Zofia Brzozowska
Zofia A. Brzozowska (Ph.D.)
ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0001-5951-3781
Researcher ID (Web of Science): M-7587-2018
Scopus Author ID: 55826257900
University of Łódź,
Faculty of Philology, Department of Slavonic Studies
&
Waldemar Ceran Research Center for the History and Culture of the Mediterranean Area and South-East Europe, Ceraneum
ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH CAREER:
2005–2010 – University of Łódź, Faculty of Philosophy and History, history
28 June 2010 – MA in History
2006–2011 – University of Łódź, Faculty of Philology, South Slavic philology
12 July 2011 – MA in South Slavic philology
2010–2015 – University of Łódź, Faculty of Philosophy and History, Humanities Doctoral Studies
23 April 2015 – Ph.D. in History (supervisor: Prof. Teresa Wolińska)
2015–2017 – University of Łódź, Waldemar Ceran Research Center for the History and Culture of the Mediterranean Area and South-East Europe, Ceraneum (Research Assistant)
February–September 2017 – University of Łódź, Waldemar Ceran Research Center for the History and Culture of the Mediterranean Area and South-East Europe, Ceraneum (Assistant Professor)
from October 2017 – University of Lodz, Faculty of Philology, Department of Slavonic Studies (Assistant Professor)
MEMBERSHIP:
• Section of Byzantine Studies, Committee on Ancient Culture of the Polish Academy of Sciences (2015)
• Association of Slavists, POLYSLAV, Prague (2011)
• Polish Historical Society (2009)
RESEARCH PROJECTS:
• Grant of the National Science Centre (OPUS 12), entitled Muhammad and the Origin of Islam – Stereotypes, Knowledge and Notions in the Byzantine-Russian Culture, carried out in the Ceraneum Centre by a team led by dr Zofia Brzozowska & Prof. Teresa Wolińska (2017–2020).
• Grant of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (National Program for the Development of Humanities, Uniwersalia 2.2), entitled The Novgorod First Chronicle – Polish Translation and Scientific Account of the Oldest Chronicle of Novgorod the Great, carried out in the Ceraneum Centre by a team led by dr Zofia Brzozowska, in collaboration with the IT Department at the Faculty of Physics and Applied Informatics, University of Łódź (2017–2019).
• Grant of the National Science Centre (HARMONIA 9), entitled Orthodox Slavic Polemical Writings in the Middle Ages, carried out at the Department of Slavic Philology at the Faculty of Philology, University of Lodz by a team led by Prof. Georgi Minczew. The project will be implemented in cooperation with foreign partners from universities and academic institutions of Bulgaria, Denmark and Italy on the formal rights of project co-contractors (2018–2021).
• Grant of the National Science Centre (HARMONIA 8), entitled Dualist Heresies in the History of South-East Europe (9th-15th century), carried out by a team of Ceraneum workers and members led by Prof. Georgi Minczew in collaboration with the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in Sofia and Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (2017–2020).
• Grant of the National Science Centre (HARMONIA 6), entitled The Bulgarian State in 927–969. The Epoch of Tsar Peter I the Pious, carried out in the Ceraneum Centre by a team led by Prof. Mirosław Leszka in collaboration with the University of Sofia (Bulgaria) (2015–2018).
• Grant of the National Science Centre (HARMONIA 2), entitled Byzantium and the Arabs. A meeting of civilizations in 6th-8th centuries, carried out in the Ceraneum Centre by a team led by Prof. Teresa Wolińska in collaboration with the Aristotle University in Thessalonica (Greece) (2012–2015) [featuring].
• Grant of the National Science Centre (PRELUDIUM 2), entitled Sophia – Wisdom of God personified. History of perceptions in the Byzantine-Slavic culture, carried out by Zofia Brzozowska in the Department of Byzantine History at the Faculty of Philosophy and History, University of Łódź (2012–2015).
• Grant of the Marshal of the Łódź Region (European Regional Development Fund, ERDF) for prominent young researchers, entitled The Patroness of the Historical Orthodox Church in Łódź – St. Princess Olga. Short Biography, Worship History and Polish Translation of the Sources, carried out by Zofia Brzozowska in the Department of Byzantine History, University of Łódź (2014).
SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS:
2009–2010 – Scholarship of the Minister of Science and Higher Education for learning achievements
2013 – START Scholarship, funded by the Foundation for Polish Science
2013–2014 – Scholarship of the Minister of Science and Higher Education for scientific achievements
2014 – Scholarship of the Marshal of the Łódź Region for prominent young researchers
2016 – 3rd Degree Individual Award of the Rector of the University of Łódź
2018 – Scholarship of the Minister of Science and Higher Education for prominent young researchers
2018 – 1st Degree Award of the Rector of the University of Łódź
ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0001-5951-3781
Researcher ID (Web of Science): M-7587-2018
Scopus Author ID: 55826257900
University of Łódź,
Faculty of Philology, Department of Slavonic Studies
&
Waldemar Ceran Research Center for the History and Culture of the Mediterranean Area and South-East Europe, Ceraneum
ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH CAREER:
2005–2010 – University of Łódź, Faculty of Philosophy and History, history
28 June 2010 – MA in History
2006–2011 – University of Łódź, Faculty of Philology, South Slavic philology
12 July 2011 – MA in South Slavic philology
2010–2015 – University of Łódź, Faculty of Philosophy and History, Humanities Doctoral Studies
23 April 2015 – Ph.D. in History (supervisor: Prof. Teresa Wolińska)
2015–2017 – University of Łódź, Waldemar Ceran Research Center for the History and Culture of the Mediterranean Area and South-East Europe, Ceraneum (Research Assistant)
February–September 2017 – University of Łódź, Waldemar Ceran Research Center for the History and Culture of the Mediterranean Area and South-East Europe, Ceraneum (Assistant Professor)
from October 2017 – University of Lodz, Faculty of Philology, Department of Slavonic Studies (Assistant Professor)
MEMBERSHIP:
• Section of Byzantine Studies, Committee on Ancient Culture of the Polish Academy of Sciences (2015)
• Association of Slavists, POLYSLAV, Prague (2011)
• Polish Historical Society (2009)
RESEARCH PROJECTS:
• Grant of the National Science Centre (OPUS 12), entitled Muhammad and the Origin of Islam – Stereotypes, Knowledge and Notions in the Byzantine-Russian Culture, carried out in the Ceraneum Centre by a team led by dr Zofia Brzozowska & Prof. Teresa Wolińska (2017–2020).
• Grant of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (National Program for the Development of Humanities, Uniwersalia 2.2), entitled The Novgorod First Chronicle – Polish Translation and Scientific Account of the Oldest Chronicle of Novgorod the Great, carried out in the Ceraneum Centre by a team led by dr Zofia Brzozowska, in collaboration with the IT Department at the Faculty of Physics and Applied Informatics, University of Łódź (2017–2019).
• Grant of the National Science Centre (HARMONIA 9), entitled Orthodox Slavic Polemical Writings in the Middle Ages, carried out at the Department of Slavic Philology at the Faculty of Philology, University of Lodz by a team led by Prof. Georgi Minczew. The project will be implemented in cooperation with foreign partners from universities and academic institutions of Bulgaria, Denmark and Italy on the formal rights of project co-contractors (2018–2021).
• Grant of the National Science Centre (HARMONIA 8), entitled Dualist Heresies in the History of South-East Europe (9th-15th century), carried out by a team of Ceraneum workers and members led by Prof. Georgi Minczew in collaboration with the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in Sofia and Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (2017–2020).
• Grant of the National Science Centre (HARMONIA 6), entitled The Bulgarian State in 927–969. The Epoch of Tsar Peter I the Pious, carried out in the Ceraneum Centre by a team led by Prof. Mirosław Leszka in collaboration with the University of Sofia (Bulgaria) (2015–2018).
• Grant of the National Science Centre (HARMONIA 2), entitled Byzantium and the Arabs. A meeting of civilizations in 6th-8th centuries, carried out in the Ceraneum Centre by a team led by Prof. Teresa Wolińska in collaboration with the Aristotle University in Thessalonica (Greece) (2012–2015) [featuring].
• Grant of the National Science Centre (PRELUDIUM 2), entitled Sophia – Wisdom of God personified. History of perceptions in the Byzantine-Slavic culture, carried out by Zofia Brzozowska in the Department of Byzantine History at the Faculty of Philosophy and History, University of Łódź (2012–2015).
• Grant of the Marshal of the Łódź Region (European Regional Development Fund, ERDF) for prominent young researchers, entitled The Patroness of the Historical Orthodox Church in Łódź – St. Princess Olga. Short Biography, Worship History and Polish Translation of the Sources, carried out by Zofia Brzozowska in the Department of Byzantine History, University of Łódź (2014).
SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS:
2009–2010 – Scholarship of the Minister of Science and Higher Education for learning achievements
2013 – START Scholarship, funded by the Foundation for Polish Science
2013–2014 – Scholarship of the Minister of Science and Higher Education for scientific achievements
2014 – Scholarship of the Marshal of the Łódź Region for prominent young researchers
2016 – 3rd Degree Individual Award of the Rector of the University of Łódź
2018 – Scholarship of the Minister of Science and Higher Education for prominent young researchers
2018 – 1st Degree Award of the Rector of the University of Łódź
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This symposium received an extraordinary amount of attention in the circles of specialists representing various disciplines of the humanities and social sciences. The volume has a three-part structure. The first, which has a strictly monographic character, is comprised of five articles addressing the issue of migration of the Serbian ethnos in the 16th_ 13th centuries. The texts included in the other two sections provide a historical, cultural, and literary background for the topic explored in the first part, broadening the reader’ s knowledge about the hi story of Southern, Western and Eastern Slavs from the Middle Ages to the 21 st century.
