of European Studies in Vienna). His publications include many articles
and two books: High Treason in England until the End of Stuart Era,
Kraków 1982 (in English) and The Accuser and the Accused Before
the English Courts Under Tudors and Early Stuarts, Kraków 1994
(in Polish). His research focuses on the political and legal problems of
the 16th and 17th century England.
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN POLAND
DR. KAZIMIERZ BARAN
This course deals with the complex relationships between the Church and the State and the impact of the Church on the religious and national life of the Poles throughout their history. The following periods will be covered by the lectures: 10th - 18 century, 19th century - 1939 (non-existence of
Poland as a state and the Second Republic), World War Two (the Church and the Nazi occupation), post-war period (the Church and the Communist State). In addition to attending lectures, the participants in this course will visit places connected with the history of Church-State relations and will meet representatives of the Catholic clergy.
Mr. K. Baran (b. 1944) is Associate Professor at the Department
of Legal History at Cracow. He received an M.A. degree in English Philology
(1969) and a Ph.D. degree in legal history (1976). He has lectured on various
aspects of Polish history and culture to foreign students in the Summer
School of the Jagiellonian University and at several universities abroad
(Stanford University, California, Cleveland State University and the Institute
of European Studies in Vienna). His publications include many articles
and two books: High Treason in England until the End of Stuart Era,
Kraków 1982 (in English) and The Accuser and the Accused Before
the English Courts Under Tudors and Early Stuarts, Kraków 1994
(in Polish). His research focuses on the political and legal problems of
the 16th and 17th century England.
THE SOCIO-POLITICAL
ROLE OF THE ROMAN
CATHOLIC CHURCH
IN POLAND
AFTER 1989
DR ANNAMARIA ORLA-BUKOWSKA
In order to discuss the role of the Roman Catholic Church in Poland in the aftermath of the 1989 revolution, one must first understand the reasons why - of all the postcommunist nation-states - only Poland is the political significance of a religious inst itution being debated. This course will begin with a layperson's introduction to the Roman Catholic Church as a while, and to the Church in Poland in particular. A historical and political background of Catholicism in this country will be laid upon which the social and cultural contexts will be drawn. Among the areas to be covered will be the shaping of a Polish identity identified with Catholicism, and of the Church's role as a bearer of Polish culture. Specific issues which will be presented and discuss ed will be the role of clerical protagonists and personalities; the Church and minority group issues; controversities such as the 1965 open letter to German bishops and the Carmelite Convent at Auschwitz; Church involvement in election campaigns; and the polemics of abortion right, religion in public schools, and the Concordat in the transition toward civil society. The goal will be not only to learn historical facts regarding the Roman Catholic Church in Poland, but to comprehend the actions of different sociopolitical players from various points of view.
Dr Annamaria Orla-Bukowska is a social anthropologist, currently
employed in the Institute of Sociology, Jagiellonian University. Her general
areas of interest are folklore, political anthropology, and study of ethnic
minorities. She has conducted specific research on minority relations with
majority cultures; ethnic, religious, and national identity; stereotypes;
racism and nationalism; and, especially, Catholic-Jewish issues.
HISTORY OF EAST EUROPEAN JEWS
DR. KAZIMIERZ BARAN
This course provides a framework to understand the complex issues of the history of the Jews in Eastern Europe from the Middle Ages until the present. In the classes relating to the Renaissance, the emphasis is on Jews living in a constitutionally and socially unique state, the Commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania, characterised by limited royal power, flourishing parliamentarism, habeas corpus for the gentry, and neo-serfdom in rural relationships. This uniqueness affected the legal status of the Jewish population. In this context, the remarkable rise and development of the autonomy of Polish Jews from the 16th through the 18th century - particularly the Jewish parliament or Vaad - are extensively discussed. The nineteenth century history of Polish Jews is viewed through the prism of the policies of Poland's parititioners - Austria, Prussia, and Russia. This history is put into the context of Poland's dramatic attempts to restore its lost independence. The history of Jews in inter-war Poland is analysed in its whole complexity - a complexity reflective of the dynamism of Jewish culture and economy versus the rising anti-semitism of the young Polish bourgeoisie. The presentation of the Holocaust focuses on both known and less known facts. Using materials such as memoirs, prevailing attitudes and events are examined.
