Director: Julian Maślanka
Deputy Director: Jan Michalik
Secretary: Andrzej Borowski

Class I Members

This Class brings together scholars who represent philologies (Polish, Classical, English, Germanic, Romance, Slavic), including linguistics and literary studies (literary history and theory), as well as art historians.

The primary fruits of the Class’s labors are its publications, presently consisting of three series: Papers in Philology, Library of Translations from Ancient Literature (including eight volumes published before the Second World War), and Old Polish Source Materials.
The first series, Papers in Philology, includes several publications, such as a study by Stanisław Urbańczyk dealing with the history of linguistics in Poland, collection of essays by the Italian Slavicist Riccardo Picchio (translated into Polish) as well as the following works: by Aleksander Szulc on national varieties of German language, by Romuald Turasiewicz on the life and artistic works of Lisias, by Magdalena Sitarz on Jewish and Polish proverbs and by Mosze Altbauer on the two­-way Polish­-Jewish influence in the field of language. There are now five more volumes in the classical translation series: two translated and edited by Mieczysław Brożek (Statius’s Thebais and Lucan’s Bellum Civile), one translated and edited by Romuald Turasiewicz (Lysias’s Speeches), one translated and edited by Michał Bednarski (Apollonios Dyskolos’s Essay on Syntax) and one translated and edited by Ireneusz Ptaszek (Andokides’s Speeches).

In the series of source materials from the earliest history of Poland, Kazimierz Rymut and his co­authors have published a collection entitled Polish Letters from the XVIth Century, in a critical edition by Marian Plezia.
Some publications written by members of Class I have appeared in the publication series of Class II, such as the Latin text of Vincent Kadłubek’s Chronicles, in a critical edition by Marian Plezia.

Commissions in Class I:

PAU Commission on Classical Philology
PAU Commission on Modern Philology
PAU Commission on Slavonian Culture
PAU Commission on Art History

PAU Commission on Classical Philology

Chairman: Stanisław Stabryła
Deputy Chairwoman: Maria Dzielska
Secretary: Kazimierz Korus

The nature of the Commission’s work is to bring together representatives of various humanistic disciplines who share an interest in the study of Greco-Roman antiquity, broadly conceived, and its reception in the culture of Medieval and modern Europe. It gathers Hellenists and Latinists, specialists in history and literature, as well as linguistics (classical linguistics): Byzantinists, Neo­Latinists, ancient historians, historians of ancient culture and philosophy, Patristicists, archaeologists, numismatists, specialists in ancient law (especially Roman), and scholars interested in the reception of antiquity in the culture and literature of Europe, especially Poland.

The thematic scope of the Commission’s activities covers virtually all areas of knowledge about antiquity.
The focus of scholarly attention has been on the study of:
1) the grammar, syntax, semantics, and stylistics of the classical languages;
2) the types and genres of Greek literature of the classical period, especially drama, historiography, and rhetoric;
3) Roman literature of the Augustan Age.

The Commission publishes its Works, in which five volumes of assembled works on various topics have already appeared, as well as four monographs.
The Commission is also actively engaged in the PAU series entitled Library of Translations from Ancient Literature, in which there have appeared so far editions of Statius’s Thebais, Lucan’s Bellum Civile, Lysias’s Speeches and Apollonius Dyskolos’s Essay on Syntax and Andokides’s Speeches.

PAU Commission on Modern Philology

Chairman: Stanisław Widłak
Deputy Chairman: Marta Gibińska-Marzec
Secretary: Barbara Sosień

This Commission was formed in the autumn of 1998, but due to the illness of its founder and first Chairman, Przemysław Mroczkowski, it could not begin activities until early 2000, under the leadership of Olga Dobijanka-­Witczakowa.

The Commission’s meetings bring together scholars in modern philology, with the goal of achieving integration in terms of research methodology and facilitating the exchange of experiences.
The third volume of the Works of the Commission on Modern Philology has now appeared, featuring the best papers from the scholarly meetings held to date.

PAU Commission on Slavonian Culture

Chairman: Lucjan Suchanek
Deputy Chairman: Maria Dąbrowska-Partyka
Secretary: Hanna Kowalska-Stus

Attached to the PAU Class I (Philology), the Commission was formed in 2000. It is to some extent an interdisciplinary endeavour, including certain aspects of the field of interest of PAU Class II (History and Philosophy). Accordingly, the members of the Commission represent not only scholars in Slavonic philology, but also archaeologists, historians, and ethnographers. The Commission has published three volumes of its Works.

PAU Commission on Art History

Chairperson: Jerzy Gadomski
Deputy Chairman: Adam Małkiewicz
Secretaries: Kazimierz Kuczman, Joanna Ziętkiewicz-Kotz

The research issues presented at this Commission’s meetings involve Polish and European art, from antiquity to the most recent times. Papers read before the Commission must display both a solid methodological base and a profound exploration of the subject matter, based on a thorough review of the secondary literature. Papers are often read by scholars who do not belong to the Commission, from various universities in Poland. (Papers by invited lecturers from abroad are anticipated.) The papers presented at the Commission’s meetings have earned considerable respect among young art historians. Discussions have also been organized on the organizational framework of the Polish Committee on Art History.

The majority of the papers presented are published in the Commission’s scholarly yearbook, Folia Historiae Artium, series nova. Seven volumes have been published since 1995, when the new series was commenced. Volume IV was devoted to the 100th anniversary of the birth of Karolina Lanckorońska, a person of inestimable importance for Polish learning, and especially for the PAU, of which she was a member. The publication series Cracovia Artificum continues to be produced by the Commission, with source materials in the history of craftsmanship, including artistic crafts; to date three volumes have appeared, edited by Bolesław Przybyszewski.