The course will be a combination of seminars and field study. The seminars will be devoted to particular phenomena in the history of Polish art. They will cover such topics as: (1) Veit Stoss /1438?-1533/, the most outstanding sculptor of the fall of Gothic; (2) Sigismund Chapel /1517-1533/, "the pearl of Renaissance to the North of the Alps"; (3) Polish portrait painting of the 17th and 18th century as an example of the Sarmatian Culture; (4) Beginnings of the Polish museum collections and their first founders in the Enlightenment Period; (5) Role of the painting of Jan Matejko /1838-1893/ and Piotr Michalowski /1801-1855/ (Polish Romanticism); (6) Stanislaw Wyspianski /1869-1907/ as the most versatile artist of the Young Poland Movement; (7) Art of the 20th century: Artistic output of Tadeusz Kantor /1915-1991/; (8) Masterpieces of the Czartoryski Collection. The field study component is meant to provide illustrative material to the course. It will be held in the museums of Cracow and will include trips outside the city.
Ms Barbara Szyper
(b. 1950) is the Curator of the Mediaeval Art Department of the Cracow National Museum. She obtained her first M.A. degree in English philology (1973) and her second M.A. in history of art (1977) from the Jagiellonian University. In 1977 she started to work as an assistant at the Chair of Mediaeval Art, Jagiellonian University Department of History of Art. In 1979 she became an assistant in the Mediaeval Art Department of the Cracow National Museum. In 1992 she was appointed Head of the College for New Europe by International Cultural Centre, Cracow, and Jagiellonian University. She organises summer courses on various problems of culture and society in contemporary Central and Eastern Europe for international students. She published books on important objects of art in Cracow (Obrazy relikwiarzowe z Kaplicy Kusnierzy w Kosciele Mariackim, 1982; Krakowskim szlakiem Wita Stwosza, 1983; 450 rocznica smierci Wita Stwosza, 1984; Michal Lancz z Kitzingen, Tryptyk zasniecia Marii, 1991) and exhibition catalogues (Kunst aus Krakau, Graz 1984; Polen im Zeitalter der Jagiellonen, Schallaburg 1986).
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.
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 glorious 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.
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.
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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.
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 1988-93, 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.
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. S'agissant du théâtre en Pologne, ce cours propose une réflexion sur sa situation 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 1988-93, 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.
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 taught at Fordham University and Seton Hall University in New York. She 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).
Prof. S. T. Surdykowska (Jagiellonian University and Academy of Economics, Kraków)
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 taught at Fordham University and Seton Hall University in New York. She 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).
The course will be divided into three parts: the first one will review basic financial and banking theory (instruments, institutions, markets) and trends in the global financial markets (deregulation and its consequences, technological progress, globalisation of transactions). Then the course will describe the development of the Polish banking and capital markets. The final part will concentrate on comparing the changes in global and Polish markets and predicting its future development. In the last part students will also present their case-studies
Dr Ewa Miklaszewska
has M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from Kraków Academy of Economics and M.A. degree from Johns Hopkins University. She participated in professional courses at Harvard Business School, MIT and Wharton School of Business. She is Assistant Professor at the Applied Economics Dept., Faculty of Law, Jagiellonian University, where she teaches banking and finance. She also teaches Financial Management in English-language MBA programs at Warsaw University of Technology School of Business and Swiss-based European University, Warsaw Center, and in English Track program of Kraków Academy of Economics. She is an author of one book and editor of three books about banking and financial markets and of many publications in scientific journals.
Prof. S. T. Surdykowska, (Jagiellonian University and Academy of Economics, Kraków)
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 taught at Fordham University and Seton Hall University in New York. She 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).
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 Jagiellonian Business School. 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.
The course is designed for students interested in education, comparative education, educational management, and teachers training. It outlines the educational system in Poland, its history and changes introduced by the current educational reform. This outline is sketched against a broader background of European educational traditions: encyclopaedic, humanistic, and naturalistic. Also the specific socio-cultural settings of Polish educational system are taken into account. Second area covered by the course deals with different forms of teachers' training both initial and in-service. Finally, the current problems of school management are discussed in the light of planned changes to be introduced within the framework of the reform. Students have the opportunity to visit schools and to talk to the headteachers and other educational officers.
Dr Jan Luczynski
is Assistant Professor at the Department of Public Affairs of the Jagiellonian University. He graduated from psychology at the Jagiellonian University and worked in the Department for Developmental and Educational Psychology at the same university until 1996 when he started his current position. He has published extensively on the cultural factors in individual development both in Poland and internationally. He has taught courses in developmental psychology, educational psychology, cultural psychology for undergraduate and graduate students in psychology and in teachers' training. Currently he is involved in a project sponsored by TEMPUS on school management and co-operation across social services together with the universities in Oxford, Leuven, and Halle.
