The development of philological research in classical philology and Germanic, Romance and English studies at the Universities of Krakow and Lviv in the years 1850–1918

The years 1850–1918 were a period of intense development for the Jagiellonian and Lviv Universities. This process was especially visible when it comes to philological studies. On their example we can see the impact of reforms which stimulated the emergence of depatments and evolution of interests in scholarly research – from classical languages to modern philologies. The universities took up a conscious and independent process of building departments in the field of Romance and English languages, which added to their prestige. In the field of classical philology, after the first generation of German universities graduates, native scholars appeared. The Germanic departments were still entrusted to scholars from the German language areas, whereas for the Romance and English studies, they were given over to the alumni of Galician universities. Apart from the field of classical philology, the universities did not build up any major research programs. The scholars pursued their own broad interests, and because they had a great general humanistic foundation and knowledge of a few to dozen foreign languages, they developed numerous detailed studies, comparative studies and syntheses, and disseminated current research in textbooks and dictionaries.

Venia legendi in the field of philology at the Jagiellonian University from the second half of the nineteenth century to 1939 and further fate of habilitated docents

The educational mission of classical philologists from Lviv and Cracow as reflected in specialist press in years 1918–1939

Lecturers of English in Vilnius and Cracow between the wars: Biographical attempts

Oriental studies in Lviv and Cracow: Two academic centers and their relationships

The author discusses the creation of an ideal of a scholar and its implementation by the circles of English and German specialists at the Jagiellonian University in the interwar period. He con­siders how the academic activity was combined with “service for the state,” increasingly imposed by the reality of the time. The choice of university Germanists and Anglicists from Cracow results from the obvious interconnections between the two groups of scholars and from the fact that by using their example it is easy to see how their specific mission was understood, interpreted and how it translated into everyday business relations. It turns out that academic success did not always guarantee a high position or even remaining in the job. Often, they were determined by various completely different factors.

Lviv classical and modern philologists in the role of historians of Polish literature

The Ukrainian Philology at the Lviv University in nineteenth and first half of twentieth century. People, ideas and reception

Not only as member of the Academy authorities. The associations of Jan Michał Rozwadowski with the Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences (Selected Issues)

Jan Michał Rozwadowski is one of the most prominent Polish linguists. With great academic predispositions and achievements, he was able to move quite quickly into the structure of the Aca­demy of Arts and Sciences and then to the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences. In many capacities, for example in the area of commission, he displayed great ability in organizing current tasks and furthering the development of science. This had a huge impact on his choice, first for the head of the Philology Department, then the vice president and finally the president of the Academy. The author discusses Rozwadowski’s relations with the intellectual community centered around this institution. From the end of the 19th century, Rozwadowski, with his great authority and organizational skills, had a decisive influence on the development of linguistics in the Academy. The most prominent figures in the Academy, however, were Kazimierz Nitsch and Tadeusz Jan Kowalski,  who played a huge role in the post-war history of the institution.