Sarmatian Review is an English language

English language

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 peer review

Peer review

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ed academic journal

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 on the Slavistics

Slavistics

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 (culture

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, history

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, and society

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 of Central

Central Europe

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 and Eastern Europe

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) published by Polish Institute of Houston at Rice University

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 three times a year in January, April, and September. Since 1992 an abbreviated web edition appears six to ten weeks after the print edition and is available freely from their website. It was founded in 1981. Its ISSN number is 10595872.

It deals with a variety of subjects: country-related articles (Poland

Poland

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, Russia

Russia

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 and Ukraine

Ukraine

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 being most prominent), the post-Soviet period, the American

United States

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 and European ethnic issues and matters related mass media

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, higher education

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, literature

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, government

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, religion

Religion

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 and politics

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. It contains articles, review

Review

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 and sometimes literature samples (poetry

Poetry

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).

The name of the publications comes from Sarmatia

Sarmatia

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, a semi-legendary name for the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was a dualistic state of Poland and Lithuania ruled by a common monarch. It was the largest and one of the most populous countries of 16th- and 17th‑century Europe with some and a multi-ethnic population of 11 million at its peak in the early 17th century...

, a multi-cultural state that spanned most of Eastern Europe from 16th to 18th centuries.

The goal of this publication, as stated at http://ejournal.coalliance.org/fullrec.cfm?EJID=1850 is: "The Sarmatian Review was conceived by a group of American Polish scholars who observed a dearth of scholarly journals that would allow the Polish-American points of view to be heard. Polish-Americans, and other Americans of Central European ancestry, will be able to speak for themselves in a scholarly publication that reflects Central European and Polish-American identity."

External links

• Homepage
• Correspondences between Melchior Wańkowicz
  Melchior Wankowicz
  Melchior Wańkowicz was a Polish writer, journalist and publisher. He is most famous for his reporting for the Polish Armed Forces in the West during World War II and writing a book about the battle of Monte Cassino....
  
   and Jerzy Giedroyc
  Jerzy Giedroyc
  Jerzy Giedroyc was a Polish writer and political activist....
  
  Sarmatian Review September 1999