Publisher: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego

"Gdybym znał dobrze język polski…" Wybór tekstów z ćwiczeniami do nauki gramatyki polskiej dla cudzoziemców

Author(s): Marek Gołkowski,Anna Kiermut,Maria Kuc,Małgorzata Majewska-Meyers / Language(s): Polish

A handbook of the Polish language for foreigners – beginners and intermediate students. It includes 40 methodological units devoted to the basic Polish grammar issues, the key to exercises enabling the students to work with the handbook on their own, and an example test on grammatical correctness.

"Я не враг церкви, а еë друг и уверенный православный": церковная проблематика в публицистике Николая Лескова

Author(s): Marta Łukaszewicz / Language(s): Russian

The book contains analysis of the way of presenting issues essential for the life of the Orthodox Church in the 19th-century Russia in Nikolai Leskov’s journalistic works. Writer’s literary output is discussed in its historical and social context, against the background of contemporary press discussions. It reveals a bond between his spiritual quest, the emerging modern religiosity and changes taking place in the Church. It also allows to highlight similarities and differences between Leskov and his contemporaries and to trace the evolution of the writer’s views.

100 lat fizyki: od Hożej do Pasteura. Księga wspomnień

Author(s): Andrzej Kajetan Wróblewski / Language(s): Polish

The book is devoted to the history of physics at the University of Warsaw, for almost a century linked with the building at 69 Hoża Street. In their stories, participants of many important events related to, among others, such outstanding figures famous for their internationally acclaimed discoveries as Aleksander Jabłoński, Marian Danysz, Jerzy Pniewski, Andrzej Trautman or Marek Pfützner recollect their scientific work against a broad background of Polish history. The volume contains the texts by forty four authors and covers the period from the beginning of the Faculty of Physics to the present day, already in the new seat at 5 Pasteur Street.

100 lat optyki na Uniwersytecie Warszawskim (1921–2021)

Author(s): Józef Szudy / Language(s): Polish

This publication is related to the centenary of physics at the University of Warsaw. It describes the history of optics at the university since 1921, when Stefan Pieńkowski founded the Division of Physics at 69 Hoża Street in Warsaw. The author reports on the rapid development of research and significant discoveries in this field in the interwar period, when the Division of Physics earned a reputation as a world centre for molecular luminescence and atomic spectroscopy, attracting scientists from all over the world to Warsaw. Rebuilt after World War II, it got a new image when lasers were used for studies on the structure of atoms and molecules as well as atomic collisions. Today, it has become an internationally recognised modern centre for optical physics, including nonlinear optics, Fourier optics, plasmonics and quantum technologies.

50 lat Wydziału Biologii Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego we wspomnieniach

Author(s): / Language(s): Polish

A commemorative publication recounting the history of the Faculty of Biology of the University of Warsaw through the words of its former and current staff and friends. Comprised of written down interviews and split by themes into over a dozen chapters, it portrays the history of the Faculty in chronological order. It is supplemented by a collection of almost two hundred photographs from over half a century of the institution’s functioning.

6th Warsaw School of Statistical Physics. 25 June - 2 July 2016 Sandomierz, Poland

Author(s): / Language(s): English

The 6th Warsaw School of Statistical Physics took place in Sandomierz from June 25 to July 2, 2016. The primary goal of each of our invited speakers was to give a series of lectures which – in a pedagogical way – introduced selected topics in modern statistical physics with the idea of arriving at open problems. The idea was to inspire the audience to make research related to presented topics.The lectures were given by distinguished physicists: Bernard Derrida: Collège de France & École Normale Supérieure, Siegfried Dietrich: Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems & University of Stuttgart, L. Mahadevan: Harvard University, Kim Sneppen: University of Copenhagen, Herbert Spohn: Technische University München, Daniel Ueltschi: University of Warwick. The present volume contains the lecture notes which the invited speakers kindly agreed to publish.

A Brief Outline of the History of English

Author(s): Jerzy Wełna / Language(s): English

The book contains a brief account of the history of the English language as well as its variants in the British Isles and overseas. In order to illustrate the problems under discussion the author adduces text samples from documents relating to English history and literature and also translations of some difficult words and phrases.

A Dictionary of Film Terms and Film Studies

Author(s): Andrzej Weseliński / Language(s): English

his dictionary provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of the discipline of film studies, including key theoretical and technical terms, overviews of film genres and movements, film adaptations of literature, the Hollywood studio system, film industry practices, and the impact of digital technologies in cinema.