The phenomenon of migration has been interpreted here on many semantic levels, situated in various discourses, and examined in diverse categories, such as historical and political, economic and social, religious and cultural. It has been studied directly and indirectly in the ideological, spiritual, emotional, and intellectual spaces. It is from such a wide-ranging perspective that this monograph presents the phenomenon of migration, referred to and identified within the boundaries of the entire Slavic region, defined through the prism of fixed and variable, universal and local categories and cultural implications.
The monograph aims to show literary images of Arab and Persian women from the 4th–8th centuries in the Old Rus’ writings from the 11th–16th century. In the first three chapters, the reader will find a discussion of the image of women living in the Middle East in the pre-Muslim era: women who were part of the Sassanid Persian Empire, but, above all, members of various Arab tribes, which in the discussed period were at different stages of social and civilizational development. The fourth chapter is devoted to the first Muslim women, that is, the wives and daughters of the Prophet Muhammad, and the fifth, to Arab women from the era of the military expansion of the followers of Islam in the Mediterranean, where they came under the rule of the Umayyad dynasty (661–750).
The research material consists of texts written several centuries after the events described in them and in a culturally different area, that is, in the environment of the Slavs who, having adopted Christianity in the Eastern rite, came under the direct influence of the Byzantine civilization (Bulgarians, Serbs, and the Rus’). In the 9th century, they started translating into Old Church Slavic language works that had been written in Greek on the territory of the Eastern Roman Empire. This gave them the opportunity to get acquainted with various sources containing information about the peoples inhabiting the territory of the Middle East in the 4th–8th centuries, some of which were even translations or paraphrases of earlier Syrian, Arabic, Persian, or Coptic sources.
This book aims to fill a gap in previous studies on inter-religious polemics in the Middle Ages, which has usually focused on Christian-Muslim cultural relations, analyzing Greek and Latin texts or the works written in one of the Middle Eastern languages, almost completely ignoring the Church Slavic heritage. It is worth noting that a number of the texts presented here (as well as Slavic translations of Byzantine sources) have not been published so far. The information on them, provided in this monograph, is therefore the result of research conducted directly on the manuscript material.
Nowogród Wielki, jedno z wielu miast w europejskiej części współczesnej Rosji, położone – jak śpiewał Jacek Kaczmarski – „wśród pól i rozlewisk”, to prawdziwa enigma. Od wielu wieków nieprzerwanie fascynuje twórców kultury i badaczy do tego stopnia, że w powszechnym wyobrażeniu na jego temat prawda historyczna często nierozłącznie splata się z mitem. Nowogród Wielki od średniowiecza rozpalał wyobraźnię swoim bogactwem prężnego ośrodka handlowego, utrzymującego już od schyłku XII wieku kontakty z Hanzą, a tym samym będącego – na wiele wieków przed założeniem Sankt Petersburga – swego rodzaju ruskim oknem na Europę. Unikalna kultura miasta nad Wołchowem, rozkwitająca najpełniej w XIII—XV wieku, a następnie brutalnie zdławiona przez władców moskiewskich, zadaje kłam stereotypowemu wyobrażeniu, że Słowianie Wschodni nie są zdolni do życia w ustroju demokratycznym.
Through their meticulous analysis of the primary sources and profound knowledge of the literature on the subject, the authors of the book – the first monograph on Maria ever to have been written – are able to construct a balanced narrative of the tsaritsa’s life and her role in 10th century Bulgaria, putting aside biases and negative emotions.
The publication is supplemented by a translation of the fragments of the Hellenic and Roman Chronicle of the second redaction devoted to Maria and Peter.
Nadrzędnym celem niniejszej publikacji jest udostępnienie czytelnikowi najstarszych utworów hagiograficznych i hymnograficznych, poświęconych księżnej Oldze, powstałych w XI–XVI w., w większości nietłumaczonych dotąd na język polski, a tym samym praktycznie nieznanych poza środowiskiem specjalistów. Teksty źródłowe zostały zaprezentowane zarówno w brzmieniu oryginalnym, jak i w polskim przekładzie, co sprawia, iż książka ta może stanowić cenną pomoc dydaktyczną w pracy ze studentami na kierunkach humanistycznych.
