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Halicka, Dr. Beata
Dr Beata Halicka graduated in German Studies at the College of Pedagogy in Zielona Góra, and from 1998 to 2001 she pursued her post-graduate studies in Germany. After completing her PhD, she took up a position as academic researcher at the University of Zielona Góra. She currently holds the seat for Contemporary Economic and Social History at the Europa University Viadrina, in Frankfurt-on-Oder, and is completing her habilitation with a study of cultural transformation in the German-Polish border region during the 20th Century.
In 2002, together with her husband, Beata Halicka founded the Institute for Applied Ecology in Skórzyn, Lubuskie Disitrict. The focus of her work there is the history and culture of the region. At present, she is involved in a research project entitled “Odra-Oder – the past, present and future of a European cultural region”. This project, which is being conducted in cooperation with the Copernicus Bureau, is headed by Karl Schlögel, professor of East European History at the Europa University Viadrina.
Beata Halicka is the author of numerous publications, the most recent of which was a book in two languages: Krosno Odrzańskie / Crossen an der Oder 1005-2005. Wspólne dziedzictwo kultury / Das gemeinsame Kulturerbe (Krosno on the Odra 1005-2005 – the joint cultural heritage).
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