Administracyjno-finansowe konteksty zarządzania

Wybrane zagadnienia

Author(s): / Language(s): Polish

The monograph addresses selected issues from the borderline of law, finance and management of the public and private sectors, which have significant implications for the global functioning of enterprises and the economy. The authors focus on fiscal policy poroblems during a pandemic time, the rise of cryptocurrencies, aspects of the functioning of capital companies, ways of carrying out family business succession and the activity of an insurance broker through the prism of the legal environment. The book was written on the basis of current research, therefore it can be valuable material for researchers and practitioners managing organisations, as well as for students of management, economics and law looking for news on management in the administrative and financial context.

Aegyptus et Nubia Christiana. The Włodzimierz Godlewski jubilee volume on the occasion of his 70th birthday

Author(s): / Language(s): English,French,German

The volume brings together 36 fully peer-reviewed contributions in the field of Christian Egypt and Nubia studies, mirroring a lifetime of academic achievement by Prof. Włodzimierz Godlewski, in whose honor this jubilee book has been produced. The contributing scholars are both colleagues and associates, and the subjects they take up in their studies are focused on issues of archaeology, epigraphy, iconography, ceramics and material culture, as well as history of medieval and post-medieval Egypt and Nubia. In several cases, the articles concern material from two sites, Naqlun in Egypt and Dongola in Nubia, where Godlewski has conducted and directed research. Thus, for Naqlun we have the functionaries of the Nekloni monastery (T. Derda and J. Wegner), literary culture (A. Delattre and N. Vanthieghem, J. van der Vliet) as well as ceramics (T. Górecki) and glass vessels (M. Mossakowska-Gaubert), and architecture of the monastic complex from Naqlun (S. Maślak). For Old Dongola there is a study of Egyptian amphorae with dipinti (K. Danys and A. Łajtar) and costume of monks in wall paintings (K. Innemée). Broader studies concern issues like the functioning of a pilgrimage sanctuary in Egypt in late antiquity (E. Wipszycka), wine consumption and usage in Egypt’s monastic communities in the 6th–8th century (D. Dzierzbicka), aspects of the role of Archangel Raphael in Christian Nubia (M. Łaptaś), observations on the origins of “apse portraits” in Nubian royal iconography (M. Woźniak), the ideology and function of the northern pastophorium of Nubian churches based on inscriptions and paintings (A. Łajtar and D. Zielińska). Church architecture is taken up by P. Grossmann for Egypt and Nubia, and A. Obłuski for Nubia. W. Y. Adams gives an overview of evolution and revolution in Nubian pottery, J. R. Anderson and A. Harrison present unique hair textiles from British Museum excavations in Kulubnarti, while A. Boud’hors and E. Garel discuss what remains of the monastery library in Deir el-Bahari (a monograph of which was published by Godlewski early in his academic career). The history of Baybars’ Nubian conquests is taken up by R. Seignobos. Contributions have been offered also by Nettie Adams, M. Barwik, D. Edwards, K. Grzymski, B. Lichocka, A. Łukaszewicz, G. Ochała, M. Rassart-Debergh, T.S. Richter, G.R. Ruffini, H. and A. Tsakos, J. Then-Obłuska, G. van Loon, D. Welsby, I. Zych and B. Żurawski.

Afery polityczne w Republice Federalnej Niemiec. Przebieg, aktorzy, skutki

Author(s): Katarzyna Gelles,Mariusz Kozerski,Joanna Trajman / Language(s): Polish

A comprehensive study analysing the problem of political scandals in FRG from the political, historical, sociological and media perspective. The publication pinpoints the causes and the consequences of political scandals in the country established as a mature democracy with a well-functioning civil society. It analyses the influence such scandals exert on the political scene and stability in the country and shows the dynamics of political careers, linked to the mechanisms of scandalizing inappropriate behaviour of those participating in political life.

Akt pamięci. Tradycja akatystowa w kontekście form pamięci

Author(s): Aleksandra Jakóbczyk-Gola / Language(s): Polish

The book identifies complex characteristic features of the media tradition of Akathists, based on the example of the text of the Akathist Hymn to the Mother of God and its performances as part of worship. An analysis of the complex functions fulfilled by the Akathist in serving the aims of remembering – often characterized by heterogeneity, accomplished in different ways and playing different roles. The Akathist Hymn to the Mother of God with its accompanying icon was one of the fundamental elements of Orthodox worship, influential also outside the Orthodox Church, e.g., in Polish territories.

