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The Department of Polish Philology

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  • History of the department
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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.

Halyna Kruk (Lviv, Ukraine): Words in a State of Emergency? On Writing During and Against War

09.10.2025 | 13:06

Halyna Kruk (Lviv, Ukraine): Words in a State of Emergency? On Writing During and Against War. Reading and Conversation with Stefania Ptashnyk
Is it possible to write poems about the horrors of war? Is it even possible? "War is not a metaphor," says Ukrainian poet Halyna Kruk.
She relentlessly responds to the Russian invasion with the spoken and written word - through publications, readings, various multimedia projects.
Her stirring speech at the Berlin Poetry Festival 2022 about the war in her homeland...

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Master’s student Halyna Kravets about studying in Japan

31.08.2025 | 19:20

I, Halyna Kravets, a Master’s student at Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, had the privilege in 2025 to participate in the “Japanese-Language Program for Overseas Students (Undergraduate/Graduate)”, organized by the Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Institute, Kansai.
The program lasted 44 days, from July 8 to August 20. Within this relatively short period, I was able to considerably deepen my knowledge of Japanese culture and society, while also achieving greater fluency and confidence in spoken Japanese.
At the beginning of the program, participants...

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Conversation with Alla Tatarenko: The new book 2024 Ukraine Voices and Pictures is published by the Croatian P.E.N. Center.

31.07.2025 | 15:02

 
The new book Ukraine 2024. Voices and Images published by the Croatian P.E.N. Center is an extraordinary poetic testimony to more than a thousand days and nights of resistance of the Ukrainian people against Russian aggression. This anthology, translated from Ukrainian and edited by Alla Tatarenko, brings together the voices of twenty-five contemporary Ukrainian poets of all generations, from the most famous to new names. Among them are Galina Kruk, Ostap Slivinsky, Ija Kiva, Katerina Mikhaljitsina, Artur Dronj, Viktorija Amelina...

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