The course will consist of lectures, discussions and study trips. It will deal with nature conservation in Poland, in particular with national parks, species protection, and problems of endangered species. Air, soil, water, and living organism contamination in the region of Central and Eastern Europe will be discussed. The following subjects will be covered: long distance transport of pollutants
- an international issue, the Baltic Sea contamination, environmental problems in industrial areas, human health in contaminated areas, monitoring system in a city and alternative techniques. A discussion will be held on how to protect environment. A study trip will be organised to one of the most polluted areas in Poland.
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 national 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 theory 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 criticism 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 whether 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. In 1995 she obtained her habilitation in political science. She has taught at Western universities (Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, Institute of European Studies in Vienna, NATO Defence College in Rome and Christian-Albrechts-University in Kiel, Germany) 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. Honorary fellowship London University School of Slavonic and East European Studies. The most important recent publications: "The Future of Europe and the Problem of National Minorities" (1997, in English), "The Historical Lessons of Human Rights: In Search of a New Approach" (1997, in English), "Liberalism: Rights and Justice and their Application in Eastern European Democracies" (1998, in English), "Preventing Ethnic Conflicts and Protecting Minority Rights in Democratic System; Options and Implications" (1998, in English).
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.
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.
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 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 Solidarnosc: Essays on Poland's Past and Present, University of Guelph 1992.
The aim of the course is to present and analyse the changes in Central Europe from the Yalta Agreement, up to the consequences of the 1989 revolution and the collapse of the Berlin Wall. Teaching will be based on lectures, discussions and student work on various collections of relevant documents. A three-fold approach will be applied: an overview of the situation in the region in European, or rather global perspective; closer analysis of situation of each particular state in the region and finally several topics will concentrate on evaluation of political, social and mental processes witnessed in the years 1944-1998.
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.
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.
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. In 1995 she obtained her habilitation in political science. She has taught at Western universities (Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, Institute of European Studies in Vienna, NATO Defence College in Rome and Christian-Albrechts-University in Kiel, Germany) 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. Honorary fellowship London University School of Slavonic and East European Studies. The most important recent publications: "The Future of Europe and the Problem of National Minorities" (1997, in English), "The Historical Lessons of Human Rights: In Search of a New Approach" (1997, in English), "Liberalism: Rights and Justice and their Application in Eastern European Democracies" (1998, in English), "Preventing Ethnic Conflicts and Protecting Minority Rights in Democratic System; Options and Implications" (1998, in English).
The course will discuss the politics, economics and social aspects of the relations between Central and Eastern European countries (CEEC) and the European Union (EU). It will deal with the role of the revolutions of 1989 for the relations of the CEEC with the EU. It will discuss the changing EU setting of the relations with the CEEC. It will discuss the 'Europe Agreements' on association with the EC. It will focus on the economic and political integration into the EU and on the negotiations for EU membership. It will also concern public opinion on and social attitudes to European integration in the EU candidate and member states. The course will concern primarily 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 articles and research reports (in English) on public opinion on European integration in Poland and other Central and Eastern European countries (1998, 1997) and the awareness of facts about Auschwitz (1996). 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.
The course focuses on the security situation in Central and Eastern Europe in connection with the emerging European security architecture. First it addresses the historical background. Next it explores the risks and challenges faced by the Alliance as well as the newcomers. Then the analyse of NATO adapting its structure to meet perceived post-Cold War political, legal and military requirements follows. The security issues confronting Europe have changed since the declaration of a "Europe whole and free" in 1990. A number of issues will shape the course's approach to the NATO expansion, e.g., geography, the past and recent acceleration of events in the Balkans, overt Russians objections, and the attitude of NATO members. The key points to be examined: (1) How should we understand Alliance enlargement and its potential consequences for European security?, (2) Shall the regional stability and cooperation in Central and Eastern Europe be strengthened by the admission of the new members from the region to the "NATO club"?, (3) Will they success in rationalising their membership in the alliance with their roles in other security institutions, including OSCE and WEU?
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. In 1995 she obtained her habilitation in political science. She has taught at Western universities (Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, Institute of European Studies in Vienna, NATO Defence College in Rome and Christian-Albrechts-University in Kiel, Germany) 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. Honorary fellowship London University School of Slavonic and East European Studies. The most important recent publications: "The Future of Europe and the Problem of National Minorities" (1997, in English), "The Historical Lessons of Human Rights: In Search of a New Approach" (1997, in English), "Liberalism: Rights and Justice and their Application in Eastern European Democracies" (1998, in English), "Preventing Ethnic Conflicts and Protecting Minority Rights in Democratic System; Options and Implications" (1998, in English).
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).
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).
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).
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.
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 Bóznica 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.
