Institute of Slavonic Philology, Jagiellonian University (Instytut Filologii Słowiańskiej Uniwersytet Jagielloński)

National Network
Poland
Address

ul. Bydgoska 19B (wejście od ul. Nawojki)
30-056 Kraków
Krakow
Poland

Telephone
+48 698 035 457
E-Mail
magdalena.pytlak@gmail.com
Website
http://www.filg.uj.edu.pl/ifs/
Organisation Type
Public Institution
Fields of Activity
  1. Research
General Information
Institute of Slavonic Philology at the Jagiellonian University is the oldest at its kind in Poland. It was established in the XIX century. Our staff consists of 36 scholars and 12 PhD students in various fields. Each year about 60 students enter our Institute and start studying in one of four chairs (Chair of Bulgarian and Macedonian Philology, Chair of Serbian, Croatian and Slovenian Philology, Chair of Czech Philology, Chair of Slovak Philology). Our Institute offers a choice of M.A. seminars in the following areas: literature, linguistics, translation studies. The Institute cooperates on a regular basis with many university centers in Poland and worldwide.
Mission and Objectives

The mission of the Institute is to promote new research in field of Slavonic cultures, which is defined broadly to include a variety of research activities from Slavonic languages and literature teaching to intercultural studies on religion, dialogue and common heritage.

Main Projects / Activities

Within the last 10 years Institute of Slavonic Philology at the Jagiellonian University has organized and co-organized many projects such as:
* In search of New Canon. Reinterpretation of the cultural tradition in post-Yugoslav countries after 1995/ W poszukiwaniu nowego kanonu. Reinterpretacja tradycji kulturalnej w państwach postjugosłowiańskich po 1995 roku. (http://postjugo.filg.uj.edu.pl/index.htm)
* Common project with Interfaculty Institute of Ecumenism and Dialogue (MIED) Pontifical Academy of Theology in Krakow "Ecumenism and Dialogue Library" (http://upjp2.edu.pl/strona/5qfvkdgxbw)
* Students Journey to Bosnia, October 2009: European Bosnia - Oriental Bosnia/ Bośnia europejska – Bośnia orientalna (http://bih2009.wordpress.com/)
* International conference Interpreting Slavdom [(Wy)tłumaczyć Słowiańszczyznę], devoted and the art of translation of the literature of Slavonic languages organized with Villa Decius Association; every two years since 2008 (http://www.villa.org.pl/index.php?nr2=322)

Contact (1) Full Name
Magdalena Pytlak
Head of the organisation
Celina Juda