Papers by Zofia Brzozowska
This symposium received an extraordinary amount of attention in the circles of specialists representing various disciplines of the humanities and social sciences. The volume has a three-part structure. The first, which has a strictly monographic character, is comprised of five articles addressing the issue of migration of the Serbian ethnos in the 16th_ 13th centuries. The texts included in the other two sections provide a historical, cultural, and literary background for the topic explored in the first part, broadening the reader’ s knowledge about the hi story of Southern, Western and Eastern Slavs from the Middle Ages to the 21 st century.
The phenomenon of migration has been interpreted here on many semantic levels, situated in various discourses, and examined in diverse categories, such as historical and political, economic and social, religious and cultural. It has been studied directly and indirectly in the ideological, spiritual, emotional, and intellectual spaces. It is from such a wide-ranging perspective that this monograph presents the phenomenon of migration, referred to and identified within the boundaries of the entire Slavic region, defined through the prism of fixed and variable, universal and local categories and cultural implications.
The monograph aims to show literary images of Arab and Persian women from the 4th–8th centuries in the Old Rus’ writings from the 11th–16th century. In the first three chapters, the reader will find a discussion of the image of women living in the Middle East in the pre-Muslim era: women who were part of the Sassanid Persian Empire, but, above all, members of various Arab tribes, which in the discussed period were at different stages of social and civilizational development. The fourth chapter is devoted to the first Muslim women, that is, the wives and daughters of the Prophet Muhammad, and the fifth, to Arab women from the era of the military expansion of the followers of Islam in the Mediterranean, where they came under the rule of the Umayyad dynasty (661–750).
The research material consists of texts written several centuries after the events described in them and in a culturally different area, that is, in the environment of the Slavs who, having adopted Christianity in the Eastern rite, came under the direct influence of the Byzantine civilization (Bulgarians, Serbs, and the Rus’). In the 9th century, they started translating into Old Church Slavic language works that had been written in Greek on the territory of the Eastern Roman Empire. This gave them the opportunity to get acquainted with various sources containing information about the peoples inhabiting the territory of the Middle East in the 4th–8th centuries, some of which were even translations or paraphrases of earlier Syrian, Arabic, Persian, or Coptic sources.
This book aims to fill a gap in previous studies on inter-religious polemics in the Middle Ages, which has usually focused on Christian-Muslim cultural relations, analyzing Greek and Latin texts or the works written in one of the Middle Eastern languages, almost completely ignoring the Church Slavic heritage. It is worth noting that a number of the texts presented here (as well as Slavic translations of Byzantine sources) have not been published so far. The information on them, provided in this monograph, is therefore the result of research conducted directly on the manuscript material.
Nowogród Wielki, jedno z wielu miast w europejskiej części współczesnej Rosji, położone – jak śpiewał Jacek Kaczmarski – „wśród pól i rozlewisk”, to prawdziwa enigma. Od wielu wieków nieprzerwanie fascynuje twórców kultury i badaczy do tego stopnia, że w powszechnym wyobrażeniu na jego temat prawda historyczna często nierozłącznie splata się z mitem. Nowogród Wielki od średniowiecza rozpalał wyobraźnię swoim bogactwem prężnego ośrodka handlowego, utrzymującego już od schyłku XII wieku kontakty z Hanzą, a tym samym będącego – na wiele wieków przed założeniem Sankt Petersburga – swego rodzaju ruskim oknem na Europę. Unikalna kultura miasta nad Wołchowem, rozkwitająca najpełniej w XIII—XV wieku, a następnie brutalnie zdławiona przez władców moskiewskich, zadaje kłam stereotypowemu wyobrażeniu, że Słowianie Wschodni nie są zdolni do życia w ustroju demokratycznym.
Through their meticulous analysis of the primary sources and profound knowledge of the literature on the subject, the authors of the book – the first monograph on Maria ever to have been written – are able to construct a balanced narrative of the tsaritsa’s life and her role in 10th century Bulgaria, putting aside biases and negative emotions.
The publication is supplemented by a translation of the fragments of the Hellenic and Roman Chronicle of the second redaction devoted to Maria and Peter.
Nadrzędnym celem niniejszej publikacji jest udostępnienie czytelnikowi najstarszych utworów hagiograficznych i hymnograficznych, poświęconych księżnej Oldze, powstałych w XI–XVI w., w większości nietłumaczonych dotąd na język polski, a tym samym praktycznie nieznanych poza środowiskiem specjalistów. Teksty źródłowe zostały zaprezentowane zarówno w brzmieniu oryginalnym, jak i w polskim przekładzie, co sprawia, iż książka ta może stanowić cenną pomoc dydaktyczną w pracy ze studentami na kierunkach humanistycznych.