Jerzy Axer#
| Membership Number: | 1403 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLASSICS & ORIENTAL STUDIES |
| Elected: | 1993 |
| Main Country of Residence: | POLAND |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1986 Professor ordinarius, Warsaw University
- 1977 Professor extraordinarius, Warsaw University
- 1975 Habilitation
- 1972 Ph.D, University of Warsaw (diss. Georgius Ticinius – Humanist and Diplomat)
Fields of Scholarship
- Latin studies (rhetoric and Ciceronian studies)
- Neo-Latin studies (particularly epistolography and historical sources)
- History of diplomacy of the XVI century
- Textology (ancient and modern; especially textology of historical sources of artistic value)
- Theatrical studies
- Classical tradition in Polish and European culture (XVI – XX cent.)
Honours and Awards
- Ph. D. h.c. – Ivan Franko National University in Lviv, Ukraine, 2003
- International Society for the History of Rhetoric, President 1999-2001
- Order of Golden Phoenix by the President of the Republic of Greece, 1996
- Wolfenbütteler International Arbeitskreis für Renaissanceforschung 1992-2000
- Academia Europaea, London, member from 1992
- International Association for Neo-Latin Studies, member from 1991
- Academia Latinitati Fovendae, Rome, member from 1990
- Neo-Latin Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Chairman since 1987
