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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…ory 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 quantum information s…
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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…, education, business, culture and tourism. With the rapid growth in human mobility, technological developments, business opportunities, and the hegemony of English, we are witness to major changes eroding the historical frames of social, cultural and linguistic reference. However, in many European countries, including Poland, cross-cultural language studies and education are still based on the canonic literature reinforcing the traditional divide…
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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…her by underpasses. The architects’ guiding principle was to design a form that fits in the landscape. As we read on the website of WXCA, the company responsible for the project, ‘the cuboidal, dense, economical in their form buildings were designed in the shape of stone blocks emerging from the rocky hill’. The complex will cover a space of 6,500 m². The main representative building will include a reception, a canteen and a big conference hall…
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Administration
08-07-2014…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 Warszawa, Poland ph: (+48) 22 55 24 200 head: Diana Pustuła, MA, LL.M…
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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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