„Between history and the present”. On the philological-historical achievement Of Professor Julian Maślanka
In the year 2010, Professor Julian Maślanka celebrated his eightieth birthday and the fifty fifth anniversary of his academic debut. His creative achievement, which is constantly being augmented, constitutes in many ways than one a bridge between the illustrious traditions and the present day of Polish humanities. He acquired knowledge and academic competence in the sphere of Polish studies, folklore, history, archeology and Slavic studies. In his chief publications, he presented his research on the links between folklore and literature as well as studies on the literary interpretations of Slavic historical myths. As an extremely versatile philologist, he made his mark in the sphere of textology and editorship (among others, editions of Mickiewicz and Norwid), resource and source studies, erudite history of literarture and interpretation of literary works of the Enlightenment and Romanticism (among others, Krasicki, Malczewski, Norwid).

In the year 2010, Professor Julian Maślanka celebrated his eightieth birthday and the fifty fifth anniversary of his academic debut. His creative achievement, which is constantly being augmented, constitutes in many ways than one a bridge between the illustrious traditions and the present day of Polish humanities. He acquired knowledge and academic competence in the sphere of Polish studies, folklore, history, archeology and Slavic studies. In his chief publications, he presented his research on the links between folklore and literature as well as studies on the literary interpretations of Slavic historical myths. As an extremely versatile philologist, he made his mark in the sphere of textology and editorship (among others, editions of Mickiewicz and Norwid), resource and source studies, erudite history of literarture and interpretation of literary works of the Enlightenment and Romanticism (among others, Krasicki, Malczewski, Norwid).