Loyola Awarded Erasmus Grant

Loyola University Chicago is pleased to host Dr. Janusz Smolucha for a three-part lecture series on Polish History. Dr. Smolucha started his teaching career at the Institute of History, Jagiellonian University. Since 2013, he is a professor of history and cultural studies at the Akademia Ignatianum, a Jesuit University in Krakow. A prolific writer, he has authored 5 books and 44 articles of Medieval and East European history. On September 23rd at 4:00 PM, Dr. Smolucha will be presenting “Change and Continuity in Polish Culture in the Middle Ages and Modern Era and its Impact on Neighboring Countries” at the Institute of Environmental Sustainability 123-124. His next lecture, “Poland’s Connections with Italy and the Impact on Culinary History”, will be held on September 25th at 1:40 in Cuneo 203. Dr. Smolucha’s final lecture, "The Question of Union with the Orthodox Church and the Legacy of Cardinal Enrico Caetani to Poland in 1596-1597" will be held on September 26th at 4:00 in the Information Commons, Fourth Floor. Each of Dr. Smolucha’s lectures are presented by the Medieval Studies Program, Polish Studies, and the Hank Center for Catholic Intellectual Heritage and History Department, respectively. Dr. Smolucha’s lectures are made possible through an Erasmus Grant with the Akademia Ignatianum.

The Erasmus+ Programme is a competitive European Union-based program that funds short-term faculty and student mobilities between universities in order to create new educational opportunities. Loyola University was awarded a two year grant which provides travel funding to faculty in the humanities and social sciences in order to share lectures with the global academic community. The visiting faculty hold public lectures, meet with faculty and students of their host university, and learn more about their host city. Loyola faculty Elizabeth Hopwood (English/Digital Humanities) and Theodore Karamanski (History) will be visiting the Akademia Ignatianum this academic year as representatives of Loyola. Participating in this grant is part of the university's larger commitment to building connections with Jesuit institutions around the globe. Loyola also has an Erasmus+ grant with Universidad Loyola Andalucia, Spain.