Polish Studies at Lehigh University

The Institution

Poland-Related Courses

IR 167 Diplomacy of Russia to 1917 @

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Expansion of the Russian Empire; principles of Russian foreign policy and their specific applications under the Tsarist governments (with specific reference to Poland), treated partially as background of Soviet policy; interaction between Russian domestic and foreign affairs
COURSE INSTRUCTOR: Smolansky, O. M.

Faculty

Bross, Addison C. Professor of English, Lehigh University@

Ph.D., Louisiana State, 1967
Phone: 610-758-3331 / Fax: . . . / E-Mail: acb2@lehigh.edu
MAJOR INTERESTS:Joseph Conrad, with special attention to Conrad's political notions as influenced by his Polish background.
POLAND RELATED SCHOLARSHIP:
PUBLICATIONS

• "Beerbohm's `The Feast' and Conrad's Early Fiction," Nineteenth-Century Fiction, 1971
• "Almayer's Folly and the Polish Debate about Materialism," in Conrad: The Past and Future Splendor, Columbia U P, 1999.
• "Apollo Korzeniowski's Mythic Vision: Poland and Muscovy," The Conradian, 1995

Heise Jennifer A. Sr. Consultant, Library and Technical Services, Lehigh University

MLS., Syracuse University, 1991
Phone: 610-758-3072 / Fax: . . . / E-Mail: jahb@lehigh.edu
A MAJOR INTERESTS: Recreation of the culture and arts of a medieval Polish woman.
POLAND RELATED SCHOLARSHIP:
WEB PAGES

• Jadwiga Zajaczkowa's Page
• Introduction to Medieval Poland
• Queen Jadwiga of Poland
• The Union of Jadwiga and Jagiello

Smolansky, Oles M. Professor of International Relationa, Lehigh University @

Ph.D., Columbia University, 1959
Phone: (610) 758-3388 / Fax: . . . / E-Mail: oms0@lehigh.edu
A MAJOR INTERESTS: International relations of Russia, the other post-Soviet states, especially Ukraine.
POLAND RELATED SCHOLARSHIP:
COURSES

• Diplomacy of Russia to 1917

Hyclak, Thomas J. Professor of Economics, Lehigh University @@

Ph.D., Economics, University of Notre Dame, 1976
Phone: (610) 758-3425 / Fax: (610) 758-4677 / E-Mail: tjh7@lehigh.edu
A MAJOR INTERESTS: Labor aspects of the transition to a market economy in Poland
POLAND RELATED SCHOLARSHIP:
WEB PAGES

• Transition to a Market Economy and the Distribution of Wages

META-FACULTY - Faculty who have studied and/or taught at Polish institutions of higher education

Misiolek, Wojciech Z., Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Lehigh University @

Ph.D., University of Mining and Metallurgy, Krakow, 1985.
Phone: (610) 758-4252 / Fax:.../ E-Mail: wzm2@lehigh.edu
MAJOR INTERESTS: Focused on powder metallurgy and processing of particulate materials, deformation and workability, surface treatment and coatings, and rapid prototyping.