Mr. K. Baran (b. 1944) is Associate Professor at the Department
of Legal History at Cracow. He received an M.A. degree in English Philology
(1969) and a Ph.D. degree in legal history (1976). He has lectured on various
aspects of Polish history and culture to foreign students in the Summer
School of the Jagiellonian University and at several universities abroad
(Stanford University, California, Cleveland State University and the Institute
of European Studies in Vienna). His publications include many articles
and two books: High Treason in England until the End of Stuart Era,
Kraków 1982 (in English) and The Accuser and the Accused Before
the English Courts Under Tudors and Early Stuarts, Kraków 1994
(in Polish). His research focuses on the political and legal problems of
the 16th and 17th century England.
INTRODUCTION TO CONTEMPORARY JEWISH IDENTITIES
DR. JONATHAN WEBBER, OXFORD UNIVERSITY
This course introduces the main features of contemporary Jewish identities. It will show how the role of traditional religious practices, both public and domestic, has changed in modern times. Study visits will be made to selected remaining Jewish sites in southern Poland, including the one functioning synagogue in Kraków, as well as to the Stara Bó¿nica Museum. The course will thus present the wide range characteristic of contemporary Jewish culture-from the varieties of living Judaism, on the one hand, to its museological representations on the other, as well as more popular images of Polish-Jewish life such as those transmitted through folk art and Jewish cultural festivals.
An intensive course and field trips in the Spring semester.
Mr. J. Webber is Fellow in Jewish Social Studies at the Oxford
Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Hebrew Centre Lecturer in Social
Anthropology at University of Oxford, and Research Fellow of Wolfson College.
He is a founding member of the International Council of the Auschwitz State
Museum and chairman of its standing committee for education. He has co-authored
the English-language volume, Auschwitz: A History in Photographs
(Auschwitz Museum and Indiana University Press, 1993) and has written widely
in the field of modern Jewish sociology, including an edited volume, Jewish
Identities in the New Europe (the Littman Library of Jewish Civilization,
1994). In 1992-95 he directed a major European «Tempus» project
linking the Jagiellonian University with the universities of Oxford and
Oldenburg in the study of civil society in Europe after Auschwitz. Supported
by a special grant from the Economic and Social Research Council of the
UK, he has conducted research in Poland for a number of years on contemporary
Polish-Jewish issues, as well as on the remaining physical post-Holocaust
relics and traces of Polish-Jewish civilization.
NATIONAL- UND FREIHEITSBEWEGUNGEN
IN MITTELEUROPA
UND AUF DEM BALKAN IM 19.JH.
UNIV.-DOZ. DR. ANTONI CETNAROWICZ
An der Wende des 18./19.Jh. wird in Mittel- und Südosteuropa der Prozess der Entstehung des modernen Nationalbewusstseins eingeleitet. Für die meisten der Habsburger Monarchie gehörenden Völker beginnt die sogennante nationale Wiedergeburt, anfangs vom kulturellen, später vom politischen Charakter. Die Nationalitätenfrage war zweilfellos ein Desintegrationsfaktor für die Vielvölkermonarchie, aber sicherlich keine einzige Ursache ihres Verfalls. In diesem Seminar sollen wir u.a. versuchen, diese Frage zu analysieren. Auf dem Balkan nahmen die unter türkischer Herrschaft verbleibenden Völker zu Beginn des 19.Jh. einen Befreiungskampf auf, der mit Entstehung zuerst halbunabhängiger, dann völlig souveräner Staaten endete. Die Balkanvölker kämpften oft gemeinsam um die Befreiung, suchten auch die Unterstützung bei Großmächten. Wir wollen uns mit der Geschichte der Südslawen, ihrem Weg zur Emanzipation, sowie auch der Genese und Entwicklung der jugoslawischen Idee und mit den Problemen des Austroslawismus und Panslawismus beschäftigen.
Herr A. Centnarowicz (geb. 1944) ist Dozent im Historischen
Institut der Jagellonen Univeristät. Magisterium (1969), Doktorat
(1981) und Habilitation (1991) im Bereich der Geschichte. Sein Habilitationsbuch
betrifft die Slowenische Nationalbewegung und ihr Verhältnis zu
den polnischen Angelegenheiten in den Jahren 1848-1879. Herr Cetnarowicz
ist Mitglied der Historischen Komission der Polnischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
(PAN), Abteilung Krakau, und Sekretär der Mitteleuropäischen
Komission der Akademie (PAU). Seine Forschungen konzentrieren sich hauptsächlich
auf die Geschichte des 19.Jhs., unter besonderer Berücksichtigung
der nationalen Bewegungen und der Nationalitätenfrage.
