Hieronim Kubiak
Hieronim Kubiak | |
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| Born | 30 September 1934 Ruda Pabianicka |
| Died | 21 April 2024 (aged 89) |
| Occupations | Sociologist, politician |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Jagiellonian University |
| Kazimierz Dobrowolski | |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Sociology |
Hieronim Eugeniusz Kubiak (30 September 1934 – 21 April 2024) was a sociologist, politician and professor at the Jagiellonian University.
Biography
He came from the working class family;[1] he was the son of Marian and Genowefa.[2] In 1953 he joined Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR).[2] He was a graduate of Russian philology (1956) and sociology (1964) from the Jagiellonian University.[3] He was an activist and chairman of the Kraków Branch of the Polish Students' Association (ZSP);[4] later he became its honorary member.[1] He defended his doctoral thesis in 1968[3] under the supervision of Kazimierz Dobrowolski.[1][4] In 1972 he obtained habilitation.[1]
From 1971 to 1972 he was an advisor to Deputy Prime Minister Wincenty Kraśko.[1] In the academic year 1976/1977 he stayed in the USA as a scholarship holder of the Fulbright.[1] In 1976 he was the initiator of the Institute for Polish Diaspora Research of the Jagiellonian University in Przegorzały (Instytut Badań Polonijnych UJ w Przegorzałach),[1][4] and was its director between 1976–1981 and 1987–1991.[1] He was creator and editor of the journal Przegląd Polonijny, issued from 1975.[1][4]
His research interests included nation, religion, Polish diaspora (including Poles in the United States), as well as peace and conflicts between different groups and political sociology.[4] He supervised 18 doctoral dissertations and more than 500 master's dissertations.[4]
He was a secretary of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers' Party from 1981 to 1982 and a member of the Central Committee Politburo from 1981 to 1986.[1][2]
From 1982, he served as Chairman of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Fundamental Problems of Marxism-Leninism.[5]
He took part in the Round Table talks on the government side.[1] He was a co-founder and, from 1989 to 1993, president of the Kuźnica association.[1] He had a dog called Maciuś.[4]
His remainings were buried at the Rakowicki Cemetery.[6]
Works
- Polski Narodowy Kościół Katolicki w Stanach Zjednoczonych Ameryki w latach 1897–1965. Jego społeczne uwarunkowania i społeczne funkcje. Wrocław. 1970.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Religijność a środowisko społeczne: studium zmian religijności pod wpływem ruchów migracyjnych ze wsi do miasta. Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 1972.
- "Gazeta Krakowska" w opiniach swych czytelników. Kraków: Uniwersytet Jagielloński. Instytut Socjologii. 1973.
- Oczekiwania i dążenia mieszkańców regionu krakowskiego w świetle listów do "Gazety Krakowskiej": analiza socjologiczna. Kraków. 1974.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Rodowód narodu amerykańskiego. Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie. 1975.
- The Polish National Catholic Church in the United States of America from 1897–1980. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. 1982.
- Poszukiwania. Warszawa: Książka i Wiedza. 1987.
- Zanikające pokrewieństwo. Szkice socjologiczne o Polonii. Wydawnictwo Literackie. 1990.
- U progu ery postwestfalskiej. Szkice z teorii narodu. Universitas. 2007.
Edited works
- Założenia teorii asymilacji. Polska AN, „Ossolineum”. 1980. Co-edited with Andrzej Paluch.
- Polonia amerykańska. Przeszłość i współczesność. Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PAN. 1988. Co-edited with Eugeniusz Kusielewicz and Tadeusz Gromada.
- Mniejszości polskie i Polonia w ZSRR. Ossolineum, Wydawnictwo PAN. 1992. Co-edited with Tadeusz Paleczny, Jarosław Rokicki and M. Wawrykiewicz.
- Partie polityczne w wielkim mieście. Kraków: Instytut Socjologii Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego. 1998.
- Between Animosity and Utility. Political Partries and Their Matrix. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Scholar. 2000. Co-edited with Jerzy J. Wiatr.
Awards
- Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (1985)[7]
- Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2002)[3][6]
- Kowadło, awarded by the Kuźnica association (2012)[8]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Niezgoda, Marian; Babiński, Grzegorz (2004). "Biografia intelektualna Hieronima Kubiaka". In Krzysztof Gorlach, Marian Niezgoda, Zygmunt Saręga (ed.). Władza, naród, tożsamość: studia dedykowane Profesorowi Hieronimowi Kubiakowi. Kraków: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego. pp. 7–13. Archived from the original on 24 April 2024.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link) - 1 2 3 "Dane osoby z katalogu kierowniczych stanowisk partyjnych i państwowych PRL". katalog.bip.ipn.gov.pl. Archived from the original on 24 May 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
- 1 2 3 "W dniu 21 kwietnia 2024 zmarł Profesor Hieronim Kubiak". phils.uj.edu.pl. 23 April 2024. Archived from the original on 5 October 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Sztompka, Piotr (2024). "Profesor Piotr Sztompka - Pożegnanie Profesora Hieronima Kubiaka". socjologia.uj.edu.pl. Archived from the original on 29 April 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
- ↑ "Posiedzenie Rady Naukowej IPPML przy KC PZPR". Rzeczpospolita (102): 2. 13 May 1982.
- 1 2 "Pogrzeb prof. Hieronima Kubiaka na Cmentarzu Rakowickim". 26 April 2024. Archived from the original on 3 August 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
- ↑ Życie Partii (11): 21. 22 May 1985.
- ↑ "Kowadła Kuźnicy". kuznica.org.pl. Archived from the original on 20 July 2025. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
Bibliography
- Kto jest kim w Polsce. Informator biograficzny. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Interpress. 1989. pp. 650–651.
External links
- "Prof. zw. dr hab. Hieronim Kubiak". archiwum.nauka-polska.pl. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
