Sprawozdanie z projektu „Wolontariat polskiej młodzieży na rzecz polskiego dziedzictwa na Łotwie” realizowanego w dniach od 11 do 14 grudnia 2024 roku w ramach wyjazdu studyjnego studentów Wydziału Politologii i Dziennikarstwa UMCS w Lublinie na Łotwę

The Propaganda and Disinformation Research Team at the Faculty of Political Science and Journalism of the Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin

The year 2011 has been declared the International Year of Chemistry. This is also the 100th anniversary of awarding the Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Maria Curie-Sklodowska. Maria Sklodowska, by marriage Curie, born and brought up in Poland, is one of the best known and most distinguished scientists. She is a patroness of many institutions, schools, scientific establishments, and universities not only at home but also abroad. Among them, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University occupies an important position. To bring to mind the circumstances and reasons for its foundation, one should go 67 years into the past. It was 1944 and the Second World War was still in progress. However, in July that of year, Lublin became free from German occupation. Liberated Lublin attracted the intellectuals who had survived the turmoil of the war. Among the scientists who arrived in Lublin then was Henryk Raabe, the zoologist, a lecturer at Jagiellonian University and a professor at Lviv University, who on behalf of the scientific circle proposed the government should open a new university in Lublin. The first state university in Lublin, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, was set up and started its activities on 23 October 1944 [1]. It can be presumed that the choice of the Lublin University patroness was made for two reasons. The world scientific prestige of the distinguished Pole was to highlight the status of the newly opened university. However, the reason might be the close family relationships of Maria Sklodowska with Lublin and the Lublin region. Her grandfather, Jozef Sklodowski, was the headmaster of the Province School in Lublin. The first rector of the university was Henryk Raabe, who contributed greatly to its organization. The grand inauguration of the first academic year was held on 14 January 1945. Then, the new academic year was inaugurated on 23 October [1]. Since that time, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin has been developing its own structure for meeting the academic standards and requirements resulting from changing scientific and social actuality. Presently, it includes ten faculties: arts; biology and earth sciences; economics; philosophy and sociology; humanities; mathematics, physics and computer science; pedagogy and psychology; law and administration; political science; as well as chemistry [2]. Situated in the center of the campus is the monument of the patroness, which watches over Maria Curie-Sklodowska University. It was unveiled in the centenary of the great chemist's birth. Thus, special attention is paid here to chemistry, which was inherent in her university from the very beginning although in various evolving institutional forms. Presently, in the Faculty of Chemistry about 280 people are employed, including 150 university teachers (43 hold the position of professor or lecturer) and the achievements of student education and research staff have resulted in about 3,500 graduates with the Master title in chemistry and environment protection, 246 scientists with the Doctor title in chemical science, and 78 members of habilitation studies who were granted the habilitation doctor title [3, 4]. The current organizational structure of the faculty is as follows: Department of Adsorption Department of Planar Chromatography Department of Physicochemistry of Solid Surfaces Department of Interfacial Phenomena Department of Analytical Chemistry and Instrumental Analysis Department of Inorganic Chemistry Department of General and Coordination Chemistry Department of Organic Chemistry Department of Polymer Chemistry Department of Environmental Chemistry Department of Chemical Technology Department of Theoretical Chemistry Department of Chemical Education Department of Crystallography Department of Chromatographic Methods Department for the Modeling of Physicochemical Processes Department of Optical Fiber Technology Department of Radiochemistry and Colloid Chemistry In the Department of Radiochemistry and Colloid Chemistry investigations are carried out which are a continuation of the research done by Maria Curie, who after 1918 concentrated intensively on radiochemistry, that is, the chemistry of the radioactive elements: polonium, actinium, radium, and thorium isotopes. The research of the department is colloid-chemistry-oriented; particularly issues connected with generally understood surface physicochemistry, the ionic theory of double layers, and the stability of dispersed systems. The other group of issues is widely understood environment protection, particularly radiochemical monitoring. These investigations started in 1986 after the nuclear power station disaster in Chernobyl. Presently, they include monitoring and study of the mechanism of radionuclide migration and accumulation in various areas with particular regard to adsorption of radioactive isotopes in soil, plants, bottom and alluvial sediments, as well as permanent monitoring of air and research into the presence of indoor radon.