(1) What is Yiddish? Yiddish and the other Jewish languages, (2) Yiddish language and culture in Poland and Eastern Europe, (3) Yiddish for beginners. Hebrew alphabet, basic phrases, (4) History of the Yiddish language from the beginnings until 1750, (5) History of the Yiddish language after 1750, (6) Dialects and components of the modern Yiddish, (7) Yiddish literature from the beginnings until Haskalah, (8) Yddish literature and culture after 1750, (9) Yiddish literature and culture in Poland between the wars, (10) Yiddish and the Holocaust, (11) Isaac Bashevis Singer, (12) Yiddish today. Is Yiddish a dying language?, (13) Influences between Polish and Yiddish, (14) Polish and Yiddish proverbs, (15) Yiddish humour, Yiddish songs.
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.
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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 Slowacki's Imagination, Kraków 1979; Romantic Mystical Poetry: Ballanche, Novalis, Slowacki, 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.
Poetry is probably the best Polish "product" in the 20th century. Names like: Milosz, Herbert, Szymborska, Rozewicz, Baranczak, Zagajewski, Krynicki. are widely known in the United States and Europe. Their works published in several languages influenced the greatest poets of our time - among them we find Nobel Prise Winners: J. Brodsky, S. Heaney. A poem is not only a sophisticated object of beauty but it is also the "essence" of the spirit of the nation - with its language, its original mentality and imagination. There is no better way to explore the Poles, their culture and privacy but reading Polish poetry. The meetings will be a chance to get to know the phenomenon of 20th century Polish poetry, to read and discuss poems in translation, and to extend the knowledge about contemporary Polish literature and its European background. The course will be a mixture of lectures and close readings. Students will have the opportunity to read collections of Polish poems recently published in a bilingual series in Cracow.
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 Journalism and Social Communication. 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.
This course focuses on explaining the typical features of Polish media in the context of the social, political and cultural role they play in a contemporary Central-European society. Special attention is drawn to describe and explain the peculiarities of the media system in the light of the profound reconstruction which the system has still been undergoing. In order to illustrate the key issues of the transformation and the tendencies of the current development, selected media are picked and analysed. Every class is devoted to different group of media and, thus, to a different social, political or cultural phenomenon worth further discussing.
Mr Jacek H. Kolodziej
(b. 1962) is Assistant Professor at the Press Research Centre, the Department of Management and Communication in Kraków. He obtained M.A. degree in political science and journalism (1987). He also studied Polish philology. He received Ph.D. in political science (1998). He has co-operated with the Bristol University and with the University of Wolverhampton. At the Central European University he completed the course on media and political crisis (1996). His publications concern the theory of communication, the language of media. In his research he applies content analysis to delve into various media practice.
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, Kotarbinski: 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).
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.
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 and Director of the Department of Journalism and Social Communication. 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.
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 course will present and discuss the institutional assets of public policy making during the post-communist transition after 1989. The following analytical dimensions of public policy making will be analysed in the context of real life policy making in Poland after 1989: (1) the role and responsibilities of the state during economic transition; (2) the mechanisms of identification of public policy issues; (3) the procedures for setting policy agenda; (4) the techniques of consensus building; (5) actors and channels of participation in 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.
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.
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 institution 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 discussed will be the role of clerical protagonists and personalities; the Church and minority group issues; controversies 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.
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 modern, rights centred concept of the rule of law, and the theory of civil society as social foundation of democratic constitution. It will present the main institutions protecting constitutional order: constitutional courts and tribunals and the institution of ombudsman. In the second section the course will deal with constitutional changes in the broader context of political, economic and social changes in Germany, the countries of Eastern Europe, Russia and the former Soviet Republics. In this section the three most difficult issues of the post-communist consitutional order formation will be presented: institutionalization of the rule of law, decommunization and protection of democratic constitutional order, economic transformation and protection of social rights. The third and concluding section will deal with consolidation of constitutional order after the collapse of communism and the impact of European integration.
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 University of New South Wales, the University of Sydney (Australia), the University of Exeter (United Kingdom), the Cornell University (USA), the Lapland University (Finnland) and the International Insitute of the Sociology of Law, Onati (Spain). She also held seminars at the Central European University, Prague, the Centre of Socio-Legal Studies, Wolfson College, Oxford. She has published numerous articles, the most recent in English being: "The Paradigm Lost? The Constitutional Process in Poland and the Hope of a 'Grassroots Constitutionalism'" in: "The Rule of Law after Communism" M. Krygier, A. Czarnota (eds.) Dartmouth, 1998. The areas of her current research interest include the emerging institutional order in transformational processes, legal cultures in Eastern and Central Europe, the impact of European integration on institutional orders of the Central European countries.
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. The analytical part of the course will be preceded by a brief description of the classical and contemporary elite theories.
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, Rochester 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.
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 Vice-President 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 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), a Ph.D. (1986) and a habilitation (1997) 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.
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 English). 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. He published his book "Paradise in a Concrete Cage. Everyday Life in Communist Poland" (1998, in English).
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 and Director of the Department Journalism and Social Communication. 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.