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Department for European Islam Studies

Faculty of Oriental Studies  University of Warsaw Department office: Krakowskie Przedm. str. 26/28 (Main Campus) room no. 2.18. 00-927 Warsaw, POLAND phone: (+48 22) 55 22 201 fax: (+48 22) 826 36 83

Office hours of the Department staff in the winter semester 2024/2025:

• Prof. Agata S. Nalborczyk - head of the Department, room no. 2.19.
  
  Thu. - 11³⁰-12³⁰
       
  
  
• Dr. habil. Andrzej Drozd
  
  Mon. - 18¹⁵-19⁰⁰
  
  
• Marta Widy-Behiesse Ph.D. - vice dean for student affairs
  
  Mon. - 13⁰⁰-14⁰⁰
  Tue. - 13⁰⁰-14⁰⁰ - Hoża str. 69 room no. 116
  
  
  
• Konrad Zasztowt Ph.D.
  
  Fri.: 15⁰⁰-16⁰⁰
       mobile: +48698292658
  
  
  
  

Latest news




Article 'Mosques and Cemeteries of the Polish Muslim Tatars as an Example of Islamic Legacy in the Central Eastern European Landscape in the 21st Century' (pp. 98-129) by Agata S. Nalborczyk published in:       Europe’s Islamic Legacy: 1900 to the Present ed. by Elizabeth Drayson, Brill, Leiden 2023. (Open Access)





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Yearbook of Muslims in Europe vol. 14 (2022) edited by Prof. Jorgen S. Nielsen, Samim Akgönul et al. has already been published by BRILL.    The article Poland (by A.S. Nalborczyk) on pages 521-537.





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Award to Prof. Agata S. Nalborczyk
for her work as a reviewer for the journal "Eikón/Imago."



Translation: For her work evaluating articles for our journal in 2020, which our Editorial Board believes makes her worthy of this award. The Distinguished Reviewer Award is an honor introduced by our journal in 2020 to recognize the best article reviewers who have done outstanding work as blind peers, with accuracy and detail that exceeds expectations associated with the little-appreciated job of reviewing articles.

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News archive


• - Webpage of the Symposium
• - Conference programme

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Yearbook of Muslims in Europe vol. 13 (2022) edited by Prof. Jorgen S. Nielsen and Egdūnas Račius (among others) has already been published by BRILL.    The article Poland (by A.S. Nalborczyk) on pages 509-527.





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Article 'Salomea Regina Pilsztynowa' (pp. 516-524) by Agata S. Nalborczyk published in:       Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History, Volume 14: Central and Eastern Europe (1700-1800) ed. by D. Thomas, J.A. Chesworth, Brill, Leiden 2020.





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Yearbook of Muslims in Europe vol. 12 (2021) edited by Prof. Jorgen S. Nielsen and Egdūnas Račius (among others) has already been published by BRILL.    The article Poland (by A.S. Nalborczyk) on pages 518-536.





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Article 'Polish Tatar Women as Official Leaders of Muslim Religious Communities and the Sources of their Authority' (pp. 37-54) by Agata S. Nalborczyk published in:       "Comparative Islamic Studies" 12:1-2 (2016, publ. 2019).





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Yearbook of Muslims in Europe vol. 11 (2020) edited by Prof. Jorgen S. Nielsen and Oliver Scharbrodt (among others) has already been published by BRILL.    The article Poland (by A.S. Nalborczyk) on pages 488-504.





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Article 'Poland' on the Polish Islamic religious leadership (pp. 293-313) by Agata S. Nalborczyk published in:       Islamic Leadership in the European Lands of the Former Ottoman and Russian Empires. Legacy, Challenges and Change ed. by E. Račius, A. Zhelyazkova, Brill, Leiden 2018.





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Article 'Between Old Traditions and New Diversities: Islamic Religious Education in Poland' (pp. 136-156) by Agata S. Nalborczyk and Konrad Pędziwiatr published in:       European Perspectives on Islamic Education and Public Schooling ed. by J. Berglund, Equinox, Sheffield 2018.





