Elżbieta Hałas (1954–present) is a Polish sociologist and a professor at the

University of Warsaw The University of Warsaw ( pl, Uniwersytet Warszawski, la, Universitas Varsoviensis) is a public university in Warsaw, Poland. Established in 1816, it is the largest institution of higher learning in the country offering 37 different fields of ...

. She specializes in the

sociology of culture The sociology of culture, and the related cultural sociology, concerns the systematic analysis of culture, usually understood as the ensemble of symbolic codes used by a member of a society, as it is manifested in the society. For Georg Simmel, ...

. She is the director of the Cultural Department in the University of Warsaw's Institute of Sociology. Previously (1981-2003) she lectured at the

John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin ( pl, Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II, la, Universitas Catholica Lublinensis Ioannis Pauli II, abbreviation KUL), established in 1918. It is the only private college in Poland with the s ...

, where she received her doctorate in 1986. She is a member of a number of professional organizations, and has held a number of positions within them. She has edited a number of sociology journals. She is the author of a number of academic articles and books.

Works

* ''Społeczny kontekst znaczeń w teorii symbolicznego interakcjonizmu'', Lublin (1987), Redakcja Wydawnictw Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego * ''Znaczenia i wartości społeczne. O socjologii Floriana Znanieckiego'', Lublin (1991), Redakcja Wydawnictw Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego * ''Konwersja. Perspektywa socjologiczna'', Lublin (1992) Norbertinum, wydanie nowe (2007) * ''Obywatelska socjologia szkoły chicagowskiej'', Lublin (1994), Redakcja Wydawnictw Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego * ''Symbole w interakcji'', Warszawa (2001), Oficyna Naukowa * ''Interakcjonizm symboliczny. Społeczny kontekst znaczeń'' Wydanie nowe, Warszawa (2006), Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN * ''Symbole i społeczeństwo. Szkice z socjologii interpretacyjnej'', Warszawa (2007), Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego * ''Towards the World Culture Society. Florian Znaniecki's Culturalism'', Frankfurt Am Main (2010), Peter Lang Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften

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