🇬🇧 About us

The Department of the History of the Polish Language in its present form brings together a group of scholars concerned primarily with Old Polish, and especially – with the language of the Polish Middle Ages. Thus, we are referring to the research directions set by Professors Stanisław Urbańczyk and Władysław Kuraszkiewicz long before the former Department of Polish Language emerged as a unit focused exclusively on diachronic linguistic research. The first head of the Department of the History of the Polish Language, established in 1996, was professor Wojciech Ryszard Rzepka (until 2002), the next – professor Zdzislawa Krążyńska (students of professor Kuraszkiewicz). From 2012 to 2020, the department was headed by professor Tomasz Mika. In 2021, the management was assumed by associate professor Agnieszka Słoboda. The department conducts research on both the system of language (primarily syntactic) and multidirectional studies of the most ancient Polish and bilingual texts, seen in a broad interdisciplinary context. The Department offers many types of classes, organizes scientific conferences, and pays special attention to the popularization of historical-linguistic knowledge, primarily through the vibrantly active (since 2002) Society of Enthusiasts of the History of the Polish Language.

Head of the department

associate professor Agnieszka Słoboda, PhD

Employees

professor Tomasz Mika, PhD

associate professor Dorota Rojszczak-Robińska, PhD

Marcin Kuźmicki, PhD

Dorota Masłej, PhD

Ewa Nowak-Pasterska, PhD

Doctoral students

Aleksandra Deskur, M.Sc.

Wojciech Stelmach, M.Sc.

Zofia Bryłka-Baranowska, M.Sc.

Anna Marko, M.Sc.

Professor emeritus

professor Zdzisława Krążyńska, PhD

Collaborators

Kinga Zalejarz, PhD

Olga Ziółkowska, PhD

Karolina Borowiec-Pieniak, PhD

Arkadiusz Robiński, M.Sc.