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Yearbook of Muslims in Europe vol. 10 (2018) edited by Prof. Jorgen S. Nielsen and Oliver Scharbrodt (among others) has already been published by BRILL.    The article Poland (by A.S. Nalborczyk) on pages 511-529.





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International conference co-organised by our Department




Read more on the Conference web page...



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Article 'Community Life: Cultural Memory and the Construction of a Contemporary Muslim Tatar Identity in Poland' (pp. 149-177) by Agata S. Nalborczyk published in:       Contested Memories and the Demands of the Past. History Cultures in the Modern Muslim World ed. by C.Raudvere, Palgrave-Macmillan, Basingstoke-New York 2017.





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Articles 'A century of the official legal status of Islam in Austria. Between the Law on Islam of 1912 and the Law on Islam of 2015' (p. 61-82) 'Relations between the State and Islam in Finland and Poland'. (p. 83-105) by Agata S. Nalborczyk published in: Muslim Minority-State Relations. Violence, Integration, and Policy ed. by R. Mason, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke-New York 2016.

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Yearbook of Muslims in Europe vol. 9 (2017) edited by Prof. Jorgen S. Nielsen and Oliver Scharbrodt (among others) has already been published by BRILL.    The article Poland (by A.S. Nalborczyk) on pages 520-535.





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Invitation




Read more on the Conference web page...
•     Conference programme
•     Practical information




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The founder od our Department, Prof. Anna Parzymies,
was decorated with the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (le grade d'officier)
by the French Ministry of Culture.






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Article 'Poland' (pp. 46-63) by Agata S. Nalborczyk published in:       Muslim Tatar Minorities in the Baltic Sea Region ed. by I. Svanberg and D. Westerlund, Brill, Leiden 2016.





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Yearbook of Muslims in Europe vol. 8 (2016) edited by Prof. Jorgen S. Nielsen (among others) has already been published by BRILL.    The article Poland (by A.S. Nalborczyk) on pages 531-548.






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The article Der Islam - eine traditionelle polnische Religion? Die muslimische Minderheit in Polen by A.S. Nalborczyk on pages 263-269 in: "Ost-West. Europäische Perspektiven" vol. 4 (2015).






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Yearbook of Muslims in Europe vol. 7 (2015) edited by Prof. Jorgen S. Nielsen (among others) has already been published by BRILL.    The article Poland (by A.S. Nalborczyk) on pages 450-464.





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Article To raise good Muslims and good citizens. The goals of religious and cultural education for Polish Tatars in the 20th century by Agata S. Nalborczyk published in: Islam and Citizenship Education ed. by A. Aslan, M. Hermansen, Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2015, pp. 241-258.





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International conference



Among the papers:

• Dr habil. Agata S. Nalborczyk, Content of Polish Muslim Tatars' Religious Education Textbooks: Preservation and Dissemination of Knowledge and Identity - 9.10.2015, 15⁰⁰-15³⁰.
  Conference programme...




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International conference



Institute for the Study of Religions at Jagiellonian University, Institute of History at the Pontifical University of John Paul II, "Studia Religiologica"
Cracow, Poland

Among the papers:

• Dr habil. Agata S. Nalborczyk, The ritual slaughter halal in Poland in the 20th and 21st centuries - its history and the legal status - 16.11.2015, 15⁰⁰-16³⁰, Parallel Session 10 (Room C).
  Conference programme...




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The book Annotated Legal Documents on Islam in Europe - Poland by Paweł Borecki with an introduction by Agata S. Nalborczyk published by Brill, Leiden (2014) as vol. 1 of the series Annotated Legal Documents on Islam in Europe This book is the result of the project sponsored by the National Science Centre (Pol. Narodowe Centrum Nauki). Financial aid granted on the basis of decision no. DEC-2012/05/B/HS1/02927.

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Yearbook of Muslims in Europe vol. 6 (2014) edited by Prof. Jorgen S. Nielsen has already been published by BRILL.    The article Poland (by A.S. Nalborczyk, S. Grodź) on pages 472-486.