EUROPEAN CULTURE: DIVERSITY WITHIN UNITY
DR. ANDRZEJ FLIS
The topics of the course will be the following: (1) What is Europe? Geography - culture - history - expansion. (2) Is Europe any distinct entity? Tradition - religion - institutions. (3) European culture versus the great civilisations of the East. Europe - China - India. (4) European civilisation as a precarious synthesis of two - in many respects opposite - traditions: the Graeco-Roman and Jewish. (5) Activism and anthropocentrism of Europe versus cosmo - vital conception of unity of the East. (6) European individualism and Eastern collectivism. (7) Western linear understanding of time versus cyclical time typical of all other great civilisations. (8) European ideal of science (empirical and nomothetic) as against (speculative) Indian and (application - oriented) Chinese concept. (9) Christian values and symbols - religious roots of Europe. (10) Cultural foundations of capitalism and modern democracy. (11) Heterogeneity within unity: Protestantism - Catholicism - Orthodox Church. (12) Alternative paths of history - the peculiarity of Central and Eastern Europe.
Mr. A. Flis (b. 1953) is Associate Professor at the Department
of Sociology at Cracow and President of Universitas, the Jagiellonian University
Publishers. He earned M.A. degrees in sociology (1976) and philosophy (1979),
a Ph.D. (1983) and a habilitation (1991) in sociology. He held visiting
scholarships and lectured in over twenty foreign universities, such as
Columbia, New York, Johns Hopkins, Bologna; Rome, Graz, Sydney, Camberra,
Jerusalem, Beijing and the CEU Prague. His publications include numerous
articles and two books, one in English: Social Time and Temporality
(with Peter Seel), Cracow 1994. His current research deals with European
culture and its relation to other world cultures.
CULTURE OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
DR. ANDRZEJ FLIS
The topics of the course will be the following: (1) The emergence of Eastern Europe: from Byzantine Empire to Orthodox Russia. (2) Church and State. God and Tsar: the autocratic tradition in Eastern Europe and its social consequences. (3) From tsarism to communism and beyond: revolution or evolution? (4) Ukraine: thousand years in search of national identity. (5) The Balkans: Christendom under the Islamic yoke. (6) Between East and West: The Habsburg Central European Empire. (7) Poland: Latin heritage and the noble ethos. (8) Bohemia: pre-Reformation revolt and the rise of the urban culture. (9) Hungary: from glorius past to Versailles truncation. (10) Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania: the Baltic fringe of Latin Europe.
Mr. A. Flis (b. 1953) is Associate Professor at the Department
of Sociology at Cracow and President of Universitas, the Jagiellonian University
Publishers. He earned M.A. degrees in sociology (1976) and philosophy (1979),
a Ph.D. (1983) and a habilitation (1991) in sociology. He held visiting
scholarships and lectured in over twenty foreign universities, such as
Columbia, New York, Johns Hopkins, Bologna; Rome, Graz, Sydney, Camberra,
Jerusalem, Beijing and the CEU Prague. His publications include numerous
articles and two books, one in English: Social Time and Temporality
(with Peter Seel), Cracow 1994. His current research deals with European
culture and its relation to other world cultures.
ETHNICITY AND REGIONALISM IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
PROFESSOR ZDZISLAW MACH
The course describes ethnic and regional diversity of Eastern and Central Europe and discusses contemporary social and cultural issues connected with ethnicity and regionalism. Special emphasis is put on the current rebirth of ethnicity and on relations between the new identities of ethnic and regional minorities and new nationalisms. Social processes and problems are presented within the framework of sociological and anthropological concepts and theories. Transformation of Central and Eastern European societies is discussed in comparison with processes in other regions of Europe, and in connection with European integration.
Mr. Z. Mach (b. 1954) is Professor at the Department of Sociology,
Head of the Inter-Faculty Centre for European Studies and Dean of the Faculty
of Philosophy at Cracow. He obtained an M.A. degree in sociology (1978),
a Ph.D. (1984) and a habilitation (1990) in sociology and anthropology.
He has taught at the University of Chicago, University of Oxford and Université
Paul Valéry Montpellier III. He has held visiting fellowships at
St. John's College, Oxford, Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies,
European University Institute, Florence and others. His publications include
numerous articles and three books, the most recent being Symbols, Conflict
and Identity: Essays in Political Anthropology, Albany 1993 (in English).
