The Department of Polish Philology

  • About the Department
  • History of the department
  • Employees
  • Lecturers' schedule
  • News

Employees

ChairpersonAlla KravchukChairperson
Associate ProfessorOksana LozynskaAssociate Professor
Associate ProfessorIryna BundzaAssociate Professor
Associate ProfessorKhrystyna NikolaichukAssociate Professor
Associate ProfessorYuliia StefanyshynAssociate Professor
LecturerLesia Bilenka SvystovychLecturer
Lecturer, Department Secretary (by-worker)Anna NakonechnaLecturer, Department Secretary (by-worker)
LecturerOlesia SlyvynskaLecturer
LecturerUliana YevchukLecturer
Senior Department Secretary, Lecturer (by-worker)Olha TuzSenior Department Secretary, Lecturer (by-worker)

Lecturers' schedule



History of the department

The Department of Polish Philology was established at Ivan Franko National University of Lviv on April 1, 2004 by dividing the Department of Slavic Philology into two: the Department of Slavic Philology and the Department of Polish Philology which is headed by Alla Kravchuk. Polonistic traditions at Lviv National University can be traced back to 1817 when the Austrian Emperor Franz I signed a decree establishing the Department of History of the Polish Language and Literature, and in 1826 the first department began its work. In some time, a few more departments of Polonistics were created. After the Second World War, Polish Philology (already as a foreign language) was developed within the framework of Slavic Studies.
Today the Department of Polish Philology trains specialists of three educational degrees (Bachelors, Masters, PhDs). Students acquire competencies related to basic knowledge in Polish Philology and Translation Studies, practical skills in working with texts in Polish and Ukrainian, oral and written communication skills, translation and teaching skills within the relevant educational programs in the Polish Language and Literature. The educational programs provide a wide range of opportunities for academic mobility given that the Department actively cooperates with numerous Polish universities.
Teachers invited to Lviv from abroad constantly hold lectures and practical classes at the Department. The Department successfully develops scientific research in the field of Modern Polonistics, Comparative Polish-Ukrainian Linguistics, Literary Studies, and Linguodidactics. Scholars of the Department are the authors of important textbooks in Polish for Ukrainian-speaking users, which are popular in Ukraine and abroad, teachers are also translation practitioners and promoters of Polish literature in Ukraine and Ukrainian literature in Poland. In 2017, the Senate of the Republic of Poland and the Council for the Polish Language of the Polish Academy of Sciences awarded the Department with the honorary title “Ambassador of the Polish Language outside Poland” for its contribution to the development of Polonistics in Ukraine.

“MOSAIC OF SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION”

17.04.2024 | 13:35

We invite you to participate in the III International Multidisciplinary Student Internet Conference
“MOSAIC OF SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION”,
which will be held on May 16, 2024
 
Postgraduates, undergraduates, students of Ukrainian and foreign higher education institutions are invited to participate in the conference!
The conference will focus on the following areas:
1. Philology.
2. History.
3. Ethnology.
4. Culture and arts.
5. Pedagogy.
6. Philosophy.
7. Psychology.
Please fill out the application form below by May 2, 2024, and send your abstract to science.studphil@gmail.com by May 9, 2024 (requirements and a sample of...

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Lost Horse Press Contemporary Ukrainian Poetry Series

28.03.2024 | 22:50

In 2017, Christine Holbert (publisher) and Grace Mahoney (series editor) established the Lost Horse Press Contemporary Ukrainian Poetry Series. The series features dual-language editions of poetry from Ukraine’s most significant poets operating in the contemporary context. These critically-acclaimed and award-winning books showcase the diversity of poets who write from a range of geographies, poetic perspectives, and literary movements. Of critical importance is the fact that many of the poems featured in this series meditate on the significance of Ukraine’s independence and the positionality of...

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Dispatches From Lviv, A Conversation With Halyna Kruk, Dzvinia Orlowsky, Ali Kinsella, and Chard deNiord

06.02.2024 | 15:59

After reading Dzvinia Orlowsky’s and Ali Kinsella’s translations of Halyna Kruk’s new manuscript of poems titled Lost in Living, I wasn’t sure at first just how to broach the profoundly grievous but also transcendent subject matter of Kruk’s poems. I was curious about how a poet in the midst of devastating war could write about both her country’s and her own personal losses with what William Butler Yeats called “a cold eye.” Kruk’s poetry rises memorably to the occasion of its subject matter...

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Writing under Fire Poetry and Prose from Ukraine and the Black Country

02.02.2024 | 16:13

On February 3rd, the English team will launch “Writing under Fire: Poetry and Prose from Ukraine and the Black Country,” a collection featuring 10 Ukrainian writers reflecting on the Russian war. Responding to them, 10 writers from the Black Country aim to establish a transcultural dialogue, supporting Ukrainian artists. Proceeds go to Ukrainian writers and readers, dedicated to the late Victoria Amelina.
Join the event in the Georgian Gallery on February 3rd at 6:30.
https://www.wolvesliteraturefestival.co.uk/events/writing-under-fire.html?fbclid=IwAR13XijRUtzXFHw6jSd4I4Lyq76THdAgrFACO6eTelWhw_xYNJztTzgvZho

 
 
 
 

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In the Hour of War: Poems from Ukraine

04.01.2024 | 13:07

In the Hour of War: Poems from Ukraine

“This is the silence before the explosion, between volleys of rifle fire, the silence of foreboding, of fear and insomnia, and the silence of complicity. The poems were written in the hour of war, in the lyrics of passing through fire….” So write the editors, two of America’s most significant poets, Carolyn Forché and Ilya Kaminsky, in their introduction.
Ukraine may be the only country on earth that owes its existence, at least in...

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