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The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
tel. (205) 348-6010

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Polish Studies at the University of Alabama

The Institution

Since its founding in 1831 in Tuscaloosa as the first public university in the state, the University of Alabama has been committed to providing the best, most complete education possible for its students. The university offers Polish Language instruction but no other Poland-related courses. However, as detailed below, a couple of faculty members do have Poland-related interests.

Language Instruction

  • Polish 101/102 Elementary Polish (3 credits) @

Faculty

Galbraith , Marysia , Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures , University at Alabama @
Ph.D. UC San Diego , 1996
Phone: (205) 348-8412 / Fax: . . . . . . . . / e-mail: mgalbrai@nc.ua.edu
MAJOR INTERESTS: National and ethnic identity, East and Central Europe, globalization, and youth cultures. Her primary area of study is post-communist Poland, where she examines young Poles' (now in their mid-twenties) experiences of national identity and democratization.
POLAND RELATED SCHOLARSHIP:
DISSERTATION
  • Polish youth in transition: Nation, self, and other in post-communist Poland.
ARTICLES
  • "We Just Want to Live Normally": Intersecting Discourses of Public, Private, Poland, and the West Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Europe. 3(1):2-13
  • Gifts and Favors: Social Networks and Reciprocal Exchange in Poland. Ethnologia Europea. 31(1)
Robel , Ronald R. , Professor of History and Director, Critical Languages Center , University of Alabama @
Ph.D. Michigan,
Phone: (205) 348 7152 / Fax: . . . . . . . . . / e-mail: rrobel@woodsquad.as.ua.edu
MAJOR INTERESTS: Oriental civilizations.

Meta-Faculty

Malewicz, Grzegorz , Assistant Professor of Computing Science, University of Alabama @
MS, University of Warsaw
Ph.D., University of Connecticut
Phone: (205) 348-4038 / Fax: (205) 348-0219 / E-Mail: greg@cs.ua.edu
MAJOR INTERESTS: Parallel and distributed computing; Design and analysis of algorithms; Combinatorial optimization; Mobile computing

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