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International conference



Institute for the Study of Religions at Jagiellonian University, Institute of History at the Pontifical University of John Paul II, "Studia Religiologica"
Cracow, Poland

Among the papers:

• Dr habil. Agata S. Nalborczyk, Legal status of Polish Islamic religious organizations as a result of the history of the Islamic presence in Poland - 27.10.2014, 15⁰⁰-16³⁰, Parallel Session 8 (Room D).
  Conference programme...




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The Third International Research Conference "The World of Islam: History, Society and Culture/Мир ислама: история, общество, культура" The Mardjani Foundation for Support and Development of Research and Cultural Programs Margarita Rudomino All-Russia State Library 22-24.10.2014 Moscow, Russia





  Among the papers:

• Dr. habil. Agata S. Nalborczyk,
  The organisation of Muslim religious life in Central and Eastern Europe as a result of the political and social changes after 1989
  - 23.10.2014 11⁰⁰-12³⁰, Sektion IX.

  Conference programme...



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International Congress "Horizonte der islamischen Theologie" Zentrum für Islamische Studien (Center for Islamic Studies) Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main   Among the papers: Dr. habil. Agata S. Nalborczyk, The identity of Polish Muslim Tatars in the 20th and 21st centuries - definitions, changes and tools of its development - 3.09.2014 0830-1000, Sektion 2, Panel 4, room HZ 8   Conference programme...




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Lecture on Tatars and their mosques
by Dr. habil. Agata S. Nalborczyk
in Osnabrück (Germany)
14.05.2014



For more details visit the webpage of the Institut für Islamische Theologie, Universität Osnabrück.




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International conference



Among the papers:

• Dr habil. Agata S. Nalborczyk, Under female leadership - Tatar communities of Poland - 25.03.2014 at 14⁰⁰



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Article Islamic organizations in Poland: from monopoly to pluralism by Agata S. Nalborczyk and Monika Ryszewska published in: Islamic organizations in Europe and the USA. A multidisciplinary perspective ed. by K. Rosenow-Williams, M. Kortmann, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke-New York 2013, pp. 13-36.





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Yearbook of Muslims in Europe vol. 5 (2013) edited by Prof. Jorgen S. Nielsen has already been published by BRILL.    The article Poland (by A.S. Nalborczyk, S. Grodź) on pages 501-515.





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International conference



Among the papers:

• Dr habil. Agata S. Nalborczyk, To raise good Muslims and good citizens - the goals of religious education of Polish Tatars in the 20th and 21st centuries - 2.11.2013 at 13⁴⁵



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Article The political participation of Polish Muslim Tatars - the result of or the reason for integration? From Teutonic wars to the Danish cartoons affair by Agata S. Nalborczyk published in: Muslim Political Participation in Europe ed. by J.S. Nielsen, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh 2013, pp. 239-254.




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The 9th conference The Nordic Society of Middle Eastern Studies 19-21.09.2013 in Lund (Sweden) "Everyday life in the Middle East"

Program of the conference: on the Webpage of the Nordic Society of Middle Eastern Studies.




Among the papers:

• Dr. habil. Agata S. Nalborczyk, The Muslim World from the Woman's Perspective in the Polish Memoirs from the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
  20.04.2013 (Friday) 16³⁰-18⁰⁰
  Panel: "Imagining the Middle East in Northern Europe " (NoNa)

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International conference ""Islam in Interwar Europe and European Cultural History" 13-15.12.2012 held at: Leiden University Centre for the Study of Islam and Society, Leiden.




Among the papers:

• Dr. Agata S. Nalborczyk, Muslim activists, writers, officers and state officials in the Second Republic of Poland. Polish Tatar Muslims as an integral part of the inter-war Polish society, Fri. (14th Dec.) 10¹⁵-11⁰⁰

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Yearbook of Muslims in Europe vol. 4 (2012) edited by Prof. Jorgen S. Nielsen has already been published by BRILL.    The article Poland (by A.S. Nalborczyk, S. Grodź) on pages 455-468.




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International conference "Women, Authority and Leadership in Christianity and Islam" 10-12.09.2012 held at: University of Roehampton, Londyn.




