The new Head has appointed two scientific secretaries – Dr Sławomir L. Szczesio from the Department of Polish and World History after 1945, Faculty of Philosophy and History, and mgr Maciej A. Baczyński, a doctoral student at the University of Lodz Doctoral School of Social Sciences.
The University of Lodz Science and Research Centre "The Balkans at the Turn of the 20th/21st Century" deals with the contemporary political, economic, social and cultural conditions of the broadly understood Balkan region. The main task of the Centre is to conduct multidisciplinary scientific research. The research is conducted by, among other things, historians, political scientists, lawyers, economists and cultural anthropologists from the University of Lodz and other academic and scientific centres.
The Centre was established on 6 June 2011 by the Resolution of the Senate of the University of Lodz. The idea of its establishment was born out of discussions held during the National Scientific Conference "Bosnia and Herzegovina 15 Years after Dayton. Past, Present and Future", organised in December 2010 by the Department of History of Eastern Europe at the University of Lodz.
Source: The University of Lodz Science and Research Centre "The Balkans at the Turn of the 20th/21st Century”
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