Maria Dzielska

Maria Celina Dzielska (née Dąbrowska, September 18, 1942 – July 30, 2018) was a Polish classical philologist, historian, translator, biographer of Hypatia, and political activist. She was a Professor of Ancient Roman History at Jagiellonian University.[1]

Maria Celina Dzielska
Born	Maria Celina Dąbrowska 18 September 1942 Krakow
Died	30 July 2018 (aged 75)
Occupation	Philologist Historian Translator Political activist
Awards	Order of the White Eagle
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Łódź
Academic work
Institutions	Jagiellonian University

Education and career

Dzielska was born in Krakow. She has degrees in history from the Jagiellonian University and in classical philology from the University of Łódź, completing her Ph.D. in 1972 and her habilitation in 1984. She was promoted to full professor at Jagiellonian University in 1996.[1]

Activism

Dzielska married Mirosław Dzielski, a leader of the 1980s anti-communist movement in Poland, and campaigned against communism with him.[1]

Recognition

Dzielska became a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Polish Academy of Learning.[1] At her death, she was given a state funeral at which Polish president Andrzej Duda gave her the Order of the White Eagle.[2]

Selected publications

• Apollonius of Tyana in Legend and History (translated into English by Piotr Pieńkowski; Rome: l'Erma di Bretschneider, 1986)[3]
• Hypatia of Alexandria (translated into English by F. Lyra; Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press, 1995)[4]
• Divine Men and Women in the History and Society of Late Hellenism (edited with Kamilla Twardowska, Jagiellonian University Press, 2013)[5]

References

1. Zmarła tragicznie prof. Maria Dzielska [Tragic death of Prof. Maria Dzielska] (in Polish), Fronda, July 30, 2018
2. Kraków: prof. Maria Dzielska spoczęła na Cmentarzu Salwatorskim [Krakow: Prof. Maria Dzielska was buried in the Salwator Cemetery], Deon.pl, August 6, 2018
3. Reviews of Apollonius of Tyana in Legend and History:
   • Salmeri, G. (January 1988), "Review", Athenaeum, 66: 643, ProQuest 1300400275
   • Bowie, E. L. (1989), The Journal of Roman Studies, 79: 252–254, doi:10.2307/301258, JSTOR 301258CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
4. Reviews of Hypatia of Alexandria:
   • Knorr, Wilbur R. (May 1995), "A Legendary Thinker", Science, 268 (5211): 744, doi:10.1126/science.268.5211.744, JSTOR 2886408
   • Sivan, Hagith S. (1995), "Review", Bryn Mawr Classical Review: 95.07.07
   • Waithe, Mary Ellen (Fall 1995), Hypatia, 10 (4): 161–168, doi:10.1017/S0887536700015968, JSTOR 3810213CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
   • Hawley, Richard (1996), The Classical Review, 46 (1): 119–120, doi:10.1093/cr/46.1.119, JSTOR 710836CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
   • Deakin, Michael A. B. (January 1996), The American Mathematical Monthly, 103 (1): 83–87, doi:10.2307/2975226, JSTOR 2975226CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
   • Toomer, G. J. (May 1996), Journal for the History of Astronomy, 27 (2): 174–176, Bibcode:1996JHA....27..174D, doi:10.1177/002182869602700206, S2CID 125529837CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
   • MacIntosh, J. J. (September 1996), Isis, 87 (3): 534–535, doi:10.1086/357591, JSTOR 236001CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
   • Jackson, Leonora (1997), "Review", Scholia: Studies in Classical Antiquity, 6: 151–153
   • Murphy, P. (January 1997), "Review", Ancient History Resources for Teachers, 27 (2): 174
   • Streete, Gail Corrington (March–April 1998), The Classical World, 91 (4): 301–302, doi:10.2307/4352086, JSTOR 4352086CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
   • Hadot, Ilsetraut (2000), "Review", Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum, 4 (2): 379–380
   • Menor, Mónica (March 2005), "Hipatia de Alejandría: Cuando la historia corrige la leyenda", Revista de libros de la Fundación Caja Madrid, 99 (99): 34, JSTOR 30230492
   • Clement, Meredith; Lea, Jeremy; Pham, Lisa; Smith, Brandon; Smith, Devin; Wagner, Nancy; Simmons, Charlotte; Barthell, John (April 2009), "Re-righting the History of Women in Science", Math Horizons, 16 (4): 26–27, doi:10.1080/10724117.2009.11974828, JSTOR 25678817, S2CID 121898354
   • Gray, Mary W. (August 2014), The Mathematical Intelligencer, 36 (4): 106–110, doi:10.1007/s00283-014-9470-4, S2CID 117863476CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
5. Reviews of Divine Men and Women in the History and Society of Late Hellenism:
   • Lateiner, Donald (2015), "Review" (PDF), The Classical Journal, 15.03.07
   • Krulak, Todd C. (2015), "Review", Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2015.10.10

Further reading

• Stanisław, Turlej; Kamilla, Twardowska; Maciej, Salamon; Sławomir, Sprawski; Michał, Stachura (2014), Within the circle of ancient ideas and virtues: Studies in honour of professor Maria Dzielska, Historia Iagellonica, Kraków: Towarzystwo Wydawnicze, ISBN 978-83-62261-87-1