Among the papers:

• Dr. Agata S. Nalborczyk, The role of women in the Polish-Lithuanian Muslim Tatar communities
  section: "Muslim women's authority - cultural perspectives and contexts "
  Tue. (11th Sept.) 12²⁰-13¹⁰

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The 11th Annual Conference of the European Association of the Study of Religions "Ends and Beginnings"- 23-26.08.2012 held at: Södertörn University, Stockholm. Conference programme.




Among the papers:

• Dr. Agata S. Nalborczyk, Female leadership in the Polish-Lithuanian Muslim Tatar communities
  section: "Autochtonous Muslim Communities in North-Eastern Europe"
  Sa. (25th August) 9⁰⁰-11⁰⁰

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International conference 19-21.04.2012 Zagreb (Croatia)

Organiser of the conference: Islamska zajednica u Hrvatskoj /Islamic Community in Croatia/ Programme of the conference: on the web page of Islamska zajednica.




Among the papers:

• Dr. Agata S. Nalborczyk, The legal position and organisations of Muslims in Poland
  21.04.2012 (Sat.) 10⁴⁰-12⁴⁰

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Article Relations between Islam and the state in Poland: the legal position of Polish Muslims by Agata S. Nalborczyk and Paweł Borecki (Faculty of Law, University of Warsaw) published in: "Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations" 22:3, 2011 pp. 343-359.

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Article on Polish Tatars in Russian Польские татары: откуда и куда? by Agata S. Nalborczyk published in: "Весь Мир-VES MIR"5 (33), 2011 p. 3.

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Yearbook of Muslims in Europe vol. 3 (2011) edited by Prof. Jorgen S. Nielsen has already been published by BRILL.    The article Poland (by A.S. Nalborczyk, S. Grodź) on pages 433-445.




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International conference Dealing with change: Islamic leadership in the Balkans and the Baltic between past and future 16-17.05.2011 Sofia, Bulgaria

• Centre for European Islamic Thought (CEIT) - University of Copenhagen, Denmark
• International Center for Minority Studies and Intercultural Relations (IMIR), Sofia, Bulgaria

Among the papers:

• dr. Agata S. Nalborczyk, Islamic religious leadership and the Muftiate in Poland - 17.05.2011 (Tue.) 11²⁰-12¹⁰




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Yearbook of Muslims in Europe vol. 2 (2010) edited by Prof. Jorgen S. Nielsen has already been published by BRILL.    The article Poland (by A.S. Nalborczyk, S. Grodź) on pages 401-411.





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Conference on the occasion of 15^th anniversary of the establishment of the Department of European Islam Studies

MUZUŁMANIE W EUROPIE/MUSLIMS IN EUROPE Bogactwo różnorodności czy źródło konfliktów 17-18.11.2010, University of Warsaw

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Conference Christian-Muslim Dialogue History and the Present Day, Threats and Challenges 18-19.10.2010 Collegium Maius Mikołaj Kopernik University, Toruń




Among the papers:

• dr Agata S. Nalborczyk, A Common Word Between Us nad You - Results of the Unique Muslims' Gesture towards Christians
  18.10.2010 (Mon.) 12³⁰-12⁵⁰ p.m.




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International conference Muslims and Political Participation in Europe 6-8.10.2010 University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Theology



• Centre for European Islamic Thought (CEIT) - University of Copenhagen
• EurIslam network, based at the University of Strasbourg

Among the papers:

• dr Agata S. Nalborczyk, The Political Participation of Polish Muslim Tatars - the Result of or the Reason for Integration? From Wars with Teutonic Knights to the Danish Cartoons Affair
  7.10.2010 (Thu.) 9³⁰-10¹⁵ a.m.

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Prof. Anna PARZYMIES awarded with

the 2009 UNESCO/Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture


Prof. Anna Parzymies was awarded by an international jury for establishing our Department and for leading its research on Arab and Muslim population in Europe as well for the activities of her publishing house - Wydawnictwo Akademickie DIALOG, promoting Arab and Muslim culture.

The Prize has been awarded annually since 2003 and honours individuals, groups or institutions that have made a significant contribution to the development, dissemination and promotion of Arab culture throughout the world. The well-known Iraqi poet and calligrapher Ghani Alani was awarded together with Prof. Parzymies.



