Hanna Maria Świda-Ziemba (September 19, 1930 – January 11, 2012) was Polish sociologist, scholar and opposition activist in the Polish People's Republic. [1]
Her father was professor Witold Świda, and her sister was professor Zofia Świda. She grew up in Vilnius and started keeping a diary from the age of ten, describing life in Soviet-occupied Vilnius, and documenting the post-war period of creating a new socio-political reality in Poland. She became interested in the mechanisms of totalitarian states and would later expand on her observations in her academic studies. [2]
In 1952 she graduated with a degree in sociology from the University of Łódź, in 1960 she obtained a doctoral degree, and in 1969 her habilitation. [1] She began working the University of Warsaw in 1954. She was a member of the presidium of the Polish Academy of Sciences and also lectured at the SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities. She has published a number of academic papers, mainly in the field of sociology on the topic of totalitarian systems. She was co-founder of the Institute of Applied Social Sciences as well as the Institute of Social Prevention and Rehabilitation of the University of Warsaw and in the years 1991-1993 she was member of the State Tribunal. [3]
In 2010 she published Youth of the People's Republic of Poland: portraits of generations in historical context, a culmination of many years of research for which she received the Jan Długosz award in 2011. President Bronisław Komorowski awarded Świda-Ziemba the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta for outstanding achievements in research and teaching. [4]
She died on January 11, 2012, in Warsaw and was buried at the Powązki Military Cemetery (section D 31-tuje-6). [5]
Hanna Maria Świda-Ziemba (September 19, 1930 – January 11, 2012) was Polish sociologist, scholar and opposition activist in the Polish People's Republic. [1]
Her father was professor Witold Świda, and her sister was professor Zofia Świda. She grew up in Vilnius and started keeping a diary from the age of ten, describing life in Soviet-occupied Vilnius, and documenting the post-war period of creating a new socio-political reality in Poland. She became interested in the mechanisms of totalitarian states and would later expand on her observations in her academic studies. [2]
In 1952 she graduated with a degree in sociology from the University of Łódź, in 1960 she obtained a doctoral degree, and in 1969 her habilitation. [1] She began working the University of Warsaw in 1954. She was a member of the presidium of the Polish Academy of Sciences and also lectured at the SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities. She has published a number of academic papers, mainly in the field of sociology on the topic of totalitarian systems. She was co-founder of the Institute of Applied Social Sciences as well as the Institute of Social Prevention and Rehabilitation of the University of Warsaw and in the years 1991-1993 she was member of the State Tribunal. [3]
In 2010 she published Youth of the People's Republic of Poland: portraits of generations in historical context, a culmination of many years of research for which she received the Jan Długosz award in 2011. President Bronisław Komorowski awarded Świda-Ziemba the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta for outstanding achievements in research and teaching. [4]
She died on January 11, 2012, in Warsaw and was buried at the Powązki Military Cemetery (section D 31-tuje-6). [5]