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ebook Honouring the Past and Celebrating the Present

Wydawca: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego

Rok wydania: 2023

Published on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of English Studies at the University of Warsaw, this book documents the academic and institutional development of the discipline and its academic seat. It pays tribute to scholars whose contribution made this development possible, and showcases research areas currently explored by academics employed at the Institute of English Studies.

The publication is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Poland license (CC BY 3.0 PL) (full license available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode).

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Książka, wydana z okazji 100-lecia anglistyki na UW, dokumentuje rozwój naukowy i instytucjonalny dyscypliny oraz jej siedziby. Oddaje hołd naukowcom, których wkład umożliwił ten rozwój, i prezentuje obszary badawcze obecnie eksplorowane przez akademików zatrudnionych w Instytucie Anglistyki.

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Introduction (Agnieszka Piskorska) 9

Acknowledgements (Dorota Babilas) 11

Part 1. The history of English Studies at the University of Warsaw (Dorota Babilas) 13
1.1. The condition of English Studies in Poland since
the beginning of the 20th century 15
1.2. English Studies within the organisational
structure of the University of Warsaw 19
1.3. Th e premises of the Institute 20
1.4. Changes in the official name of the Institute 27
1.5. Heads of Department 27
1.6. The history of the Institute 28
1.7. The Institute at 50 (1973) 34
1.8. The Institute from the late 1970s into the 21st
century 38
1.9. Administrative offices (Sekretariaty) 51
1.10. The Institute library 52
1.11. The students 53

Part 2. The Institute of English Studies today (2023) 57
2.1. Department of British Literature 59
2.2. Department of North American Cultures and
Literatures 67
2.3. Department of British Culture 76
2.4. Department of the English Language 79
2.5. Department of Applied Linguistics and
Translation Studies 99

Part 3. In memoriam 109
3.1. Andrzej Tretiak (1886–1944) by Anna Cetera-
Włodarczyk 111
3.2. Wacław Borowy (1890–1950) 116
3.3. Tadeusz Grzebieniowski (1894–1973) 118
3.4. Alfred Reszkiewicz (1920–1973) 120
3.5. Margaret Schlauch (1898–1986) 122
3.6. Stanisław Helsztyński (1891–1986) 125
3.7. Wanda Krajewska (1927–1989) by Emma Harris 128
3.8. Wanda Rulewicz (1948–1995) 130
3.9. Maria Jędrzejkiewicz (1942–1998) by Emma Harris
131
3.10. Grzegorz Sinko (1923–2000) 133
3.11. Bronisława Bałutowa (1919–2005) by Emma Harris
136
3.12. Nancy Burke (1935–2006) by Ewa Łuczak 138
3.13. Nancy Burke (1935–2006): A life well-lived
by Cecelia Lawless 140
3.14. Irena Dobrzycka (1909–2007) by Emma Harris 142
3.15. Teresa Kieniewicz (1944–2008) 145
3.16. Wiesław Furmańczyk (1926–2011) 146
3.17. Stanisława Kumor (née Skrodzka) (1922–2012)
by Bożenna Chylińska 147
3.18. Alicja Kędzielska (1933–2013) 150
3.19. Jan Rusiecki (1926–2015) by Agnieszka
Otwinowska-Kasztelanic 151
3.20. Michał Rozbicki (1946–2019) 158
3.21. Maria Łyżwińska (née Bachman) (1942–2021) 159
3.22. Maria Birkenmajer (1942–2021) by Klaudyna
Michałowicz and Dorota Babilas 160
3.23. Maria Dakowska (1950–2022) by Katarzyna Hryniuk
162

Part 4. Remembering the Past. Reminiscences of the Professors of the Institute of English Studies 171
4.1. Andrzej Kaznowski, “We shall overcome” or a
struggle for academic autonomy, First “Solidarity”
movement – memories of the time 173
4.2. Jerzy Wełna, Reminiscences 176
4.3. Zbigniew Lewicki, Those were the days 179
4.4. Emma Harris, Recollections: the Institute of
English Studies, 1974–2023 180
4.5. Jerzy Rubach, Recollections 186
4.6. Jerzy Rubach, A short story about [closure in
(sic!) the mouth] and the fall of the communist
system 189
4.7. Grażyna Bystydzieńska, Recollections 193
4.8. Grażyna Bystydzieńska, A short history of the
Department of English Literature 195
4.9. Aniela Korzeniowska, Refl ections on the history
of the Department of Applied Linguistics and
Translation Studies 197
4.10. Jerzy Zybert, My work at the Institute of
English Studies 200

Appendices 201
Receivers of the doctoral degree in the years 1930–
2022 (Dorota Babilas) 203
Habilitacje (post-doctoral degrees) 227
Bibliography of works consulted 232

List of illustrations 236
Illustrations 241