BackgroundIn the context of discussions between supporters and opponents of euthanasia, and legal regulations regarding this type of practices, the attitude of young people with respect to this phenomenon is a very interesting issue. According to Polish law, euthanasia is prohibited. The aim of this study was to determine the degree of acceptance of euthanasia among students from Polish universities across three different fields of study: psychology, medicine, and economic-technical disciplines, and to identify the factors associated with the acceptance of this phenomenon.MethodsThe study included 627 persons studying in Lublin, Poland: medicine (280), psychology (170), and economic-technical studies (177). The study was conducted as a survey using questionnaire containing items concerning students’ attitudes towards euthanasia. The analysis of the collected data was conducted using the SPSS software (version 29) with the following methods: Chi2, Student’s t-test, Phi test, Cramer’s V test, Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, one-way ANOVA with Dunnett’s post hoc test, linear regression analysis, and categorical regression analysis using optimal scaling (CATREG).ResultsNearly half of the students participating in the study (45.9%) rated the practice of euthanasia as decidedly negative. The highest number of strongly negative evaluations was found among psychology students, and the least among students of economic-technical disciplines. The level of acceptance of euthanasia is significantly associated with religious involvement and studying psychology. Being religious and being a psychology student both contribute to lower acceptance of euthanasia and a lower willingness to consent to euthanasia. Consent to euthanasia is more commonly declared by individuals with experience of living with elderly people.ConclusionsAlthough nearly half of the respondents expressed a negative attitude towards euthanasia, considering the secularization process among Polish youth, it can be assumed that the level of acceptance of euthanasia in this social group will increase. The lower level of acceptance of euthanasia among psychology and medical students compared to students of economic-technical disciplines suggests that the curricula of these studies present alternative solutions to the problems of terminally ill patients other than euthanasia.

The Third Polish Conference of Chairs and Departments of Political Systems was held in the Palace in Ostromecko near Bydgoszcz on April 3 – 4. This time this event was organized by the Chair of the Political System of the Republic of Poland of the Faculty of Political Sciences and International Studies at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń in cooperation with The Fund for International Cooperation Support n.a. Professor Czesław Mojsiewicz, Adam Marszałek Publishing House, and Eastern Studies Center. The event was held under the scientific patronage of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń and Polish Political Science Association, while PiK Radio provided media patronage. Prof. Danuta Plecka (NCU) acted head of science, while Zuzanna Osmólska, MA, Katarzyna Miętkiewicz, MA and Paweł Jaroniak, MA were secretaries during the conference. The organizers suggested “Citizen and His Role in Shaping the Political System” as main theme of this year’s meeting. The plan of the conference included two lectures of valued experts on political systems theory and discussions. Among the speakers were the outstanding experts on the subject matter: Prof. Andrzej Antoszewski from the University of Wrocław and Prof. Tadeusz Godlewski from the Nicolaus Copernicus University. However, among participants were representatives of almost all university centres in Poland dealing with political systems. Amongst nearly fifty guests were scientists from the University of Warsaw, the University of Gdańsk, the University of Wrocław, the University of Silesia in Katowice, the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, the University of Łódź, the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, the University of Rzeszów, the University of Zielona Góra, the Kazimierz Wielki University, the University of Szczecin, the Pedagogical University of Cracow, the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, and, of course, the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń.

An article presented to the Faculty of Political Science and journalism – University of Adam Mickiewicz – Poland, in the framework of the second academic conference of the faculty under the title (Beyond Europe), which included many topics (Methodology of Political Science and International Relations, Global Terrorism and Asymmetrical Challenges, democracy, globalization, international economic relations, International Conflicts, Geopolitics and Natural, US-EU-China Between Economic Cooperation and Rivalry, MENA Region and its Contemporary Dynamics, Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Regional and Global Perspectives and Challenges), during 24th to 25th October 2018, in the Polish city of Poznan([1]). ([1]) Beyond Europe, Faculty of Political Science and Journalism at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, 23rd – 24th October 2018, available at: http://beyondeurope.amu.edu.pl/ https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NuHOlmXRWJDw7Ng0ubNARUgXXV-PkNfo/view