Aleksander Gieysztor w pamięci i badaniach historycznych

Author(s): Alicja Kulecka / Language(s): Polish

The publication was inspired by the celebrations of the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Professor Aleksander Gieysztor (2016). It contains memoir texts and essays written as a result of the deep scientific reflection on the work of this outstanding scholar. Most papers are devoted to Aleksander Gieysztor as the director of the Institute of History at the University of Warsaw. The book also discusses Professor’s role in shaping the ceremonial of the University of Warsaw.

Algorytm jako informacja publiczna w prawie europejskim

Author(s): Joanna Mazur / Language(s): Polish

The author verifies the hypothesis concerning the possibility of using algorithms – applied in automated decision making in public sector – as information which is subject to the law governing the right to access information or the right to access official documents in European law. She discusses problems caused by the approach to these laws in the European Union, as well as lack of conformity of the jurisprudence between the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights.

Almanach antropologiczny. Communicare. Tom 4. Twórczość słowna/Literatura. Performance, tekst, hipertekst

Author(s): / Language(s): Polish

The volume inspired by Michaił Bachtin’s idea of language expression, allows to define, analyse and interpret modern Polish culture – with reference to historical changes in media context – in terms of verbal creativity and language practice appropriate to it. It shows emerging communication environments, determined by the appearance of new media, creating new spaces and new, different spheres of action, which are linguistically exploited and transformed in everyday artistic practice by cultural participants.

Almanach antropologiczny. Communicare. Tom 8. Miasta/Zwierzęta

Author(s): / Language(s): Polish

An interesting study on interspecies relations in cities, set in concrete cultural phenomena. It is a radical re-definition of human-animal relations, an analysis of mutual dependencies, a description of complexity and dynamics of changes in urban spaces. On the one hand, the publications refers to various cultural contexts, on the other hand, it shows local characteristics of the presented phenomena and the Polish perspective, which includes different towns. The book may inspire reflections on relations between humans and animals in future cities as well as the ways of organising them, especially in the context of the 19th and 20th century modernising movements.

Anatomia przywództwa charyzmatycznego

Author(s): Maria Wiśniewska / Language(s): Polish

The monograph of one of the twenty five most influential women in Europe (according to The Wall Street Journal) contains the analysis of causative factors of leadership and sources of social perception of the leader’s charisma. The author, using her own professional experience and multi-disciplinary scientific knowledge, provides two model and theoretical conceptions: the first one refers to general leadership, the second one to charismatic leadership. The hypotheses are confronted by selected cases of leadership seen as charismatic: of John Paul II, Lech Wałęsa, Margaret Thatcher and Steve Jobs.

Ancient DNA and Genetic Engineering

Author(s): Piotr Węgleński / Language(s): English

This book is dedicated to ancient DNA (aDNA) – genetic material of organisms that perished hundreds to many thousands years ago. Only recently a subject of science fiction fantasies, now aDNA brings us vast amounts of invaluable, otherwise inaccessible, knowledge about the extinct species as well as about the past of the extant ones, including our own. The author in a reader-friendly way presents the methods of obtaining and analyzing aDNA and the application of aDNA research in a range of fields, from evolutionary biology through biodiversity conservation to archaeology. Numerous accompanying illustrations guide the reader throughout the text.

Annie Proulx

Author(s): / Language(s): Polish

The philosophical underpinnings and existential implications of Annie Proulx’s fiction situate it in the tradition of literary naturalism. The writer portrays characters from the lower social classes, people who are unable to overcome the impasse in which they have found themselves. Far from idyllic sentiments, Proulx’s approach to the experience of place connects her to the writers associated with so-called new regionalism. She shows the degrading influence of the life amidst beautiful natural surroundings on individual human psyche. Proulx looks closely at the processes of the commodification of regional culture and interprets them as symptoms of a dangerous global tendency.

Antropolodzy na wojnie. O "brudnej" użyteczności nauk społecznych

Author(s): Michał Kowalski / Language(s): Polish

The study explores the history of cooperation between anthropologists, army and intelligence since the times of James Cook’s expeditions, through the colonial rivalry between European powers, the First and the Second World Wars, the Cold War, until recent military interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan. It analyses and seeks to evaluate the process of defining standards required of anthropologists working in extreme and ethically dubious circumstances. The part devoted to HTS program, which was implemented in Iraq and Afghanistan, shows how data collected by “anthropologists in military uniforms” was used in a technologically advanced way.