Helena Krasowska (b. 1973) Polish linguist, professor at the Institute of Slavic Studies of the

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in Warsawand visiting professor at the Center for Eastern Europe at the

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."Helena Krasowska"
The Centre for East European Studies University of Warsaw.

Career

Since 2004, employed at the Institute of Slavic Studies of the

(IS PAN), where she defended her doctoral thesis entitled "The language of Polish highlanders in Bukowina" („Język polskich górali na Bukowinie”) and the habilitation dissertation entitled "Polish minority in south-eastern Ukraine" („Mniejszość polska na południowo-wschodniej Ukrainie”). She is currently working as a professor IS PAN. She specializes in issues related to

dialectology Dialectology (from Greek , ''dialektos'', "talk, dialect"; and , ''-logia'') is the scientific study of linguistic dialect, a sub-field of sociolinguistics. It studies variations in language based primarily on geographic distribution and their assoc ...

sociolinguistics Sociolinguistics is the descriptive study of the effect of any or all aspects of society, including cultural Norm (sociology), norms, expectations, and context (language use), context, on the way language is used, and society's effect on languag ...

ethnology Ethnology (from the grc-gre, ἔθνος, meaning 'nation') is an academic field that compares and analyzes the characteristics of different peoples and the relationships between them (compare cultural anthropology, cultural, social anthropolo ...

, and

folklore Folklore is shared by a particular group of people; it encompasses the traditions common to that culture, subculture or group. This includes oral traditions such as tales, legends, proverbs and jokes. They include material culture, ranging ...

. Scientific interests focus on the issues of national and linguistic minorities, linguistic biographies, cultural borderlands, linguistic contacts, multilingualism, multi-social and individual memory. She is particularly interested in

Bukovina Bukovinagerman: Bukowina or ; hu, Bukovina; pl, Bukowina; ro, Bucovina; uk, Буковина, ; see also other languages. is a historical region, variously described as part of either Central or Eastern Europe (or both).Klaus Peter BergerT ...

. She conducts field research in

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Moldova Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), is a Landlocked country, landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The List of states ...

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

and

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. Her achievements include 7 original monographs and 8 co-authored monographs. He translates poetry from Polish to Ukrainian, writes essays and poems.

Publications

* ''The Polish Minority in South-Eastern Ukraine'', Warszawa: Instytut Slawistyki PAN, 2017, * ''Соціолінгвістичний компендіум'' (A sociolinguistic compendium), Kijów: Polska Akademia Nauk 2020. (współautorzy: Олексій Сухомлинов, Петро Сигеда) * ''Języki mniejszości. Status – prestiż – dwujęzyczność – wielojęzyczność'' (''Minority languages. Status - prestige - bilingualism - multilingualism''), Warszawa: Studium Europy Wschodniej UW, 2020 * ''Świadectwo zanikającego dziedzictwa. Mowa polska na Bukowinie: Rumunia – Ukraina'' (''A testimony of vanishing heritage. Polish speech in Bukovina: Romania - Ukraine''). Warszawa: Instytut Slawistyki PAN, 2018. (e-book) (Helena Krasowska, Magdalena Pokrzyńska, Lech Aleksy Suchomłynow) * ''Mniejszość polska na południowo-wschodniej Ukrainie'' (''The Polish Minority in South-Eastern Ukraine''), Warszawa: Slawistyczny Ośrodek Wydawniczy, 2012, * ''Górale polscy na Bukowinie Karpackiej. Studium socjolingwistyczne i leksykalne'' (''Polish highlanders in Carpathian Bukovina. A sociolinguistic and lexical study''), Warszawa: Slawistyczny Ośrodek Wydawniczy, 2006

Awards

* Meritorious for Polish Culture (2011) *

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(2018) * Bronze

Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis A medal or medallion is a small portable artistic object, a thin disc, normally of metal, carrying a design, usually on both sides. They typically have a commemorative purpose of some kind, and many are presented as awards. They may be int ...

(2019) *

Bene Merito honorary badge The Bene Merito honorary distinction ( pl, Odznaka Honorowa „Bene Merito”) is a departmental (ministerial) decoration of Poland. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland awards the citizens of Poland and foreign nationals with this decorat ...

(2021)Decyzja nr 71 Ministra Spraw Zagranicznych z dnia 8 lipca 2021 r. w sprawie nadania Odznaki Honorowej "Bene merito".

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Krasowska, Helena 1973 births Living people Linguists from Poland Academic staff of the University of Warsaw Academic staff of the Polish Academy of Sciences Women linguists 20th-century linguists 21st-century linguists 20th-century women scientists 21st-century women scientists 20th-century Polish women 21st-century Polish women 21st-century Polish scientists 20th-century Polish scientists Recipients of the Silver Cross of Merit (Poland) Class 3 Recipients of the Decoration of Honor Meritorious for Polish Culture