Polish Studies at Sam Houston State University

The University's webpages currently list no courses in the area of Polish Studies execpt on one that bears on the subject tangentially. However, as detailed below, a couple of faculty members do have Poland-related interests.

Poland-Related Courses

HISTORY 365 Russian History to 1917 @

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course will acquaint students with the political, social, economic and cultural history of Russia and the Soviet Union from earliest times to 1917. The first part of the course will look into origins of the Eastern Slavic states up until the Mongol Invasion of the 13th century. The second part will investigate the impact of Mongol and Tatar rule and the rise of Moscow as a Eurasian empire. The Thrid part of the course will look at the impact of Russia's interaction with Europe from Peter the Great to Nicholas II. The fourth part of the course will investigate the domestic and foreign crises of the Russian Empire which led to World War, revolution and the foundation of the Soviet Union. The course discusses the interaction of Russia with the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Russia's participation in the partition of Poland.
COURSE INSTRUCTOR: Pappas, N.

Faculty

Lukaszewski, Witold J., Professor, Political Science Department, Sam Huston State University @

Ph.D. Columbia University
Phone: 936-294-1468 / Fax: 936-294-4172 / E-Mail: pol_wjl@shsu.edu
MAJOR INTERESTS: European security issues and the process of transition from communism to democracy.
POLAND RELATED SCHOLARSHIP:
ARTICLES

• "Polish Losses in World War II" in Sarmatian Review, April 1998

PRESENTATIONS

• NATO Enlargement: A Betrayal or a Vindication, Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., June 1996.
• Poles in Germany: Dubious Status, Uncertain Future, AAASS, Boston, Massachusetts, November 1996

Stowe, Charles R. B. Professor, Department of General Business and Finance, Sam Huston State University @

Ph.D., University of Warsaw 1998
Phone: 936-294-1287 / Fax: 936-294-3074 / E-Mail: fin_crs@shsu.edu
MAJOR INTERESTS: Banking law, transition economics, intellectual capital, entrepreneurship and cyberlaw
POLAND RELATED SCHOLARSHIP:
BOOKS

• The Implications of Foreign Financial Institutions on Poland's Emerging Entrepreneurial Economy Edwin Mellen Press, 1999

• Criminal Justice Study Abroad: The College of Criminal Justice offers a study opportunity in Poland@