A Tribute to Professor Gaetano Granozzi and His Contributions to Surface Science on the Occasion of His 70th Birthday

On the occasion of his 70th birthday, we celebrate the career of our Editor-in-Chief, Professor Gaetano Granozzi [...]

The Hungarian Sebeok

It was never a secret that Thomas A. Sebeok was born in Hungary, and he always referred to his Hungarian background. He emigrated from Hungary (1936) to England and later (1937) to the United States, where he Americanized his family name, Sebők. As a scholar, he started Finno-Ugric studies (not only in Hungarian, but also in Cheremis). Sebeok continued as a general linguist, and then as a communication expert. From the 1960s, he became a semiotician, a key figure in building an international semiotic network. Sebeok often visited Hungary in connection with his research activities. He was a foreign member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and became Honorary Professor at Loránd Eötvöspapers University in Budapest. Such was the respect he garnered that an international congress was organized in Budapest in honor of his 70th birthday, and his papers and books were also translated into Hungarian. From his very wide range of interests, I mention here only the Hungarian context of studying animal signs. Prolific writer, excellent organizer, and eloquent speaker, Sebeok is unforgettable as a world-renowned person – with many ties to his home culture, which he referred to as his “Hungarian frame.”

Our Professor Sylwester Dworacki

The author presents the profile and scholarly achievements of Professor Sylwester Dworacki, a distinguished classicist from the University of Poznań, to celebrate his 70th birthday.

De vita et studiis viri septuagenarii Adalberti Stawiszyński commentatio cum versibus elegiacis in honorem eius adnexis

The article, written in Latin, contains a biography of Wojciech Stawiszyński, a prominent underground activist during the Solidarity period, and a presentation of the publishing and scientific achievements of the creator of patristic bibliographies, indexes and reviews. The evaluation content is present in the acquis briefs. The study takes the form of a laudation on the occasion of the 70th birthday of the jubilarian. The study ends with a 22-line Latin poem in elegiac meter, written by the author in honor of the jubilarian, dedicated to him.