Professor Jan Rowiński died on 2 January 2023 in Piaseczno (near Warsaw). He was a member of the Academic Council of the Centre of East Asian Studies at the University of Gdańsk and of the scholarly bi-annual journal Gdańsk East Asian Studies. Jan Rowiński was a professor of the University of Warsaw. As a scholar and a diplomat, he was concerned with China for most of his professional life. He wrote many scholarly articles and books on the politics, culture, and history of China, and his passion for these subjects inspired generations of undergraduates, doctoral students, and colleagues. Inter alia, he owed his knowledge of China and the Chinese to the experience of the many years he spent there first as a student and later as a diplomat. He was born on 11 May 1936 in Kiełpiny. From 1954 to 1959, he studied at the University of Beijing and at the Institute of Diplomacy in Beijing. From the beginning of his studies in Beijing he devoted his entire professional life to the study of East Asia, especially China. He witnessed the transformations that took place in China, and observed the changes in the structures of power there. China had a considerable influence on his way of life. It is difficult to overestimate his contribution to research into that part of the world. His professional life ran on two tracks: on one hand, in diplomacy; on the other, in the academic world. As an employee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs he worked in the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Beijing. Between 1995 and 2001, he was counsellor-minister plenipotentiary and deputy ambassador of the Republic of Poland to the People’s Republic of China. From 1969, he was connected with the Polish Institute of International Affairs, where he held several academic posts, and after completing his habilitation in 1987 was appointed professor there. In 2002, he became professor at the Institute of International Relations of the University of Warsaw in the Faculty of Journalism and Political Science, where he worked until 2013. At the University of Warsaw, he conducted classes on the foreign policies of China and Japan, the history and civilization of East Asia, and international relations in the Asia-Pacific region. He supervised the work of many doctoral students and reviewed doctoral and post-doctoral dissertations. For his achievements, Professor Rowiński was awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta and the Gold Cross of Merit.

Since the dissolution of the USSR, students from the Russian Federation have been able to study at Polish universities on the basis of bilateral agreements between the Polish and Russian governments. The purpose of this article is to analyse the legal basis enabling Russian citizens to obtain education in Poland, analyse the numbers of such students and the principles and procedure they followed to begin studies at Polish universities in 1993–2014. Throughout the period investigated, students from Russia accounted for a small percentage of foreigners entering Polish universities, ranging between 1.02% and 2.03% of the overall number of foreigners coming to study in Poland. At the beginning of the period investigated, in the academic year 1993/1994 all Russian citizens studying in Poland were Polish government scholarship holders, whereas in the last year analysed scholarship holders accounted for more than 10% of the overall number of students. The predominant group of students were those paying for their studies (more than 64%) and those studying without a scholarship and free of charge (23%). The most popular subjects included Management, Economics, International Relationships, Journalism, Political Sciences and Eastern Studies. Students from the Russian Federation entered the largest Polish universities: Warsaw University, Jagiellonian University, University in Poznan, University of Wroclaw, University of Lublin and University of Bialystok. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n6s5p358

The article presents the activity of Wacław Szyszkowski, a lawyer, an emigration independence activist and an outstanding scientist, who fought in the Polish-Bolshevik war of 1920 and, after Poland regained independence, was active in a secret Union of the Polish Youth “Zet” and a public Union of the Polish Democratic Youth. Until 1939 W. Szyszkowski was a defence lawyer in Warsaw, supporting the activities of the Central Union of the Rural Youth “Siew” and the Work Cooperative “Grupa Techniczna”. Published articles in political and legal journals, such as “Przełom”, “Naród i Państwo”, “Palestra”, “Głos Prawa”. During World War II — a conspirator of the Union for Defense of the Republic of Poland, soldier of the Union of Armed Struggle and Home Army, assigned to the Bureau of Information and Propaganda of the Home Army Headquarters. Fought in the Warsaw Uprising, after which he was deported by Germans to the Murnau oflag in Bavaria. For helping Jews during the occupation, the Yad Vashem Institute awarded him and his wife Irena the title of Righteous Among the Nations. After 1945, he remained in the West, engaging in the life of the Polish war exile in France, Great Britain and the United States. He received a doctorate in law at the Sorbonne. He belonged to the People’s Party “Wolność”, the Association of Polish Combatants. He was a member of the National Council of the Republic of Poland in Exile. As an anti-communist, he was invigilated by the communist intelligence of the People’s Republic of Poland. In the 1960s, after returning to Poland, as a lawyer and scientist, he was first affiliated with the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University of Lublin, and then with Nicolaus Copernicus University of Toruń. W. Szyszkowski is the author of nearly two hundred scientific and journalistic publications printed in Poland and abroad.