His research interests include symbols and rituals, political and national
symbolism, social and cultural identity, ethnicity and nationalism, migration
and cultural aspects of European integration.
CULTURE AND NATIONALISM IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
PROFESSOR ZDZISLAW MACH
The course will deal with nationalism as a political and cultural phenomenon. It will analyse the process of the formation of nationalism in Central and Eastern Europe, relations between nationalism as ideology and social movement and cultural development in the changing social, economic and political environment. Within the theoretical framework based on the most advanced literature on the subject, contemporary processes will be analysed to provide understanding of widely discussed and important dimensions of social life in the region, such as new ethnicity, religious fundamentalism, existence and popularity of various political organisations which explore nationalistic sentiments.
Mr. Z. Mach (b. 1954) is Professor at the Department of Sociology,
Head of the Inter-Faculty Centre for European Studies and Dean of the Faculty
of Philosophy at Cracow. He obtained an M.A. degree in sociology (1978),
a Ph.D. (1984) and a habilitation (1990) in sociology and anthropology.
He has taught at the University of Chicago, University of Oxford and Université
Paul Valéry Montpellier III. He has held visiting fellowships at
St. John's College, Oxford, Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies,
European University Institute, Florence and others. His publications include
numerous articles and three books, the most recent being Symbols, Conflict
and Identity: Essays in Political Anthropology, Albany 1993 (in English).
His research interests include symbols and rituals, political and national
symbolism, social and cultural identity, ethnicity and nationalism, migration
and cultural aspects of European integration.
SYMBOLS IN POLITICS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
PROFESSOR ZDZISLAW MACH
The course will analyse the place of symbolic structures in politics of contemporary Central and Eastern Europe. On the basis of the most advanced theoretical models developed in sociology and social anthropology, the following issues will be discussed: current processes and the meaning of symbolic events such as political mythology, mythologised history, political rituals, relations between religious, national and political symbolism. Contemporary cultural processes will be placed in the historical perspective and in the broad political, social and ideological context, and illustrated by various examples of recent and current events. The aim of the course will be to explain and understand some crucial social and cultural processes, and to show that symbolic forms are not just expressions of political and social structures and events, but are active factors in the social dynamics.
Mr. Z. Mach (b. 1954) is Professor at the Department of Sociology,
Head of the Inter-Faculty Centre for European Studies and Dean of the Faculty
of Philosophy at Cracow. He obtained an M.A. degree in sociology (1978),
a Ph.D. (1984) and a habilitation (1990) in sociology and anthropology.
He has taught at the University of Chicago, University of Oxford and Université
Paul Valéry Montpellier III. He has held visiting fellowships at
St. John's College, Oxford, Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies,
European University Institute, Florence and others. His publications include
numerous articles and three books, the most recent being Symbols, Conflict
and Identity: Essays in Political Anthropology, Albany 1993 (in English).
His research interests include symbols and rituals, political and national
symbolism, social and cultural identity, ethnicity and nationalism, migration
and cultural aspects of European integration.
THE SOVIET ECONOMIC SYSTEM
PROFESSOR STANISLAWA T. SURDYKOWSKA
The purpose of this course is to introduce students into the model of the former Soviet Economy, to familiarise them with the reasons of the collapse of the Soviet Economic System and to foster the understanding of the relations between economic reforms in the Central European countries and in the Soviet Union. The course commences with the presentation of the historical background of the planned economic system. The political and social reasons for the development of the traditional centralised Soviet System are discussed (macroanalysis). The main features of the Soviet economy are exemplified by cases of Soviet industrial enterprises (microanalysis). Finally, the main problems of transitional period to market economy are presented.
Mrs. S. T. Surdykowska (b. 1944) is Professor at the Jagiellonian
School of Business. She obtained degrees in economics: an M.A. (1968),
a Ph.D (1974) and habilitation (1982). For five years (1990-1995) she has
taught at Fordham University and Seton Hall University in New York. She
has also lectured at Columbia University, Rutgers University and New School
for Social Research in New York. Her publications include books, articles,
essays and research papers, the most recent being a book on Privatisation
(in Polish, 1995).
