The Department of Polish Philology
- About the Department
- History of the department
- Employees
- Lecturers' schedule
- News
About the Department
Employees
ChairpersonAlla Kravchuk | Chairperson |
Associate ProfessorOksana Lozynska | Associate Professor |
Associate ProfessorIryna Bundza | Associate Professor |
Associate ProfessorKhrystyna Nikolaichuk | Associate Professor |
Associate ProfessorYuliia Stefanyshyn | Associate Professor |
LecturerLesia Bilenka Svystovych | Lecturer |
Lecturer, Department Secretary (by-worker)Anna Nakonechna | Lecturer, Department Secretary (by-worker) |
LecturerOlesia Slyvynska | Lecturer |
LecturerUliana Yevchuk | Lecturer |
Senior Department Secretary, Lecturer (by-worker)Olha Tuz | Senior 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.
News
Poety as a Witness to War
This is a free event; however space is limited —please use link to RSVP!
“These poems of witness may be wrought from a horrendous war, composed in times of turmoil and void of leisure, yet the Ukrainian poet Halyna Kruk’s mastery is evident on every page …Sometimes tender, offering surprising moments of stubbornly persisting beauty, sometimes bitter and hard, Kruk’s poems are also a reminder for the rest of the world to ‘take us in, like unpleasant medicine’.” —Judges’ Citation, Griffin...
Lost in Living: Literary Evening with Halyna Kruk
Lost in Living: Literary Evening with Halyna Kruk
Tuesday, November 5, 2024, 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Pritsak Memorial Library at HURI, 34 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
A literary evening with Halyna Kruk, an award-winning Ukrainian poet, writer, translator, and scholar.
In conversation with Oleh Kotsyuba, Director of Print and Digital Publications, Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University, and Dzvinia Orlowsky, a Pushcart Prize poet and translator.
IN-PERSON. All attendees are warmly invited to join us for a wine & cheese reception immediately following the event.
About the Books
“We act like children with our dead,” Halyna Kruk writes...
UKRAINIAN CULTURAL FESTIVAL
The Ukrainian Cultural Festival is co-presented by Razom for Ukraine and the Ukrainian Institute, Kyiv and produced in partnership with the National Ballet of Ukraine, Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival, Yara Arts, Ukrainian Museum, KISFF, Linoleum Festival, and others and will take place October 15th through October 31st in New York.
Over the course of two weeks in October, you will have an opportunity to immerse yourself in the world of Ukrainian poetry and prose and check out the best in contemporary...
A Crash Course in Molotov Cocktails: Reading by Halyna Kruk
A Crash Course in Molotov Cocktails: Reading by Halyna Kruk
Halyna Kruk (1974) is an award-winning Ukrainian poet, writer, translator, and scholar. She is the author of five books of poetry/ Two collections have come out in English in the past two years: Griffin Poetry Prize shortlisted A Crash Course in Molotov Cocktails (Arrowsmith Press, 2022) and Lost in Living (Lost Horse Press, 2024) Her numerous literary awards include the Sundara Ramaswamy Prize, the 2023 Women in Arts Award, the 2021 BookForum Best Book Award...