The sociology of organization, as well as sociology in general is of a relatively new date and a new development. Generally, the sociological tradition in Yugoslavia is not very strong, as before the Second World War it did not exist at all, and after the War up until sixties it was considered as a bourgeois science not appropriate in a socialist society. Only after the general trend of liberalization in the early Sixties it gained the status of a scientific field parallel to economics, psychology and other social sciences. With the exception of the general sociology offered as a course on various faculties to give the students only the general insights into social phenomena, one of the most developed special fields in sociology is the sociology of organizations. It started to develop ten years ago as industrial sociology, and although it developed into a special branch, one still can find that the two names are used interchangeably. One indication of its flourishing is the fact that organizational sociology either under its original name or as industrial sociology -:is the credit course at the univerisities in Zagreb, Belgrade, Ljubljana, at all the faculties of the social sciences, at some technical faculties and the majority of economic faculties, which are numerous. At the sociological departments at the University of Zagreb and University of Ljubljana it is given as a separate course at the postgraduate level, but there is also a possibility of specialization in the field for those postgraduate students who get several courses in industrial/organizational sociology and complete a thesis on the subject. The other indication of the rapid development of this sociological branch is *the number of scientific centers or departments at various scientific institutions, throughout Yugoslavia. Attached to the University of Zagreb, Ljubljana, and Sarajevo are the Institutes of Social Research, each of which comprises one department concerned solely with the sociology of organization or industrial sociology. In Ljubljana such a center is situated at the Faculty of Political Sciences and Journalism. Only in Belgrade it doesn't exist in the scope of the University, but there is a department for industrial sociology at the Institute for Social Sciences outside the University.

Ryszard Ćwirlej: sociologist, journalist, and writer; former Polish Television reporter and editor-in-chief of the newscast Telekurier. A lecturer at the Faculty of Political Science and Journalism, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. An author of numerous detective novels and an inventor of Polish “neo-militia literature”, a literary genre depicting the everyday life of the militiamen in the PRL (The Polish People’s Republic).

Wincenty Witos – statesman and leader of the people's movement. Report from the scientific and educational conference dedicated to Wincenty Witos on the 150th anniversary of his birth. Faculty of Political Science and Journalism, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, November 7, 2024

Modern approaches to the training of media specialists are undergoing significant changes, as evi- denced by scientific forums of journalists (researchers and practitioners) with the inclusion of sociolo- gists, philosophers, political scientists, PR managers in the dialogue; representatives of different branches of the media space (financial, legal journalism). After the introduction of the course «Multimedia Journal- ism» into the curriculum of secondary schools, the voices of teachers are «heard». During the creative examination for admission to the Faculty of Journalism, for the applicant the main criterion for choosing the specialty «Journalism»: «I want to become a journalist: I love and know how to communicate.» However, after admission and study, there are often cases of disappointment. It is important for the teacher to establish the reasons for the decline in interest in the profession, to minimize risks and improve the quality of teaching. Recall that a professional journalist in the regional media is assigned a much greater measure of social responsibility. Journalist represents the «fourth estate» in the  country, defending the interests of the people and the democratic principles of society. The purpose of our research within the framework of the article is to identify relevant and interactive learning models in journalism based on the experience of diagnosing thinking, technical, technological skills and student motivation. For a number of years, a student, studying at the Faculty of Journalism, asks himself the following questions: is it necessary to study journalism; is this profession so interesting and prestigious; Is there high competition among specialists? The authors analyzed various modern trends of a successful media personality and, finally, came to the conclusion that this category of students did not have the skill to write texts correctly. In the course of our research, we have identified four levels of conditional «identification» of a future media specialist: 1) applicant «no-name»; 2) freshman hesitant; 3) a doubting senior student; 4) the graduate is «in trend». In the course of observation, we have established: already from the middle of the second year, the specialty – journalism is not considered by students as a profession for life. Accordingly, at each stage, we have determined: the focus of observation, developed educational content and behavioral model. Working hypothesis: if at each stage «lay a creative» component, which, with basic skills and a new educational policy, guarantees a competitive specialist by the end of the faculty. The result of the study can be considered a study of the model of the formation of journalists in the system: university-creativity- practice, based on multimedia and the principles of effective communication. Key words: methodology; integrative technologies; professional practices; strategy; the media sphere. &nbsp

