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FAMILY PHOTO IN BIOGRAPHICAL STUDIES - REFLECTIONS AND EDUCATIONAL INSPIRATIONS (Fotografia rodzinna w badaniach biograficznych - refleksje oraz inspiracje dydaktyczne)

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Sulik M.

Dyskursy Młodych Andragogów / Adult Education Discourses

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2011

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vol. 12

239-248

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The authoress considers the role and importance of a family photo in the biographical studies, and presents educational influences related to the topic. She also shows the significance of the photo in constructing one's identity and fostering mature self-reflection. Moreover, the article reveals that the photos are not only sentimental mementoes, but also historically meaningful documents. The authoress describes her didactic experiences after teaching workshops on childhood memories, where family photos played a fundamental part. Among other goals, she also aimed to make the readers reflect on their own biographical documentation that the photos constitute.

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THE SOCIAL FRAMEWORK OF MEMORY

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Kazimierska K.

Kultura i Społeczeństwo

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2007

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vol. 51

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issue 2

3-23

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The problem of collective memory has become a subject of discussion among representatives of humanities - especially sociologists and historians - over the past few decades. The article presents selected perspectives interpreting the phenomenon of collective memory in contemporary society whose characteristic is that it is inclined towards the future rather than the past. In this context the particular method of establishing ties with the past is defined as a practice serving to define the past in terms of the fluid present and the hard to define future. The collective memory is shown as both a factor shaping socially defined areas of amnesia and a factor which influences the biographical dimension of establishing identity, including a picture of the past.

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Publicista a spisovatel Karel Horký a jeho týdeník Fronta (Příspěvek k obrazu české protihradní opozice mezi světovými válkami)

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Zackova Z.

Moderní dějiny: sborník k dějinám 19. a 20. století (Modern History: Studies into 19th and 20th century history)

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2007

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vol. 15

133-181

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The study goes into the history of the political weekly 'Fronta' appearing in Prague from 1927 to 1939. The study focuses on the life of the weekly's editor K. Horky. The roots of Horky's 'anti-Castle' positions are traced back to the period of World War I when Horky failed to fully engage in the anti-Habsburg resistance movement led by Masaryk. In 1927, together with the others nationalists and with the agrarian financial support, he established 'Fronta'. Editor K. Horky wrote against the Castle (i.e., the President's policy). In the beginning, 'Fronta' disputed particularly the Liberator Legend and Benes's foreign policy, and struggled for a strong national state. The author appreciates Horky's highly moral positions after the Munich Agreement when he categorically refused to join in 'Fronta' the witch-hunt launched by the right extremists. Shortly after the country's occupation, 'Fronta' ceased to appear. Horky refused to retake his anti-Benes positions and retired from public life. After February 1948, the possibility to publish his views was strongly limited.

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„Pisarz-Rodak” czy „homo-duplex”? Joseph Conrad czytany na nowo

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Chomiuk A.

Białostockie Studia Literaturoznawcze

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2012

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vol. 3

249-255

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The article is a critical review of the book Conrad a Polska comprising analyses devoted to Conrad's Polish heritage by academics of various nationalities. The author emphasises the fact that a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives and research points of view from which the writer's biography and work are shown allows the refreshing of Conrad's portrayal as a man torn between various identities and worlds. In her opinion, the Polish reader can also be interested in using the Conradian prism for showing the particular characteristics of the external reception of our culture, emphasising those of its features and elements which form the image of Polishness abroad.

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FROM BIOGRAPHY TO A NET OF INTERPRETATIONS: THE PLURALITY OF APPROACHES TO VLADIMÍR KARFÍK’S WORK

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Bartošová N.

Muzeológia a kultúrne dedičstvo

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2023

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vol. 11

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issue 1

37 - 51

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The aim of this study is to justify a partial shift from the biographical approach in the author’s ongoing research into the work of architect Vladimír Karfík’s, especially if that research is directed towards raising present-day appreciation of his output. The inspiration comes from pragmatic aesthetics, as understood by philosopher Richard Shusterman, which considers the possibility of appreciating a work of art and architecture without the premise of one universal truth. The “net of interpretations” metaphor suggests that different interpretative lines can be perceived as equivalent in all their diversity, and there is no single “true” image of the work that lies underneath. The proposition of the study is argued both on a theoretical level and through the analysis of existing publications devoted to Karfík’s work and personality.

