Assoc. Prof., Dr hab.Magdalena Nowak works in the Department of the Contemporary Polish History in the Institute of History, University of Gdańsk. In 2019 she has successfully completed her habilitation at the Faculty of History, University of Gdańsk. She specializes in Polish-Ukrainian relations in the 19th and 20th century. Her academic interests have been recently focused on the relations between the Catholic Churches of the Greek and the Latin rite. She has also explored the issue of the importance of religion in the Polish and Ukrainian national identity development. Dr Nowak is an author of 2 books, co-author (editor) of 2 books, author of numerous articles on nationality and identity problems as well as 3 biographical notes.
Research area (areas)
Metropolitan Andei Sheptyts’kyi (1865-1944) and his family
Polish and Ukrainians in the European tourist resorts at the turn of 20th century
Polish and Ukrainian national identity
Polish national movement
Polish-Ukrainian relations in the 19th and 20th century.
the relations between the Catholic Churches of the Greek and the Latin rite
Importance of religion in the Polish and Ukrainian national identity development