Andrzej Dembicz
Andrzej Dembicz (1939–2009) was a Polish scholar who specialized in Latin American and Caribbean culture. He was born in 1939 in Kowl, Poland, and died on 29 November 2009. He graduated from the Institute of Geography at the University of Warsaw in 1963. His research focused on rural communities, sugar cane plantations, regional identities and space in Latin America, Europe–Latin America relations, intercultural dialogue, and broader Latin American studies.
Dembicz spent about 40 years at the University of Warsaw. He founded and directed the Center for Latin American Studies there from 1988 until his death in 2009. He also served as dean of the Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies for many years.
In 2000 he chaired the organizing committee of the 50th International Congress of Americanists in Warsaw. From 2001 to 2007 he was president of CEISAL, the European Council for Social Studies in Latin America. He conducted field research across many Latin American countries and had strong links with Cuba, Mexico, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, and Chile.
In 2002 Dembicz was awarded Brazil’s National Order of the Southern Cross, the country’s highest honor.
Publications: he produced about 330 works, including 39 books (as author, co-author, or editor), six books published abroad, around 190 articles and essays, about 40 pieces in foreign journals, and roughly 100 other items.
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