Background
Fisiak, Jacek was born on May 10, 1936 in Konstantynow, Poland. Son of Czeslaw and Jadwiga (Pasnicka) Fisiak.
educator university administrator
Fisiak, Jacek was born on May 10, 1936 in Konstantynow, Poland. Son of Czeslaw and Jadwiga (Pasnicka) Fisiak.
Master of Arts, University Warsaw, Poland, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy, University Lodz, Poland, 1962. Doctor of Letters, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland, 1965.
DHC (honorary), University Jyvaskyla, Finland, 1984. DHC (honorary), University Opole, Poland.
Assistant lecturer, U. Lodz, 1959-1963; Adjunct Professor, U. Lodz, 1963-1965; docent, U. Lodz, 1965-1967; docent, Adam Mickiewicz U., 1965-1971; head School English, Adam Mickiewicz U., 1965; professor, Adam Mickiewicz U., since 1971; head department English, Adam Mickiewicz U., since 1965; president, rector, Adam Mickiewicz U., 1985-1988; minister of education, Adam Mickiewicz U., 1988-1989. Visiting professor U. Kansas, Lawrence, 1970, U. Florida, Gainesville, 1974, State University of New York, 1975, American U., Washington, 1979-1980, 91-92, U. Kiel, Federal Republic ofGermany, 1979, U. Vienna, 1983, 89, 90, U. Zurich, Switzerland, 1984, 94, U. Tromso, Norway, 1985, U. Jyvaskyla, Finland, 1987, U. Saarbrucken, Federal Republic of Germany, 1990, 93, U. Bamberg (Germany), 1994.
Chairman committee on modern languages and literature Ministry Higher Education, 1974-1988. Member International Association University Professors of English (president 1974-1977), International Association History Linguistics (vice president 1979-1981, president 1981-1983), Society Linguistica Europaea (vice president 1973, 83-84, president 1982-1983), Polish Academy of Sciences (chairman committee on modern languages and literature 1981-1993), International Federation Modern Language Teachers (secretary general 1980-1983), Academia Europaea, Academy of Finland, Norwegian Academy, Medieval Academy American, New York Academy of Sciences.
Married Jadwiga Nawrocka, January 27, 1966.