TRANSITION PERIOD
TO MARKET ECONOMY
IN POST-COMMUNIST
COUNTRIES
PROFESSOR STANISLAWA T. SURDYKOWSKA
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the main problems of the transition period to market economy, to foster students to the roots of the transition to market economy in the Post-Communist countries, to discuss the specific problems of this transition to a free market economy for countries of the former Soviet Bloc (individual country case studies) and to discuss the problems of the transition period in the context of the global problems of the World Economy. The course will also discuss the opportunities and challenges awaiting Western businesses interested in doing business with post-communist countries.
Mrs. S. T. Surdykowska (b. 1944) is Professor at the Jagiellonian
School of Business. She obtained degrees in economics: an M.A. (1968),
a Ph.D (1974) and habilitation (1982). For five years (1990-1995) she has
taught at Fordham University and Seton Hall University in New York. She
has also lectured at Columbia University, Rutgers University and New School
for Social Research in New York. Her publications include books, articles,
essays and research papers, the most recent being a book on Privatisation
(in Polish, 1995).
PRIVATISATION
PROFESSOR STANISLAWA T. SURDYKOWSKA
The course will begin with a general description of the privatisation process in developed and developing countries. Privatisation boom in the world will be discussed. The privatisation methods will be exemplified by a presentation and discussion of the individual country case studies. The course will elaborate privatisation in developed countries (Great Britain and France), emerging markets (Mexico and Argentina) and post-communist countries (Russia, Poland, former East Germany, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia). Emphasis will be placed upon the specific privatisation transactions and recognition of opportunities and challenges which privatisation offers in doing business with those countries, especially in the context of foreign investment risk calculation. Current participation of foreign capital in privatisation in those countries will also be presented.
Mrs. S. T. Surdykowska (b. 1944) is Professor at the Jagiellonian
School of Business. She obtained degrees in economics: an M.A. (1968),
a Ph.D (1974) and habilitation (1982). For five years (1990-1995) she has
taught at Fordham University and Seton Hall University in New York. She
has also lectured at Columbia University, Rutgers University and New School
for Social Research in New York. Her publications include books, articles,
essays and research papers, the most recent being a book on Privatisation
(in Polish, 1995).
PRIVATISATION AND SMALL
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
IN POLAND
AND OTHER CENTRAL
AND EASTERN EUROPEAN
COUNTRIES
DR. JACEK KLICH
The course will concern the major processes of the emergence and development of free market economies in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. The following issues will be covered: (1) Legal framework for privatisation procedures; (2) Main methods and techniques implemented to transfer ownership from the state (commercialisation, liquidation, capital privatisation and mass privatisation), (3) Reprivatisation, (4) Dynamics of small business development and (5) Governmental support for small companies.
Mr. J. Klich (b. 1958) is Assistant Professor at the Chair
of Economics, Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University.
He has held numerous research fellowships at the universities in Western
Europe and America, such as London Guildhall University, Ruhr-Universität
Bochum, University of Edinburgh, University of Buffalo and University of
Michigan. His areas of interest include processes of property transformation
in Poland and other post-communist countries compared to the privatisation
in the developed market economies, socio-economic consequences of market
reforms in Poland and other post-communist countries, with particular reference
to the issue of unemployment, and the development of the small businesses
in the developed and developing market economies.
LES PROBLÈMES D'INTÉGRATION
ÉCONOMIQUE
DES PAYS MEMBRES DU GROUPE DE VISEGRAD
DR. TADEUSZ KOLODZIEJ
Le cours présentera les problèmes auxquels sont confrontés les pays membres du groupe de Visegrad (Pologne, République Tchèque, Slovaquie et Hongrie) dans leur tentative de rapprochement économique basé sur les méchanismes du marché. Les questions suivantes seront traitées: (1) L'intégration des pays - membres du groupe de Visegrad comme introduction à l'intégration avec le reste de l'Europe, (2) Les investissements étrangers directs des pays de la Communauté Européenne comme élément d'intégration du groupe de Visegrad et comme facteur de rapprochement de ces pays avec l'Union Européenne; (3) La législation des pays - membres du groupe de Visegrad sur l'afflux capitaux étrangers.
Monsieur T. Kolodziej (né en 1948) est Professeur Assistant
à la Chaire d'Economie de l'Université Jagiellonne. Il a
obtenu son DEA à Varsovie (1971), son doctorat à Cracovie
(1976) où il a aussi défendu sa thèse d'habilitation
(1984). Il a enseigné à l'Institut Supérieur d'Etudes
Sociales à Lumumbashi au Zaïre, ainsi qu'à l'Université
de Grenoble. Ses recherches actuelles portent sur les relations économiques
internationales, les problèmes du développement économique,
le marketing et le management.
