Karol Daniel Kadłubiec (born 22 July 1937) is a Polish Czech

ethnographer Ethnography is a branch of anthropology and the systematic study of individual cultures. It explores cultural phenomena from the point of view of the subject of the study. Ethnography is also a type of social research that involves examining ...

, folklorist and historian. He specializes also in

ethnology Ethnology (from the , meaning 'nation') is an academic field and discipline that compares and analyzes the characteristics of different peoples and the relationships between them (compare cultural, social, or sociocultural anthropology). Sci ...

, history of language and

dialectology Dialectology (from Ancient Greek, Greek , ''dialektos'', "talk, dialect"; and , ''-logy, -logia'') is the scientific study of dialects: subsets of languages. Though in the 19th century a branch of historical linguistics, dialectology is often now c ...

, and in a studies of culture, folklore and language of

Cieszyn Silesia Cieszyn Silesia, Těšín Silesia or Teschen Silesia ( ; or ; or ) is a historical region in south-eastern Silesia, centered on the towns of Cieszyn and Český Těšín and bisected by the Olza River. Since 1920 it has been divided betwe ...

and

Trans-Olza Trans-Olza (, ; , ''Záolší''; ), also known as Trans-Olza Silesia (), is a territory in the Czech Republic which was disputed between Poland and Czechoslovakia during the Interwar Period. Its name comes from the Olza River. The history of ...

Biography

Kadłubiec graduated from Polish primary school in Bystřice, Polish gymnasium in

Český Těšín Český Těšín (; ; ) is a town in Karviná District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 23,000 inhabitants. Český Těšín lies on the west bank of the Olza (river), Olza river, in the heart of the historical ...

in 1955 and then from Slavic

philology Philology () is the study of language in Oral tradition, oral and writing, written historical sources. It is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics with strong ties to etymology. Philology is also de ...

at the

Charles University Charles University (CUNI; , UK; ; ), or historically as the University of Prague (), is the largest university in the Czech Republic. It is one of the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, oldest universities in the world in conti ...

Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...

in 1960. He earned a

professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an Academy, academic rank at university, universities and other tertiary education, post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin ...

degree in 1994. He works at a Pedagogical Institute at the

University of Ostrava The University of Ostrava (Czech ''Ostravská univerzita'') is a public university in the city of Ostrava, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic. Founded in 1991, it is the newest public university in Ostrava. It consists of six faculties a ...

from 1964 and later worked at the Charles University in Prague as a head of department of

Polish studies Polish studies, Polish philology or Polonistics (, or ''polonistyka'') is the field of humanities that researches, documents and disseminates the Polish language and Polish literature in both historic and present-day forms. The history of Polish ...

and folkloristic. Kadłubiec is a head of Institute for Studies of Polish Ethnic in the Czech Republic at the University of Ostrava from 1990. He was a co-founder of ethnology department at the

University of Silesia The University of Silesia in Katowice () is an autonomous state-run university in Katowice, Silesia Province, Poland. The university offers higher education and research facilities. It offers undergraduate, masters, and PhD degree programs, ...

Cieszyn Cieszyn ( , ; ; ) is a border town in southern Poland on the east bank of the Olza River, and the administrative seat of Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship. The town has 33,500 inhabitants ( and lies opposite Český Těšín in the Czech Repu ...

and co-founder and head of Folkloristic Section of General Committee of PZKO. Kadłubiec is also active member of

PZKO Polski Związek Kulturalno-Oświatowy (commonly known as PZKO; , meaning "Polish Cultural and Educational Union") is a Polish organization in the Czech Republic. It represents the Polish minority in the Czech Republic together with the Congres ...

(Polish Educational and Cultural Union) and from 1965 is a chairman of MK PZKO Mistrzowice. He is author of several books and of about 600 scientific discourses and articles and long-time contributor to '' Zwrot'' magazine.

Works

* ''Płyniesz Olzo ... '' Vol. 1–2 (1970–1972) (editor) * ''Gawędziarz cieszyński'' (1973) (with Józef Jeżowicz) * ''Na cieszyńskiej ziemi: jednodniówka z okazji dwudziestolecia Sekcji Folklorystycznej przy Zarządzie Głównym Polskiego Związku Kulturalno-Oświatowego'' (1985) (editor) * ''Uwarunkowania cieszyńskiej kultury ludowej'' (1987) * ''Ojcowski dom: jednodniówka na dwudziestopięciolecie Sekcji Folklorystycznej Zarządu Głównego Polskiego Związku Kulturalno-Oświatowego'' (1990) (editor) * ''Raz, dwa, trzy, wychodź ty!: twórczość słowna polskich dzieci z Zaolzia'' (1993) (with Ilona Fryda) * ''Cieszyńsko-zaolziańska polszczyzna'' (1994) * ''Górniczy śmiech: komizm ludowy pogranicza czesko-polskiego'' (1995) * ''Kultura ludowa na pograniczu'' (1995) (editor) * ''Nasza ojcowizna : jednodniówka na trzydziestolecie Sekcji Folklorystycznej przy Zarządzie Głównym Polskiego Związku Kulturalno-Oświatowego'' (1995) (editor, with Jan Szymik) * ''Polská národní menšina na Těšínsku v České republice (1920–1995)'' (1997) * ''Cieszyńska ojczyzna polszczyzna'' (2001) (with Władysław Milerski) * ''Skoro zapómniane: o radościach i smutkach starej Karwiny'' (2002) * ''W cieszyńskim mateczniku'' (2015) * ''Płyniesz Olzo: monografia kultury ludowej Śląska Cieszyńskiego'' (2016) * ''Opowiado Anna Chybidziurowa'' (2017) * ''Od Cieszyna do Bogumina'' (2019)

Biography

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