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On an extraordinary journey across Africa in “Read with the UW”

“Kazimierz Nowak’s journey, which he made along the African continent is one of the most daring travel achievements in history. His letters and photographs are a repository of knowledge about Africa of the 1930s,” this is how Jakub Gniadzik from the University of Warsaw Library described the book “Across the Dark Continent” in the next episode of the “Read with the UW” series.

On the prediction of an American historian in “Read with UW”

“The author of a book published almost a century ago teaches us to think deeply about the method of studying the past, emphasises the need to understand our present, but also raises important questions about the future. ” – Prof. Paweł Stępień, a director of the UW’s Interdisciplinary Doctoral School, describes the book “The Heavenly City of the Eighteenth-Century Philosophers".

On custom letters in “Read with UW”

“Thanks to Tsubaki Stationery Store, I became newly aware of the importance of the art of communication – face-to-face conversations, formulation of statements, and expression of thoughts on paper,” – this is how Barbara Chmielewska, section manager at the library of the UW’s Faculty of Psychology, describes the novel by Japanese writer Ito Ogawa in the next episode of the #ReadwithUW series.

Tales with a pinch of the Orient

“Tahar ben Jelloun’s tales combine the Eastern tradition of storytelling with the Western richness of Charles Perrault’s fairy tales. The hybridity of the collection corresponds to the hybridised identities of contemporary people in a globalised reality,” Dr Marta Widy-Behiesse, the Vice-Dean for Student Affairs at the Faculty of Oriental Studies, says in the next “Read with the UW” episode.

On future of the Earth in the “Read with the UW”

“This book shows that between the domination of our species and its fall there is a very narrow biological barrier resulting from environmental conditions,” Prof. Marcin Zych says. The Director of the UW’s Botanical Garden recommends the work Hothouse by Brian W. Aldiss in the next episode of the “Read with the UW” series.

Read with the UW – third edition

“The great thing about fantasy literature is that each of us is equal to it, we know equally little, we start from the same level and we have the same chances of solving its puzzles,” Prof. Przemysław Kordos, the Vice-Dean for Student Affairs at the Faculty of „Artes Liberales”, says in the first episode of the third edition of the #ReadwithUW series.

On women from Ravensbrück in “Read with the UW”

The new episode of “Read with the UW” is devoted to the book “If this is a woman”, recommended by Prof. Maciej Raś, the Vice-Dean for Student Affairs at the UW’s Faculty of Political Sciences and International Studies. “I can relate to the theme of the book, because my grandmother was a Ravensbrück prisoner,” Raś says.

About self-reflection on life in “Read with the UW”

“Annie Ernaux found noticeable everything that can be and must be said about the life of a woman, which used to be muted, yet now got visible and righteous. The book reflects your image and can easily get reread. This is why I recommend that book,” Prof. Julia Kubisa, the UW Rector’s Plenipotentiary for Policy of Prevention of Discrimination and Sexual Harassment, said in "Read with the UW".

New episode of Read with UW – “Kopernik. Rewolucje”

“This year we are celebrating Nicolaus Copernicus and I recommend reaching out not only for his own works, but also for the publications about him”, Agnieszka Kościelniak-Osiak from the UW Library says. As a part of the series #ReadwithUW Kościelniak-Osiak presents a book “Kopernik. Rewolucje” by Wojciech Orliński.

On Prof. Karol Modzelewski in “Read with UW”

“The mare of history is a wild, untamed mustang. It is possible to jump on its back and even stay there for a while, but one cannot steer it - in the end it will always take us where we did not intend or expect to go.” This is how Karol Modzelewski interprets his own life experience in the book recommended by Maksymilian Sas in the next episode of the series #ReadwithUW.

Read with UW – 2nd edition

“Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth” – the series “Read with UW” returns in the second edition with a new episode, produced in cooperation with the University of Warsaw Library. In the series UW employees talk about a book of their choice, which can be found on the shelves of BUW.

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