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University of Houston
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(713) 743-2255

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Polish Studies at University of Houston

The Institution

The University of Huston server currently list no courses in the area of Polish Studies, or ones bearing on Poland-related matter. However, as detailed below, a noted Polish poet teaches a creative writing course and a number of faculty members do have Poland-related interests or degrees from Polish institutions of higher education.

Courses

ENGL: Creative Writing: Poetry @
COURSE DESCRIPTION: A Graduate Poetry Workshop taught each spring by A. Zagajewki, noted Polish poet
COURSE INSTRUCTOR: Zagajewski, A.

Faculty

Grabiec, Andrzej Professor of Violin, Moores School of Music, Univeristy of Houston @
M.M., Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music
Phone: (713)743-3152 / Fax: . . . / E-Mail: a.grabiec@worldnet.att.net
MAJOR INTERESTS:Performance as soloist in symphonic concerts performing works by Karol Szymanowski, Grazyna Bacewicz, and Henryk Wieniawski
POLAND-RELATED SCHOLARSHIP:
RECORDINGS
  • Soloist and Concertmaster of the Polish National Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra
Urquhart, Gregory Teacher, Language and Culture Center, Univeristy of Houston@
M.A., Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan
Phone: . . . / Fax: . . . / E-Mail: englmm@jetson.uh.edu
MAJOR INTERESTS: Teaching English as a Foreign Language
POLAND RELATED SCHOLARSHIP:
AWARDS
  • Fulbright Scholarship, Poland - teaching English as Second Language
Zagajewski, Adam Visiting Professor of English, Univeristy of Huston @
M.A., Jagellonian University (Krakow, Poland)
Phone: 713-743-2969 / Fax: . . . / E-Mail: . . .
MAJOR INTERESTS: The political and philosophical aspects of totalitarianism: one of the most widely known Polish poets, and essayists in the world.
POLAND RELATED SCHOLARSHIP @:
POETRY
  • Komunikat (Communique). Cracow: Wydawnictwo Literackie, 1972.
  • Sklepy miesne (Meat Shops). Cracow: Wydawnictwo Literackie, 1975.
  • Letter: An Ode to Multiplicity. Paris: Instytut Literacki, 1983.
  • Jechac do Lwowa (Travelling to Lwow). London: Aneks, 1985.
  • Plotno . Paris: Zeszyty Literackie, 1990. TRANS: R. Gorczynski, C. K. Williams , B. Ivry, Canvas, New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 1991
  • Ziemia ognista (The Fiery Land). Poznan: a5, 1994.
  • Pragnienie (Desire). Cracow: a5, 1999.
  • Without end : new and selected poems, TRANS: C. Cavanagh, R. Gorczynski, B. Ivry, and C.K. Williams New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2001
  • Mysticism for beginners, trans: C. Cavanagh, New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, c1997.
NOVELS AND OTHER PROSE
  • Cieplo, zimno (Warm and Cold). Warsaw: PIW, 1975.
  • Cienka kreska (The Thin Line). Cracow: Znak, 1978.
ESSAYS
  • Swiat nieprzedstawiony (The Unpresented World) (With Julian Kornhauser). Cracow: Wydawnictwo Literackie, 1974.
  • Drugi oddech (Second Wind). Cracow: Znak, 1978.
  • Solidarnosc i samotnosc . Paris: Zeszyty literackie, 1986; TRANS: Solidarity, solitude : essays Ecco Press, 1990)
  • Dwa miasta. Paris-Cracow, 1991. TRANS: L. Vallee Two Cities: On Exile, History, and the Imagination, Univ. of Georgia Press, 2002
  • W cudzym pieknie. Cracow: a5, 1998. TRANS: C. Cavanagh, Another Beauty, New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2000.

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

Czernuszewicz, Roman Associate Professor of Chemistry, Univeristy of Huston @
M. Sc.,Technical University of Wroclaw, 1975
Ph.D., Marquette University, 1981
Phone: (713) 743-3235 / Fax: (713) 743-2709 / E-Mail: roman@uh.edu
MAJOR INTERESTS: Analytical-Bioinorganic Chemistry
Fajtlowicz, Siemion Professor of Mathematics, University of Houston@ @
Ph.D., Mathematical Institute, Polish Academy of Science, 1967
Phone: (713) 743-3458 / Fax: . . . / E-Mail: siemion@math.uh.edu
MAJOR INTERESTS: Machine intelligence, graph theory, universal algebra



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