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Walka o zmianę statusu a (nie)moc kształcenia w świetle analizy doświadczeń edukacyjnych kobiet. Studium biograficzne

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Jurgiel A.

Rocznik Andragogiczny

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2011

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vol. R. 2011

71-81

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The author presents the problem of the importance of education, adult learning for the construction of their identity. To achieve that she analyses educational experiences of four different women - nontraditional students, who came from working-class families in the light of their biographies. In the study she discovers to what extent their current social and economical status determines the way of thinking about education and their learning process as limited to compensating for deficiencies and ‘attachment to their school desk’. In the methodological sense, the author shows a biographical study as an element which becomes a part of public discourse, not devoid of economical and political connotations.

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ZBIGNIEW WEGLARZ – STEADFAST MARINER (Zbigniew Weglarz – marynarz niezlomny)

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Wojciechowski Z.

Colloquium Wydziału Nauk Humanistycznych i Społecznych AMW

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2011

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issue 4

103-128

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The article describes Navy Officer Zbigniew Weglarz (1914-2007) who fought during second world war as a crew member of Polish destroyers alongside British Royal Navy. After his comeback to Poland during stalinism he was unjustly accused of sabotage, examined brutally and sentenced to prison; in 1955 he was completely freed from guilt, though. Then he served in fleets of various countries. Mr. Weglarz was true patriot, proper seaman and defender of national tradition, his life is wright example to follow.

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Komendanci Oddziału Straży Granicznej w Gdańsku (1991–2012)

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Bieniecki I.

Colloquium Wydziału Nauk Humanistycznych i Społecznych AMW

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2012

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issue 2

25-40

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In the article there are biographies of four consecutive commandants of the Maritime Regional Unit of Border Guard in Gdańsk who commanded the Unit since 1991 until 2012: Lieutenant Colonel BG Tadeusz Kaczyński, Rear Admiral BG Stanisław Lisak, Rear Admiral BG Konrad Wiśniowski and Rear Admiral BG Piotr Stocki.

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Rola marzeń w życiu ludzi starszych

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Czerniawska O.

Rocznik Andragogiczny

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2010

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vol. R. 2010

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In the paper the issue of dreams elder people have is discussed. First, definitions of dreams are explained, as day-dreaming and night dreams. The author discusses night dreams, its role in human life, and meaning in culture, especially in Christian religion, mainly the Bible. Then she points to therapeutic role of night dreams discussing in care centers for the elderly. And day-dreaming is important for emotional sphere of human life. Finally the author analyses 31 in-depth interviews conducted by her students with elder people. What where their dreams in the past, when they were children, how dreams changed in their youth, adulthood and what are their dreams now. In the end the author points to the Golden Dream Foundation which helps people to fulfill their dreams and concludes how important it is for the elderly to have a possibility to fulfill their dreams and advance their life quality.

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JULIAN BRUN - A CRITICAL SKETCH TO A PORTRAIT OF A COMMUNIST (Julian Brun - krytyczny szkic do portretu komunisty)

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Gmurczyk-Wronska M.

Studia z Dziejów Rosji i Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej

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2010

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vol. 45

123-139

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Julian Brun, (1986-1942), publicist, literary critic, historian, communist. He was connected with communist circles in his middle school years, then he was a member of SDK PiL, and finally of KPP and the structures of the third International (Komintern). Julian Bruno-s biography is full of questionable and ambiguous facts. These relate to his activity and position in the Komintern structures as well as his connections with Russian politicians and diplomats, the problem of Polish communists. These may be resolved after gaining access to Russian documents. From the preserved Polish documentation emerges a person completely entangled in ideology, losing the sense of reality, serving the USSR . It seems rather striking, considering the fact that Brun was engaged in international activity, he knew Western Europe perfectly. He was also aware of the realities of the USSR ; he had spent many years there. And although, on the ideological level, the communists treated the USSR as their homeland, still, a strong Polish homeland motif is prevalent in his writing. For him, Polish history and its present time evidently carried the burden of Marxism and remained in close affiliation with Moscow. As one of the few communists, apart from Julian Marchlewski, he wrote about Polish history separately. In the process of Polish nation formation, he acknowledged the role of Polish intelligence and aristocracy. Brun is a figure with intelligentsia and insurgent background, so deeply entangled in communist ideology that he decided to stand against his own country. An educated communist, with international connections, a researcher in nature, but with archaic in the present day, and almost shocking attitude of a loyal communist in the service of the USSR . The bibliography of his works comprises about 200 entries. Despite the controversy that it may arouse, his publication of 1926 of Stefan Zeromski's Tragedy of Errors, though written in Marxist as well as probolshevik stream, is probably his best work. There he demonstrated a good amount of independent thinking; he undeniably paid homage not only to Zeromski, but also other independence activists of the 19th century. After his departure to the USSR in 1926, the motif of Polish nation could still be visible in his journalism, however, soviet propaganda, to which he succumbed entirely, dominated. And despite the fact that the problem of revolution, one of the most prominent in 19th and 20th century, through reference to, among others, Tocquevill-s works, puts him on a par with the theorists of the revolution phenomenon, today, his deliberations do not present any scientific value. Still, Brun as a figure, his activity as well as his journalism, is significant for the studies on Komintern, the USSR , but also the history of Poland. Brun was a good hero for the PRL propagators. On his 10th death anniversary in 1952, the Presidium of the Board of Polish Journalists Association named after him the Journalists House in Warsaw on Foksal Street. A Julian Brun's annual prize for young journalists was also founded.

