Staff management of Faculty of Theology in Jagiellonian University  in Krakow in the years of 1945-1954 Cover Image

Kierownicy katedr Wydziału Teologicznego Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego w latach 1945-1954
Staff management of Faculty of Theology in Jagiellonian University in Krakow in the years of 1945-1954

Author(s): Piotr Wisz
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History, Cultural history, History of Church(es), Theology and Religion
Published by: Instytut Teologiczno-Pastoralny im. św. Józefa Sebastiana Pelczara w Rzeszowie

Summary/Abstract: In February 1945 some of the twelve faculties on Faculty of Theology in Jagiellonian University in Krakow was vacant. The faculty was trying to reconstruct the of loss staff by hiring young gifted scientists. They were given the position of substitute professors.Their scientific experience howevor, did not result in further scientific degrees because of the conflict of church with the comunists. Although, the authorities of Jagiellonian University strived for it, none of the substitute professors who managed the faculty nomination to associaate professor. Academic yers 1953/1954 was the last year of Faculty of Theology in Jagiellonian University in Krakow. Most of the lecturers transfered to Academy of Catholic Theology in Warsaw, the comunists unblocked nominations bestowing associate professor titles on them. Personnel decisions of Faculty of Theology in Jagiellonian University after the II warld war turned out to be a very well – aimed investment, because young lecturers hired out of necessity will be leading in Polish theology, among them E. Florkowski, M. Michalski, I. Różycki, W. Smereka, A. Usowicz.

  • Issue Year: 2009
  • Issue No: 16
  • Page Range: 159-190
  • Page Count: 32
  • Language: Polish