The university of warsaw (Jerzy Miziołek)

Tytuł The University of Warsaw Podtytuł History and Tradition Autor Jerzy Miziołek Język angielski Wydawnictwo Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego ISBN 978-83-235-2860-9 Rok wydania 2017 Warszawa Wydanie 1 liczba stron 432 Format pdf Spis treści Contents
Introduction 9
I. Warsaw in the time of the Duchy of Warsaw and the Congress Kingdom (1807–1831) 21
Images and symbols 21
The inception of the Congress Kingdom 26
The last years of the Congress Kingdom 31
The cultural achievements of the Congress Kingdom 36
II. The establishment of the University of Warsaw 41
Plans for founding a University in Warsaw at the turn of the eighteenth century 41
The Nobles’ Academy of the Corps of Cadets, or the School of Chivalry 43
The founding of the University 53
The emblem and banner of the University 58
The inauguration of the University 59
The functioning and organization of the University 64
Rector Wojciech A. Szweykowski 68
The University and the Society of Friends of Learning 71
The role of Stanisław Kostka Potocki and Stanisław Staszic in organizing education in Warsaw 73
The monument to Nicolaus Copernicus 75
III. The Faculty of Science and Fine Arts – education and art 81
The programme of teaching of the "Fine Sciences" 81
The historic precinct of the University (the Campus) 83
The Botanic Garden and Astronomical Observatory in Aleje Ujazdowskie 96
Outstanding Professors of the Faculty of Sciences and Fine Arts 100
Fryderyk Chopin’s university studies 105
IV. The Fine Arts Department and its role in shaping the artistic culture of Warsaw 111
The impact of the royal collection of sculptures
at the turn of the eighteenth century 114
The creation of the scientifi c and artistic collections
of the University 121
The functioning of the Fine Arts Department 127
The scholarship policy of the University 129
The University’s exhibitions of Fine Arts 130
The impact of the University’s academic circles
and of its collections of plaster casts and prints
on artistic culture in Warsaw 134
The history of a certain competition topic 138
The amphitheatre, or the painting studio
at the University of Warsaw 142
V. The period between the Uprisings and the legacy
of the fi rst University of Warsaw 153
The dissolution of the University and the fate of its
buildings to the mid-nineteenth century 153
The School of Fine Arts 1844–1862 155
The seat of the School of Fine Arts and its professors 157
On some works of art of mid-nineteenth-century
Warsaw 163
VI. The Main School and its legacy 175
Positivist Background 175
The political situation in the Congress Kingdom in the 1860s 176
The organization of the Main School, its structure and functioning 178
The University buildings in the time of the Main School 182
The legacy of the Main School 188
The January Uprising and the students of the Main School 189
The closure of the Main School and opening of the Imperial University 191
The University gate 194
VII. The University of Warsaw in the years 1915–1945 203
On the road to independence and rebirth 203
The functioning of the reborn University 212
The tragedy of the Second World War, the Underground
University and the Warsaw Uprising 224
VIII. The University of Warsaw in the People’s Republic of Poland (1944/1952–1980) 239
Post-war reconstruction 239
Concerning old photographs, the University’s banner and the Rector’s insignia 243
Eminent scholars and international congresses 247
Some thoughts on the University Library Print Room 249
March 1968 250
IX. The Solidarity Decade and the rise of the Third Republic 259
Signs of freedom, important visits and new University buildings 268
X. New infrastructure and scientific achievements of the University of Warsaw in the years 2005–2017 285
Epilogue 309
Appendix 1 The Chopins’ apartment at the University
campus 315
Appendix 2 Stanisław Kostka Potocki. The Founder of the University of Warsaw Museum of the Fine Arts 325
Appendix 3 Letter of artists – professors of the Fine Arts Department of the Royal University of Warsaw 334
Appendix 4 Egyptian mummies and sarcophagi. The University of Warsaw deposit at the National Museum in Warsaw 341
Appendix 5 Nobel Prize laureates linked with the University of Warsaw 345
A calendar of the University of Warsaw’s history 354
Bibliography 375
Index 395
List of illustrations 421