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Vir bonus, cognoscendi peritus

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Bering P.

Symbolae Philologorum Posnaniensium Graecae et Latinae

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2010

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vol. 20

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issue 1

9-22

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The paper contains a memoir of famous Polish researcher of Medieval Latin Professor Kazimierz Liman (1925-2010) written by his scholar.

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Udzielanie pomocy w poradnictwie międzykulturowym przy wykorzystaniu metody Mapowania Przestrzeni Życiowej

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Słowik A.

Teraźniejszość – Człowiek – Edukacja

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2012

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issue 2(58)

77-96

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A modern human being is more and more often aware that they have to come to terms with the ambiguity and multidimensional character of ‘events’ in their own biography. However, a new ‘organisation’ of one’s life requires to undertake actions and educational efforts to ‘tell’ one’s own biography, which is accompanied by active formulation (but also solution) of problems. The counsellors who work with people coming from other cultural areas than they do, seek methods and tools which will be effective in the work with ‘non-traditional’ people who seek guidance. Such a possibility ‘is provided’ by the method of live space map, which may be treated not only as a method of work in the counselling field, but also as a way of acquiring biographic knowledge in the process of learning. The educational episodes which appear in life and problems connected thereto are treated as challenges and should be considered by individuals in the category of educational chances.

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BENEDICT KIŠDY: FOUNDING FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KOŠICE

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Fedorčák P.

Mesto a dejiny

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2023

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vol. 12

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issue 2

56 -70

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Benedict Kišdy (Kisdy, Kisdi, Kischdy), bishop of Eger and an important figure in the re-catholicization of north-eastern Hungary, is one of the most important figures in the history of Košice in the early modern period. Kišdy’s most memorable activity was the founding of the University of Košice, which had a long-term impact on the cultural and intellectual development of the city beyond the first intention of its founder, i.e. re-catholicization. The present study analyses the place of Kišdy in historiography from the time of the Jesuits and the possibilities of using the biographical method in the case of Benedict Kišdy. An important role in Kišdy’s life was played by his attitude towards Peter Pázmaň, Jesuits and Franciscans. The theoretical question of Kišdy’s place among the most important personalities in the history of Košice is raised, which is partly answered by the still vivid commemoration and places of remembrance connected with Kišdy.

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Podpułkownik Ludwik Kiok (1892–?). Przyczynek do biograﬁi

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Jaskulski W.

Białostockie Teki Historyczne

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2013

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vol. 11

195-209

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Lieutenant colonel Ludwik Kiok was one of many Polish Army oﬃcers originally serving in the tsarist army. During WW I he served in the tsarist army and, after its disintegration, in the Polish I Corps in Russia and then in the Polish Military Organization. After the war, he joined the Polish Army. He started his military service in Warsaw in the rank of lieutenant. During the Polish-Soviet war he was a troop commander of the I Regiment of Field Artillery of the Polish Legions, for which he was awarded with the highest combat badges. After the war he had under his command a heavy artillery squadron in Grodno. Despite positive opinions he received, in 1923 he was transferred to work in military education – as a lecturer. In the spring of 1926 he temporarily commanded the 8 Squadron of Horse Artillery. Then, in the autumn of the following year, he was transferred to military education. This time to Centrum Wyszkolenia Kawalerii in Grudziądz, where in January 1936 he got promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel. In February of that year he was transferred to the 16 Regiment of Light Artillery, as deputy commander. In the spring of 1938 he was in charge of the 4 Squadron of Horse Artillery. He commanded it during the Polish campaign of 1939. During the battle of Kock he got into German bondage. He was sent to Oﬂag VII A Murnau in Bavaria. In the time of war and peace, alike, he proved to be an excellent organizer, lecturer and commander. He was highly appreciated in all his functions. As a model soldier, he gained appreciation both from his superiors and subordinates.

