The Department of Contemporary Culture Research at the Institute of Sociology at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow invites participants to a lecture by Prof. Piotr Sztompka “On the notion of culture once more: The classical concept of culture in a new, original approach”. The meeting will take place on December 11 at the Institute of Sociology.

Piotr Sztompka is a retired professor at the Jagiellonian University and an active professor at the Father Józef Tischner Higher European School in Krakow. He is a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Polish Academy of Learning, Academia Europaea (London) and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Cambridge, Massachusetts). In the years 2002-2006 he was the president of the International Sociological Association (ISA). He is a laureate of the New Europe Prize (1995), the Foundation Award for Polish Science (2006) and twice the prizes of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland.

Professor Sztompka is a doctor honoris causa of four universities: in Moscow, Stockholm, Krakow and Warsaw. He is the author of 30 books and over 300 scientific articles that were published in 15 languages.