The award ceremony took place at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 9th February 2010. see more

Congratulations!

More: Interview with Prof. Anna Parzymies Antidote to the "Clash of Civilizations" - UNESCO portal UNESCO Portal Kuwait News Agency KUNA UN News Centre

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Yearbook of Muslims in Europe vol. 1 (2009) edited by Prof. Jorgen S. Nielsen has already been published by BRILL.    The article Poland (by A.S. Nalborczyk, S. Grodź) on pages 267-275.

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Photos from the doctoral exam of Georges Kass, Ph.D.

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	Polish heirs of Tokhtamysh - an article about Polish Muslim Tatars in the Turkish daily in English "Hürriyet. Daily News" (4.12.2009); author: Justyna Szewczyk, student of Turkish studies.

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"European Voice" on our Department




Our Department was featured in
"EUROPEAN VOICE"
an independent weekly newspaper published by the Economist Group since 1995
in the article "Studying Islam and Europe".

Read the article:
Ian Mandell "Studying Islam and Europe"

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An interview with Agata S. Nalborczyk, Ph.D entitled "Walka o dusze" ("The Fight for Souls") on Islam, jihad and Muslims in Europe was featured in the 38/2009 issue of "Polska Zbrojna" magazine.

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Agata S. Nalborczyk was quoted in an article by M. Pantke entitled
"Czy jesteśmy islamofobami?" ("Are We Islamophobes?")
on Islamophobia and Islam in Europe in Wirtualna Polska on 11 September 2009.




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Conference

MUSLIMS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
Should Sharia law be part of a national legal system?

18 May 2009, 10⁰⁰-15⁰⁰
The Senate Hall of the University of Warsaw (Kazimierzowski Palace)

The speakers include: Prof. Werner Menski (SOAS, London), Prof. Janusz Balicki (UKSW), Agata S. Nalborczyk Ph.D. (UW), Paweł Borecki Ph.D. (UW)

Conference organizers:
• Centre for Europe at University of Warsaw
• Institute for Political Science, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw
• Department for European Islam Studies, University of Warsaw

Download the programme of the conference (in Polish))

The poster of the conference



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Defence of Georges Kass's doctoral thesis

The public defence of the doctoral thesis of Georges Kass, M.A. entitled
Mujun - indecency in the Arab culture of the Abbasid era
will be held on 12 May 2009 at 15³⁰ in St. Schayer Hall (the Faculty of Oriental Studies building).


Supervisor: Prof. Marek M. Dziekan
Reviewers: Prof. Ewa Machut-Mendecka, Prof. Edward Szymański

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The Eighth Conference of Polish Arabists

8-9 May 2009

The Chair for Arabic and Islamic Studies, Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Warsaw

Papers will be presented by:

• Agata S. Nalborczyk Ph.D., Is the Arabic literary language unique? The universality of sociolinguistic laws
  9 May 2009 (Saturday) 13³⁰-14⁰⁰, St. Schayer Hall, the Faculty of Oriental Studies building
• Marta Widy-Behiesse Ph.D., The Development of Multicultural Marketing Directed to European Muslims Based on the Example of France
  8 May 2009, godz. 18⁰⁰-18³⁰, Brudziński Hall, Kazimierzowski Palace

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Are there feminist Muslim women?
- a lecture by Agata S. Nalborczyk Ph.D.

The Mediterranean Circle, University of Warsaw

The Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies "Artes Liberales" University of Warsaw
room no. 10 8 April 2009 (Wed.) 18³⁰

Invitation



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Defence of Marta Widy-Behiesse's doctoral thesis

The public defence of the doctoral thesis of Marta Widy-Behiesse, M.A. entitled
The Works of Tariq Ramadan. The Development of Muslim Identity in Europe
will be held on 12 May 2009 at 16⁰⁰
in St. Schayer Hall (the Faculty of Oriental Studies building).


Supervisor: Prof. Anna Parzymies
Reviewers: Prof. Elżbieta Górska, Prof. Katarzyna Pachniak