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REMBRANDT - THE OTHER BIOGRAPHY (Rembrandt - inna biografia)|

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Wetering v. d. E.

Rocznik Historii Sztuki

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2008

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vol. 33

5-27

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The article consists of a shortened and modified version of the book 'Rembrandt:a life in 180 paintings' (Amsterdam 2008)

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Cornelius Nepos' king biographies?

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Szabo F. K.

Antik Tanulmanyok (Studia Antiqua)

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2007

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vol. 51

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issue 2

217-237

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The interpretations concerning the 'Reges' (XXI) have led partly to uncertain, partly to mistaken conclusions. By reinterpreting the terminology of Nepos it will be argued that the chapter took place only in the second edition of the Book on foreign generals, and that neither before nor after this book there were lives of kings included in the 'De viris illustribus'. In the preface of the chapter the author refers to his own previous works, in which the deeds (res gestae) of both the Greek and the barbarian kings (omnium), who were also generals, had been sporadically (separatim) mentioned yet (sunt relatae). To avoid repetition Nepos only gives a brief summary about their death and characters, so the 'Reges' was neither a résumé nor a recommendation of the unattested Book on foreign kings. Its aim was to make it possible for the readers to get complete biographical portraits of the kings too, and for himself to connect the books on the generals and to emphasize his moral and historical philosophy, which was the most important novelty of the new edition.

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Příběhy Nerudových lásek. Životopis jako kulturní konstrukt

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Mocná D.

Česká literatura (Czech Literature)

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2011

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vol. 59

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issue 2

149-175

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This article takes issue with the opinion that a biography is a collection of verifiable facts with clear causal links. Drawing upon current research on the historical narrative, the article sees biography as a product of collective interpretation, which changes over time. The article illustrates these processes using the example of the biographical treatment of the love affairs of the writer Jan Neruda (1834–1891). In particular it considers how social norms and cultural models of the period were employed in the writing of biography and then its variation. The first part of the article analyzes the mechanisms of the selection of real-life facts. The second part analyzes how these facts are treated, both diachronically and synchronically. In the first, on the basis of critiques of primary sources, it considers strategies that the individual figures (future characters) use to fight for their positions in the story of Neruda’s life, and how the people close to them worked on their inclusion in the Neruda myth. The author argues that although this ‘lobbying’ by the participants was important, it was equally important, if not more so, that the stories which they offered to the public were in keeping with contemporaneous aesthetic priorities and norms. In Neruda’s early work on the biography his relations with his ‘eternal betrothed’, Anna Holinová, were particularly important. He saw these relations as something between a Biedermeier idyll and a Neo-omantic fairy tale about his love for the terminally ill and unattainable Terezie Macháčková. Twenty years later the time was ripe for his ‘romance of love and honour’ with the writer Karolina Světlá (1830–1899). Because his other romantic relations tended to be considered unacceptable (for example, his love affair with Božena Vlachová), they made their way into his biography only with difficulty or have not yet been included (his affairs with actresses like Emilie Bekovská). The second part of the article considers the perspective from which these constructed ‘stories’ were read by members of various generations, that is to say, literary historians and biographers. The adaptation of the story to changing times is considered here, using the example of shifts in the interpretation of Neruda’s love affair with Holinová. This part of the article also points out the tendency of the genre to be standardized; the individual, sometimes unconventional, form of the author’s attitudes and experiences is smoothed out to make it acceptable to the majority of recipients. The author argues this using the example of Neruda and Světlá’s affair, which was, as is evident in the surviving sources, hardly an ordinary love story, though it became ordinary in its biographical treatment. This standardization is, however, clearly the price that has to be paid for the immortality of important individuals, as Milan Kundera points out in his novel Nesmrtelnost (immortality).

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Mateřství na dálku. Transnacionální mateřství ukrajinských migrantek v České republice

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Ezzeddine P.

