Anna Wolff-Poweska
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Anna Wolff-Powęska is a Polish
historian
and political scientist specialising in Polish-German
relations. She was the director of the Western Institute
(Instytut Zachodni) in Poznań
from 1990 to 2004.
In 1964, she graduated in history from the Philosophical-Historical Department of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
. For a few years, she taught history in primary schools, until she was employed by the Western Institute
(Instytut Zachodni) in Poznań
in 1969. In 1970, she obtained a Ph.D., and in 1980 she completed her habilitation with a thesis on political and law doctrines at the same university. She became full professor in 1986 and was made director of the Western Institute in 1990. She left this post in 2004, but continues to work at the Institute.
-Eastern Europe
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Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
historian
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
and political scientist specialising in Polish-German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
relations. She was the director of the Western Institute
Western Institute
The Western Institute in Poznań is a scientific research society focusing on the Western provinces of Poland - Kresy Zachodnie , history, economy and politics of Germany, and the Polish-German relations in history and today.Established by...
(Instytut Zachodni) in Poznań
Poznan
Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...
from 1990 to 2004.
In 1964, she graduated in history from the Philosophical-Historical Department of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
Poznan
Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...
. For a few years, she taught history in primary schools, until she was employed by the Western Institute
Western Institute
The Western Institute in Poznań is a scientific research society focusing on the Western provinces of Poland - Kresy Zachodnie , history, economy and politics of Germany, and the Polish-German relations in history and today.Established by...
(Instytut Zachodni) in Poznań
Poznan
Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...
in 1969. In 1970, she obtained a Ph.D., and in 1980 she completed her habilitation with a thesis on political and law doctrines at the same university. She became full professor in 1986 and was made director of the Western Institute in 1990. She left this post in 2004, but continues to work at the Institute.
Areas of activity
Wolff-Powęska's main areas of interest are the history of German political thought and the political culture of CentralCentral Europe
Central Europe or alternatively Middle Europe is a region of the European continent lying between the variously defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe...
-Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe is the eastern part of Europe. The term has widely disparate geopolitical, geographical, cultural and socioeconomic readings, which makes it highly context-dependent and even volatile, and there are "almost as many definitions of Eastern Europe as there are scholars of the region"...
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Awards
In 2005, Wolff-Powęska received the Polish-German Award for special contribution to Polish-German relations.Publications
- Doktryna geopolityki w Niemczech (1979),
- Polityczne i filozoficzne nurty konserwatyzmu w Republice Federalnej Niemiec (1984),
- Niemiecka myśl polityczna wieku oświecenia (1988),
- Wspólna Europa. Mit czy rzeczywistość (praca zbiorowa, 1990),
- Polacy wobec Niemców. Z dziejów kultury politycznej Polskiej Rzeczypospolitej Ludowej 1945-1989 (1993),
- Oswojona Rewolucja. Europa Środkowo-Wschodnia w procesie demokratyzacji (1998),
- Polen in Deutschland, Integration oder Separation? (2000),
- Przestrzeń i polityka. Z dziejów niemieckiej myśli politycznej (antologia, red. 2000),
- A bliźniego swego... Kościoły w Niemczech wobec „problemu żydowskiego” (2003).