PUBLIC POLICY IN ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION
DR. ALEKSANDER SURDEJ
The course will present and discuss the institutional assets of public policy making during the post-communist transition after 1989. The following dimensions of public policy making will be analysed: (1) the role of the state during transition; (2) the identification of public policy areas; (3) the mechanism of agenda setting; (4) the techniques of consensus building; (5) the structure of decision making; (6) the role of interest groups; (7) the emergence of lobbies and lobbying in Polish politics. The course will elaborate and discuss the case studies that exemplify the problems of public policy making in contemporary Poland.
Mr. A. Surdej (b. 1961) is Assistant Professor at the Department
of Sociology at Cracow. He obtained M.A. degrees in economics (1985) and
sociology (1987). After his graduate studies in Poland, he studied international
relations at the Johns Hopkins University (Diploma in 1990) and was a postgraduate
researcher in political economy at the European University Institute in
Florence in 1990-93, where he chaired the Working Group on East-West Policy
Studies. He obtained a Ph.D. in social sciences (1994). His expertise covers
the areas of public policy, comparative politics, welfare state and ownership
transformations. He has published in English and Polish about the Political
dynamics of economic transformations and interest group politics. His current
research concerns the mechanism of public policy making, particularly,
social security reforms.
INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF THE HOLOCAUST
DR. JONATHAN WEBBER, OXFORD UNIVERSITY
This course focuses on Auschwitz as the main symbol of the Holocaust and the difficulties of understanding and representing these key elements of twentieth-century European history. The purpose of this course is to develop a consciousness of the great complexity both of the Holocaust itself and of the problematics in trying today to make sense of it. The main emphasis will therefore be not only on a historical knowledge of what actually happened but also on the sociological and museological aspects of how to explain and comprehend it, including popular mythologies. The course will consist of a flexible mix of lectures, group discussions, and the critical viewing of selected video films. Two full days will be spent at Auschwitz and Birkenau, undertaking detailed studies of the site and the exhibitions there, in turn followed by analyses of the way in which the historical memory has been shaped by what is to be seen there.
An intensive course and field trips in the Fall / Autumn semester.
Mr. J. Webber is Fellow in Jewish Social Studies at the Oxford
Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Hebrew Centre Lecturer in Social
Anthropology at University of Oxford, and Research Fellow of Wolfson College.
He is a founding member of the International Council of the Auschwitz State
Museum and chairman of its standing committee for education. He has co-authored
the English-language volume, Auschwitz: A History in Photographs
(Auschwitz Museum and Indiana University Press, 1993) and has written widely
in the field of modern Jewish sociology, including an edited volume, Jewish
Identities in the New Europe (the Littman Library of Jewish Civilization,
1994). In 1992-95 he directed a major European «Tempus» project
linking the Jagiellonian University with the universities of Oxford and
Oldenburg in the study of civil society in Europe after Auschwitz. Supported
by a special grant from the Economic and Social Research Council of the
UK, he has conducted research in Poland for a number of years on contemporary
Polish-Jewish issues, as well as on the remaining physical post-Holocaust
relics and traces of Polish-Jewish civilization.
WOMEN IN THE CONTEMPORARY
WORLD:
A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
PROFESSOR TERESA SASINSKA-KLAS
The objective of this course is to introduce students into the study of women's role in present and past societies of various cultures. The following issues will be discussed: women's movement in Europe in general and in countries such as Italy and Spain, Germany and France, the United Kingdom and Sweden; women in Eastern Europe; the model of women in Russia under Communism, women in Poland under Communism and in the transition period to democracy; women in the media, participation of women in the mass media industries; abortion: women's rights and illegality, social and religious dilemmas; women and religion; women in politics.
Mrs. T. Sasinska-Klas (b. 1948) is Associate Professor at
the Department of Political Science and Head of the Chair of Journalism
at Cracow. She obtained an M.A. degree in sociology (1970), a Ph.D. (1977)
and a habilitation (1993) in political science. She has published numerous
articles on the transition from communism to post-communism in East-Central
Europe, on the legitimacy of political power and security issues. The areas
of her current interest include the process of systemic transition in East-Central
Europe and the role of the media in the political transition.