Gender, rovné příležitosti, výzkum (Gender, Equal Opportunities, Research)

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2012

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vol. 13

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issue 1

24-32

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The Czech Republic is chosen by Ukrainian transnational mothers as a destination for their economic migration, mainly because it is possible, due to the geographical distance, to conduct a circulation migration between the two countries. The life “here” and “there” and the mobility of female labor migration gives, on the one hand, Ukrainian mothers the possibility of coordinating productive and reproductive work but, on the other hand, they are “trapped” in the net of unskilled work, and it is hard for them to get a stable job position. I analyze how gender operates in transnational spaces, and what impacts it has on the experience of motherhood. I describe how transnational Ukrainian mothers narratively construct and emphasize their experiences with transnational motherhood.

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ABOUT THE NEED OF BIOGRAPHY (O potrzebie biografii i problemie biografii)

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Sosnowska D.

Sprawy Narodowościowe

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2010

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issue 37

79-87

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The author quotes an opinion that in the recent time Ukrainian discourse on issue of history has deeply changed. A previous monopoly of Marxist language has been suppressed and replaced by discourses of modern humanities. This transformation is apparent; however, some Ukrainian critics worried that it might be only a superficial adaptation to a modern paradigm of historical science: Ukrainian scholars conformed to this western standard of scientific discourse, but in reality they do not treat popular terms as an actually working tool for analyzing their own historical problems. In the author's opinion there are some deficient terms among ones so frequently used by Ukrainian historians, such as ‘identity' or ‘biography.' A new approach to biographical issue, especially to writing of biographies of those national activists whose life was affected by cross-cultural influence is a crucial need of Ukrainian historiography.

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KAROL REBRO – ANALÝZA JEHO VEDECKÉHO DIELA

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Blaho P.

Právny obzor. Teoretický časopis pre otázky štátu a práva (Juridical Review. Theoretical journal for the questions of state and law)

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2012

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vol. 95

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issue 5

403 – 417

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The contribution is devoted to the scientific review of works of Karol Rebro, Slovak law historian who was active in legal science in the period of the years 1934 – 2000. He wrote five monographs and three teaching texts from the area of Roman law and two monographs from Slovak history of law, which became subject of this analysis and were regarded as basic publications of their kind. It is clear from the contribution that Karol Rebro was a leading law theoretician in former Czechoslovakia and contributed to the conservation of Roman law in the study programmes of faculties of law and to its further development.

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FAMILY PHOTO IN BIOGRAPHICAL STUDIES - REFLECTIONS AND EDUCATIONAL INSPIRATIONS (Fotografia rodzinna w badaniach biograficznych - refleksje oraz inspiracje dydaktyczne)

THE SOCIAL FRAMEWORK OF MEMORY

Publicista a spisovatel Karel Horký a jeho týdeník Fronta (Příspěvek k obrazu české protihradní opozice mezi světovými válkami)

„Pisarz-Rodak” czy „homo-duplex”? Joseph Conrad czytany na nowo

FROM BIOGRAPHY TO A NET OF INTERPRETATIONS: THE PLURALITY OF APPROACHES TO VLADIMÍR KARFÍK’S WORK

Walka o zmianę statusu a (nie)moc kształcenia w świetle analizy doświadczeń edukacyjnych kobiet. Studium biograficzne

ZBIGNIEW WEGLARZ – STEADFAST MARINER (Zbigniew Weglarz – marynarz niezlomny)

Komendanci Oddziału Straży Granicznej w Gdańsku (1991–2012)

Rola marzeń w życiu ludzi starszych

JULIAN BRUN - A CRITICAL SKETCH TO A PORTRAIT OF A COMMUNIST (Julian Brun - krytyczny szkic do portretu komunisty)

Vir bonus, cognoscendi peritus

Udzielanie pomocy w poradnictwie międzykulturowym przy wykorzystaniu metody Mapowania Przestrzeni Życiowej

BENEDICT KIŠDY: FOUNDING FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KOŠICE

Podpułkownik Ludwik Kiok (1892–?). Przyczynek do biograﬁi

REMBRANDT - THE OTHER BIOGRAPHY (Rembrandt - inna biografia)|

Cornelius Nepos' king biographies?

Příběhy Nerudových lásek. Životopis jako kulturní konstrukt

Mateřství na dálku. Transnacionální mateřství ukrajinských migrantek v České republice

ABOUT THE NEED OF BIOGRAPHY (O potrzebie biografii i problemie biografii)

KAROL REBRO – ANALÝZA JEHO VEDECKÉHO DIELA