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Open lecture – Prof. Geoffrey Hodgson
20-03-2015…view that capitalism is a natural and inevitable outcome of human societies, showing instead that it is a relatively recent phenomenon, contingent upon a special form of state that helps to protect private property and enforce contracts. Geoffrey Hodgson is a Research Professor in Business Studies at the University of Hertfordshire in the UK. His books include “Conceptualizing Capitalism” (winner of the 2014 Schumpeter Prize and to appear in 20…
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Memory measured in microseconds
05-12-2014…element of the memory is a glass chamber, 2.5 cm wide and 10 cm long, with rubidium-covered walls, filled with a noble gas. The use of laser impulses allows the information to be recorded and read. For recording and reading quantum information, the physicists from the Faculty of Physics of the University of Warsaw used advanced methods of light filtering (patent pending) and an innovative camera of their own design. – The retention time of qua…
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Buildings are open
21-11-2014…doctoral candidates will come here to grow into wise, well-educated human beings. I hope that we will tackle here ambitious scientific issues, unveiling before us the works of the world, and changing this world for the better – said Professor Marcin Pałys, the Rector of the University of Warsaw, during the inauguration. – Even though the opening of buildings is, above all, a special moment for the Faculty of Physics and the Centre of New Techno…
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Honorary Degree for a French historian
12-11-2014…s works were translated into the majority of world languages, including Polish (among others, “Sainte Russie”, “Le Malheur du siècle, Anatomie d’un spectre”). Professor Besançon for many years was engaged in Polish struggle for independence and democracy. He appealed many times to the broad public in the West for respecting of human rights and sovereignty of our country. In 2007, in the light of his enormous contribution and engagement in the af…
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GlobE – Asian
07-10-2014…it imply for research and educational programs in cross-cultural communication, translation and language pedagogy? Conference will be held on 16th and 17th of October at Institute of Applied Linguistics on the Dobra 55 street. More informationglobe-asian.blog.ils.uw.edu.pl…
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Inauguration of the academic year
02-10-2014…minous tails – the gloomy reality. When investing in technological progress, we cannot run away from questions which may receive proper answers only with the help of the representatives of social sciences and humanities….
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New geological centre ready for construction
27-07-2014…ty and the voivodeship authorities was signed on 14 October 2013. Before the construction started, the site needed to be prepared and the status of the land regulated. ‘It turned out the vast deposits of dolomite and calcite, now abandoned, but exploited in the ’70s and the’80s, in the register still appeared as natural resources. For this reason we needed to gather some additional documentation,’ explains Piotr Ziółkowski, Rector’s Representati…
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Administration
08-07-2014…brary 00-927 Warszawa, Poland ph.: (+48) 22 55 24 116, (+48) 22 55 24 105 e-mail: bid(at)uw.edu.pl head: Gabriela Sempruch https://bid.uw.edu.pl/en/home/ Office of Research Administration Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28 Auditorium Maximum 00-927 Warszawa, Poland ph.: (+48) 22 55 24 200, (+48) 22 55 24 209 head: Monika Barańska www.bob.uw.edu.pl Office for International Research and Liaison Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28 Auditorium Maximum 00-927…
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Must-see at the University
04-07-2014…ace The University’s oldest building, was constructed before 1643. Standing at the edge of the slope running down towards the Vistula, it was initially the summer residence of the kings of Poland: Władysław IV, Jan Kazimierz, who gave the palace its name, and Jan III Sobieski. In the 18th century, King Stanisław Augustus Poniatowski put the entire property to a completely different use: instead of being a residence, the palace became headquarters…
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Authorities
16-06-2014…formation >> Prof. Sambor Grucza – Vice-Rector for Cooperation and Human Resources Prof. Grucza graduated in German Philology (Saarland University) and Applied Linguistics (University of Warsaw). He completed his doctorate in 1994. His research interests are metalinguistics, the theory of language and communication for specific purposes, glottodidactics, translatorics and eye tracking research. In years 2008–2012 and 2016–2020, he held the positio…
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