The Department of Political Geography and Regional Studies at the University of Łódź is considered to be the biggest research centre, with the largest group of researchers involved in the field of political geography in ...

Polska jest obszarem o szczególnym w Europie natężeniu zmian granic międzypaństwowych w ciągu ostatnich wieków, ustępującym chyba tylko Bałkanom, co bez wątpienia miało duży wpływ na krajobraz kulturowy naszego kraju. ...

Professor Koter has raised a new generation of scholars: he was thesis promoter of five doctoral students (three in political geography, one in historical geography, one in social geography). Increase in staff allowed ...

Polish accession to the Schengen Agreement and abolition of border control within EU countries on 21st December 2007, is a good occasion to summarize the role of boundaries in the period directly preceding the revolutionary ...

Zbliżająca się 60 rocznica istnienia w Łodzi uniwersyteckiego ośrodka geograficznego skłania do refleksji nad jej dorobkiem naukowym. Jednym z unikalnych w skali kraju nurtów badawczych szeroko rozwijanym w Łodzi jest ...

Africa is placed second among all continents as to the number of refugees. The number of persons remaining under the mandate of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees – UNHCR in Africa has reached 6,072,900 ...

At its outset, although Polish Protestantism gained big popularity, it did not manage to cover a broad social scope. It gained members mainly among the nobility and wealthy bourgeoisie. Cieszyn Silesia region was an exception ...

The problem raised in the title involves a general truth that present forms of statehood – independent nations – are viewed from a historical perspective. We look to past times for factors indicating the future in respect ...

Muslim community in Poland, in terms of their population, is much smaller than in most of the Western European countries. Demographic potential determines the strength of their political and cultural influence – which in ...

Żydowska przestrzeń sakralna Łodzi, reprezentowana przez synagogi i domy modlitwy, była w dużym stopniu odzwierciedleniem dziejów żydowskich mieszkańców tego miasta. Stały, a od połowy XIX w. niezwykle wręcz dynamiczny ...