Hanna Buczynska-
'Flying' U Garewicz, in Haward Educational Review
(Feb. 1985), 300 Longfellow Hall, 13 Ap-
pian Way, Cambridge, Mass. 02138.
Few phenomena better illustrate Poland's tradition of intellectual re- sistance than the Latajacy Uniwersytet, or "flying university."
Its most recent manifestation, relates Buczynska-Garewicz, herself a former flying university professor, appeared in January 1978. Thirty seven professors and 15 writers issued a declaration lamenting "a dan...
Hanna Buczynska-
'Flying' U Garewicz, in Haward Educational Review
(Feb. 1985), 300 Longfellow Hall, 13 Ap-
pian Way, Cambridge, Mass. 02138.
Few phenomena better illustrate Poland's tradition of intellectual re- sistance than the Latajacy Uniwersytet, or "flying university."
Its most recent manifestation, relates Buczynska-Garewicz, herself a former flying university professor, appeared in January 1978. Thirty seven professors and 15 writers issued a declaration lamenting "a dan...
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