prof. UAM dr hab. Michał Urbańczyk

Polish version

Laboratory of Political and Legal Thought

Duty hours:
Tuesday11:00 am - 12:00 pm, room 103 CIN

Room: nr 314C CI, Collegium Iuridicum ul Św Marcin 90
Contact: mur@amu.edu.pl
Facebook page: Prawo i Polityka
ORCID identifier: 0000-0003-4387-2848

 

Academic degree: Doctor Habilitated
University position: University Professor
Born: August 21st, 1979

Academic degree: Doctor of Laws

University position: Assistant Professor

Born: August 21st, 1979

 

Academic activity:

An expert in the field of freedom of speech and its boundaries (including hate speech), specializing in the study of American political and legal thought. Author of the monograph "Liberal Doctrine of Freedom of Speech and the Freedom of Historical Expression" (which is his Ph.D. dissertation), and dozens of academic articles, book chapters, expert opinions and popular-science papers.

Speaker at a multitude of nationwide and international academic conferences (Vilnius, Prague, Warsaw, Poznan). Participant of an international project Europe After the WWII – Multidimensional Effects of Integration as a Guarantee for State and Human Security (WISE). Expert for the “Society for Tolerance” project conducted by the Polish Association Against Anti-Semitism and Xenophobia (Otwarta Rzeczpospolita). Counselor of the American Law Society.

Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the two international conferences "In Search of the European Doctrine of Freedom of Speech" (2016 and 2017), which gathered scholars from Italy, France, Finland, the United States, Great Britain, Netherlands, Hungary, Cyprus, Egypt, Ukraine, Lithuania, and Poland (including Justices of the Supreme Court and the Supreme Administrative Court of Poland).

President of the Polish Society of Political Thought (PTMP).

 

Scientific activity:

Books:

In Search of the Euro-Atlantic Doctrine of Freedom of Speech, edited by: M. Urbańczyk, Ł.D. Bartosik, N. Zagórska, Poznań-Łódź 2019, 309 pages.

Stany Zjednoczone Ameryki a polityka zagraniczna i prawo międzynarodowe = The United States Of America: Foreign Policy And International Law, edited by: M. Urbańczyk, Ł.D. Bartosik, A. Ratajczak, Poznań-Łódź 2018, 267 pages.

Konstytucja USA. Ze studiów nad amerykańskim systemem politycznym = The United States Constitution: from the studies of the American political system, edited by: M. Urbańczyk, Ł.D. Bartosik, M. Tomczak, Poznań-Łódź 2018, 289 pages.

Amerykańska myśl polityczna, ekonomiczna i prawna – Zagadnienia wybrane. Tom 1 = American legal, political & economic thought: selected problems. Vol. 1, Poznań-Łódź 2018, 382 pages.

Liberalna doktryna wolności słowa a swoboda wypowiedzi historycznej (Liberal Doctrine of Freedom of Speech and the Freedom of Historical Expression), Wydawnictwo Poznańskie 2009, 298 pages. 

 

Articles & Chapters

2019

  1. Final Conclusions and an Attempt to Answer the Key Research Questions (coauthor: Ł.D. Bartosik), in: In Search of the Euro-Atlantic Doctrine of Freedom of Speech, Poznań-Łódź 2019, p. 269-279.
  2. Preliminary Considerations (coauthor: Ł.D. Bartosik), w: In Search of the Euro-Atlantic Doctrine of Freedom of Speech, Poznań-Łódź 2019, p. 9-23.
  3. Między sztuką a przestępstwem. Ewolucja pojmowania obrazy uczuć religijnych w Polsce w latach 1989-2015, Between Art and Crime. The Evolution of the Understanding of the Offense Against Religious Feelings in Poland in the Years 1989-2015, (coauthor: Karolina Kiejnich), w: In Search of the Euro-Atlantic Doctrine of Freedom of Speech, Poznań-Łódź 2019, p. 159-179.
  4. Powinności wolności. John Stuart Mill i jego koncepcja wolności obywatelskiej, in: „Wolność człowieka i jej granice. Antologia pojęcia w doktrynach polityczno-prawnych”, edited by: Olgierd Górecki, Łódź 2019 (in print).

 2018

  1. Tomasz Jefferson jako „duchowy ojciec” Biblioteki Kongresu USA, in: Biblioteki i archiwa na jednolitym rynku cyfrowym, edited by: J. Sobczak, K. Chałubińska-Jentkiewicz, K. Kakareko, Poznań 2018, p. 187-200.
  2. In Lieu of an Introduction. On the Importance of Pondering the Problems of Pax Americana (coauthor – Ł.B. Bartosik), in:  Stany Zjednoczone Ameryki a polityka zagraniczna i prawo międzynarodowe (The United States Of America: Foreign Policy And International Law), edited by: M. Urbańczyk, Ł. Bartosik, A. Ratajczak, Poznań-Łódź 2018, p. 23-35.
  3. Introduction (coauthor – Ł.B. Bartosik), in: Konstytucja USA. Ze studiów nad amerykańskim systemem politycznym (The United States Constitution: from the studies of the American political system), edited by: M. Urbańczyk, Ł. Bartosik, M. Tomczak, Poznań-Łódź 2018, p. 15-20.
  4. Introduction (coauthor – Ł.B. Bartosik), w: Amerykańska myśl polityczna, ekonomiczna i prawna – Zagadnienia wybrane. Tom I (American legal, political & economic thought: selected problems. Vol. 1), edited by: M. Urbańczyk, Ł. Bartosik, M. Tomczak, Poznań-Łódź 2018, p. 17-22. 

 

Achievements, awards:

  • The AMU Rector’s 1st Degree Award for academic achievements (the doctoral monograph; 2010),
  • The AMU Rector’s 3rd degree Award for achievements in educational work (2014)
  • The AMU Rector’s 3rd degree Award for achievements in organizational work (2017),
  • The AMU Rector’s 3rd degree Award for achievements in organizational work (2012),
  • The AMU Rector’s 3rd degree Award for achievements in organizational work (2011),
  • The AMU Rector’s 3rd degree Award for achievements in organizational work (2010),
  • The AMU Rector’s 3rd degree Award for achievements in organizational work (2009). 

 

Education:

  • 2010-2011 – A postgraduate study “The Manager of Research Projects”; the Faculty of Physics, Adam Mickiewicz University;
  • 22.04.2008 – Ph. D. in Law; the Faculty of Law and Administration, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan; doctoral studies (2003-2008), graduation with honours;
  • 1998-2003 – M.A. in Law; the Faculty of Law and Administration, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan;
  • 2002-2003 – A postgraduate study on The Knowledge of Europe and European Integration; the Faculty of Social Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan;
  • 2002-2004 – 4 university terms in political science; the Faculty of Social Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.