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University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0912
(213) 740-1111

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Polish Studies at University of Southern California

The Institution

The University of Southern California is a private research university located in an urban area. Founded in 1880 it has a total enrollment of over 28,000 and an undergraduate population of over 15,000.

Polish Studies Courses

History 328 Poland and the Western Tradition @
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Polish civilization from the 10th century to the present, with special emphasis upon the participation of Poland in the currents of the European tradition
COURSE INSTRUCTOR: Knoll, P.
HIST 419 Poland and Its Neighbors in the Middle Ages @
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Polish politics, society, and culture in relation to its regional neighbors, especially Bohemia and Hungary, from the 10th to the end of the 15th century.
COURSE INSTRUCTOR: Knoll, P,W,
School of Music 688 Polish Identity in Music @
COURSE DESCRIPTION: An overview of distinct approaches to expressing national identity in music, with studies of the anthems and their usage, folklore and its quotation, national dance forms; examples from the Chopin, Szymanowski, Górecki, Bacewicz, Tansman, Szymanski.
COURSE INSTRUCTOR: Trochimczyk, M.

Language Instruction

No Polish language instruction is being offered currently. In the past, however, the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures has offered a two semester Elementary Polish sequence as well as a two semester continuation entitled: Readings in Polish Literature.

Faculty

Knoll, Paul, W. , Professor, History, University of Southern California @
Ph.D. University of Colorado, 1964
Phone: (213)-740-1658 / Fax: . . . / E-Mail: knoll@usc.edu
MAJOR INTERESTS: Late Medieval East Central Europe; Renaissance; Universities, their political and intellectual history, especially that of University of Kraków.
POLAND RELATED SCHOLARSHIP:
TRANSLATIONS
  • Chronicles and Deeds of the Dukes or Princes of the Poles, by Gallus Anonymus. Trans. with Janos M. Bak and Frank Schaer, Central European University Press, June 2002
BOOKS
  • The Rise of the Polish Monarchy: Piast Poland in East Central Europe 1320-1370, Chicago Univ. of Chicago Press, 1972.
ARTICLES
  • "Jadwiga and Education," in The Polish Review (1999)

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

Askanas, Valerie , Professor of Neurology, University of Southern California @
M.D., Warsaw Medical School, 1960.
Ph.D., Warsaw Medical School, 1967
Phone: (213) 743-1612 / Fax: (213) 743-1617 / E-Mail: askanas@usc.edu
MAJOR INTERESTS: Neuromuscular diseases
Kulig, Kornelia , Associate Professor of Clinical Physical Therapy, University of Southern California @
Ph.D., Academy of Physical Education, Wroclaw, 1982
Phone: (323) 442-2911 / Fax: . . . / E-Mail: kulig@hsc.usc.edu
MAJOR INTERESTS: Biomechanical basis for normal and pathological movement
Pilch, Krzysztof , Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southern California @
Ph.D., University of Wroclaw, 1983
Phone: (213) 740-1145/1124 / Fax: (213) 740-6653 / E-Mail: pilch@usc.edu
MAJOR INTERESTS: Theoretical High Energy Physics, String theory, AdS/CFT correspondence, supergravity, representation theory
Smogorzewski, Miroslaw J. , Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Southern California @
M.D., Univ. of Warsaw, 1973
Ph.D., Univ. of Warsaw, 1982
Phone: (323)226-7307 / Fax: (323)226-5390 / E-Mail: smogorze@usc.edu
MAJOR INTERESTS: Nephrology, heart hypetrophogy in chronic renal failure, signal transduction and cystosolic calcium in urimia

Poland-related Resources

Polish Music Center: The Center is the only music library and research center in North America devoted to Polish music. The collection includes manuscripts, scores, books, dissertations, journals and recordings. The Center publishes a series of books on Polish music history and organizes an annual competition for music historians - the Wilk Prizes for Research in Polish Music It also maintains a comprehensive Web site with two online publications (a monthly Newsletter and the semi-annual Polish Music Journal) as well as information about events, competitions, festivals and composers. @


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