Electoral year '01 marked another headway of the country along the road of its democratic development. For the first time after 1989, the parliamentary elections (fifth in a row) were not held before their time, but after a normally completed cycle. The unproductive bipolar model of alternating the main political opponents was broken. A new and unusual player of royal blood emerged, who, without any firm structures, with little funds, and under the conditions of political and media hostility, won firmly the majority vote. For the first time since the outset of transition, a representative of the Left qualified for the presidential post, which was the most articulate acknowledgement that the Left has changed and the most eloquent criticism of the former bearers of public confidence. Both parliamentary and presidential elections '01 took part under the conditions of a free media system and after the advent of Internet into political campaigning, information, and analysis. Both campaigns and election returns, however, manifested grave professional problems in the domain of sociology and the media that failed to meet the principal requirement for unbiased information and predictability of developments and results. In this situation, the society manifested considerable civil advancement. The paradox of that electoral year was that both Par-Lilia Raycheva is affiliated with the Faculty of Journalism and Mass Communication, The St. Kliment Ohridsky Sofia University, Bulgaria. Parliament and President were elected contrary to sociological forecasts and attitudes.

Background of the study: The spread of COVID-19 has an impact on libraries so that services are adjusted. Purposes: This paper aims to share library service activities at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Faculty of Psychology, Faculty of Biology and Faculty of Agriculture during the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper describes the state of the library since its closure in March 2020. In addition, this paper provides details on how libraries adapt to online services. Method: This paper describes the various library services at Gadjah Mada University at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Faculty of Psychology, Faculty of Biology and Faculties Agriculture during the COVID-19 pandemic. This research uses a qualitative approach with the type of case study research. Data collection was carried out through interviews with 8 librarians and from web pages and social media from four libraries. Findings: Four faculty libraries at UGM have undergone online service transformation and implemented the COVID-19 health protocol. Libraries in the faculty of Political Science and Faculty of Psychology serve online. while libraries in the faculty of biology and faculty of agriculture have physically opened services Conclusion: Libraries have undergone a transformation during the COVID-19 pandemic by relying on online services and implementing health protocol.

This study aims to investigate the impact online learning policy, issued Ministry of Education and Culture Republic of Indonesia, followed Rector of Cendrawasih University and Dean of Faculty of Social and Political Sciences. Policy impact drops semester grades students from seven program studies in Faculty of Social and Political Sciences: Governance Science, Public Administration, Business Administration, International Relations, Anthropology, Welfare, and Library. To analyze problem, Merilee S. Grindle’s policy theory was used. Qualitative research method. The study was conducted in Faculty of Social and Political Sciences of Cenderawasih University year 2020-2021. Study involves 20 respondents: 8 are lecturers of Faculty of Social and Political Sciences and 12 are students of Faculty of Social and Political Sciences. Qualitative analyzed method was used; data collection methods interview, observation, documentation have been analyzed according to the reality. The result shows that the second semester grades of students of batch 2021 drastically drop due to internet trouble, unavailable facilities, infrastructures, and server building for Wi-Fi in Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Cenderawasih University, districts in Papua Province, and districts in West Papua Province. Recommendation for Dean of Faculty of Social and Political Sciences of Cenderawasih University, Rector of Cenderawasih University, Ministry of Education and Culture Republic of Indonesia is to allow face to face learning with number of students grouped into several daily shifts and good implementation of covid-19 health protocols in Faculty of Social and Political Sciences of Cenderawasih University.