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"Geopolonistyka" - invitation to fill out a survey
We cordially invite you to participate in "Geopolonistyka", the purpose of which is to create an interactive, multilingual database of Polish studies in the world. Information in the form of text, photos, recordings, podcasts, for which the basic guide is an interactive map, aim to create synthetic knowledge about the current state and history of Polish studies.
"Geopolonistyka" allows you to recognize the activities of people and institutions involved in conducting various forms of research and teaching Polish literature, culture and language outside Poland – currently and in the past.
We will be honored if you would like to present your activities within "Geopolonistyka" and fill out the survey provided by us.
We want to document all manifestations of activity in the field of Polish studies, including those aspects that have a special dimension for the community (e.g. relations with the Polish diaspora), but also more broadly – contemporary culture shaped by dynamic socio-economic changes, facing climate changes, energy transformation, rapid technological development, as well as the experience of pandemics and ongoing wars.
Publishing materials in Polish and English will help to bring the information to those future students interested in Polish literature and culture who do not speak Polish to a sufficient degree. It will also enable contacts with people dealing with similar issues and open up new opportunities for cooperation for researchers associated with Polish Studies.
It will be particularly valuable to present historical aspects of Polish studies activity, document the biographies and scholarly achievements of Polish studies teachers working in various parts of the world. An important component will also be the documentation of the functioning of Polish studies institutions over the years.
Link to the "Geopolonistyka" survey:
The "Polish Studies Newsletter" already presents the image of Polish studies, taking into account the events organized within the discipline, the research and projects conducted, the fields of study, job offers and new publications. The information contained in it is available, among others, in the form of a database, which allows for searching it according to various criteria and using useful search engines. The information contained in the "Bulletin" is also available via the "Geopolonistics" map.
In 2025, "Geopolonistics" was joined by, among others, Katedra Języków Słowiańskich na Wydziale Filologicznym Przykarpackiego Uniwersytetu Narodowego im. Wasyla Stefanyka, Instytut Kulturoznawstwa na Wydziale Humanistycznym Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lowańskiego (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), Zakładu Języka i Literatury Polskiej w Instytucie Filologii Słowiańskich na Uniwersytecie Stambulskim and Instytut Studiów Środkowoeuropejskich na Wydziale Filozoficznym Uniwersytetu Preszowskiego.
The profiles of Polish studies scholars and descriptions of institutions related to Polish studies in the world can be prepared using the survey below. However, it can be treated as only auxiliary material and the information can be sent by e-mail to the following address: mariola.wilczak@ibl.waw.pl. Below, in the attachments, you will also find surveys in the form of traditional text files that can be used to send us information.
We encourage you to enrich the descriptions with photographs, recordings and other materials, which we will be happy to publish in the digital space of the "Polish Studies Newsletter".
The information you provide will be entered into "Geopolonistyka" (in the “Polish Studies Newsletter" portal) as part of the project "Polish Studies in the Face of the Challenges of the Modern World", and the data will be used and stored by us for scientific purposes.
The “Geopolonistyka” map is available at: https://biuletynpolonistyczny.pl/pl/map/ .
The originator of the "Geopolonistyka" project and the author of its name is Professor Magdalena Popiel (UJ), Honorary President of the International Association of Polish Studies.
Co-financed from the state budget under the program of the Minister of Education and Science called "Science for Society II", in the project "Polish Studies in the Face of the Challenges of the Modern World", project number NdS-II/SP/0264/2024/01.
If you would also like to complete the "Bibliography of Resources for Science and Society" survey and submit information that will help us enrich the publicly available bibliography related to disability studies, narrative medicine, medical humanities, and architectural literary studies, please click on the link: Bibliografia Źródeł dla Nauki i Społeczeństwa.
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On "Geopolonistyka" at the University of Grodno
The international scientific conference 'Mickiewicz and romantics towards East Slavic cultures' became an opportunity to familiarize participants with the 'Geopolonistyka' project. The conference was attended by the editors of the "Polish Studies Newsletter" - Olga Zakolska and Piotr Bordzoł.