University of Gdańsk

Culture and history of art of Europe of the Middle Ages and modern times, especially of Slavic Orthodox and Byzantine World; the history of the culture of the Eastern Church in the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, especially the history of icon painting in relation to other centers of orthodox painting

Research area: The economy (trade, shipping, economic policy, economic thought), and material culture of Sweden in the 17th and 18th c.; Swedish-Polish relations in the modern era; The formation of public opinion in the modern era (16th-18th c.): Polish opinions on Sweden and the image of Poland and its inhabitants in Sweden.

Displaced Persons memoirs project, community archives: With UG PH.D. STUDENTS: Iwona Flis. https://polishamericanstudies.org/text/180/memoirs-.html

with UG PhD student Jarosław Zawada

With UG PhD student Anna Podciborska

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.

Biology and ecology of marine zooplankton in boreal waters (e.g., Baltic Sea) and polar regions (both the Arctic and the Southern Ocean). Arctic and Antarctic marine ecology, with a special focus on zooplankton (genetics, population dynamics, distribution patterns, and regime shifts).

For a long time the great part of our scientific activity has taken place in the Arctic and recently in the Antarctic as well. We work there on the basis of polar stations: The Stanisław Siedlecki Polish Polar Station in Hornsund, SW Spitsbergen and The Henryk Arctowski Antarctic Station on King George Island, Admiralty Bay. However, we also camp in other polar regions e.g. in Magdalenefjorden (NW Spitsbergen) or Bear Island.



The wide sphere of our studies includes:

Research on Scandinavian drama and theatrical traditions in Scandinavia, combining insights from theatre, literature, culture, and translation studies; especially:

The Department researchers keep close professional relations with Polish and foreign research centers, government institutions, non-governmental organizations and business practice, providing consulting and training services for both enterprises and government agencies. They participate in European projects as well as in research programs for international institutions.