University of Gdańsk

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.

Research on colour vocabulary, especially

- colour lexicons of various languages, including, inter alia, Polish, Kashubian, Russian, Croatian, English, Spanish and Chinese;

- fixed expressions with colour terms;

- colour symbolism;

- use of colour terms in various texts, including literature;

- colours from the psycholinguistic and psychological perspectives.

The titles or research work:

Scientific research of the Department's employees is focused on economic integration, regional economics and economics of innovation.

Polish and German literature (from nineteenth century to the present time) related to the so-called Tri-City (Gdańsk, Sopot, Gdynia) and the Pomerania Region.

Beckett Research Group in Gdańsk