Editorial team
Editor-in-Chief
Dr hab. Grażyna Ryba, prof. UR, University of Rzeszów
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6920-4613
email: gryba@ur.edu.pl
phone: + 48 661 928 362
She completed her studies in art history at the Institute of Art History of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow and her bachelor's and doctoral studies organised by the Pontifical Academy of Theology in Krakow. She prepared her doctoral dissertation under the supervision of Fr. Prof. Dr. Józef Benignus Wanat. She obtained her doctoral degree in the humanities in the discipline of art sciences at the Institute of Art Sciences of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin. She is employed at the Institute of Fine Arts of the University of Rzeszów as a professor at UR.
She initiated the creation, organised and directs the work of the Centre for Documentation of Contemporary Sacred Art at the University of Rzeszow. She founded and edits the yearbook Sacrum et Decorum. Materials and Studies in the History of Sacred Art.
In the course of her teaching work, she has promoted about 120 master's and bachelor's theses. She has organised 13 national scientific conferences. She was awarded the Second Degree Prize by the Rector of the University of Rzeszów for outstanding and creative organisational achievements and the Medal of National Education at the request of the Main Committee of the Artistic Olympiad for her achievements in working with Olympians. Her research interests focus on issues related to contemporary art, primarily sacred and religious art. She is the author of numerous publications on these topics.
Editorial secretary:
mgr Agnieszka Iwaszek, University of Rzeszów, Poland
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7124-2238
email: sacrumetdecorum@ur.edu.pl
phone: +48 17 872 12 58
BIO:
Graduated with a single master's degree from the Faculty of History, Jagiellonian University. Linguistic editor with a diploma in linguistic text editing from the Institute of Applied Polish Studies at the University of Warsaw. She also holds a postgraduate degree in art history from the Institute of Art History at the Polish Academy of Sciences.
Her collaboration with the editors of 'Sacrum et Decorum. Materials and Studies in the History of Sacred Art' began in 2019. She has been its secretary since 2023. She is responsible for establishing and maintaining international cooperation with the journal's Programme Board members, reviewers and article authors. She is in charge of language editing of the Polish version and coordinates the work of the editorial board. She developed and edits the periodical's website and maintains its social media profile.
Tomasz Szybisty, Ph.D., University of the Commission of National Education in Krakow, Poland
email: tomasz.szybisty@up.krakow.pl
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6047-5716
BIO:
Graduated in art history from the Institute of Art History of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. In 2010 he defended his doctoral thesis on ‘Nineteenth-century stained glass windows of the churches and chapels of Cracow’. He works as an assistant professor in the Department of History and Culture of the Countries of the German Language Area at the University of the Commission of National Education in Krakow. He belongs to the following associations: Association of Polish Germanists, Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi, Association of Art Historians, Association of Stained Glass Enthusiasts ‘Ars Vitrea Polona’. He is the author or co-author of numerous scientific publications.
Scientific interests:
art and literature of the 19th century, stained-glass painting
Language editing:
Agnieszka Iwaszek MA - University of Rzeszów, Rzeszów, Poland, sacrumetdecorum@ur.edu.pl
mgr Elżbieta Kot - Rzeszów University Press, Rzeszów, Poland, e.kot@ur.edu.pl
Ian Upchurch MA - University of Rzeszow, Rzeszów, Poland, iupchurch@ur.edu.pl
Translation:
Dr hab. Agnieszka Gicala, University of the Commission of National Education in Krakow, Poland, agnieszka.gicala@uken.krakow.pl
Dr hab. Monika Mazurek, University of the Commission of National Education in Krakow, Poland, monika.mazurek@uken.krakow.pl
Website Editing:
Agnieszka Iwaszek MA - University of Rzeszów, Rzeszów, Poland, sacrumetdecorum@ur.edu.pl
Graphic design:
Piotr Bigaj, Krzysztof Marciniak, Aleksander Rusin, Piotr Wisłocki
OJS (Open Journal System) administrator:
Magdalena Michniewicz, Msc – phone: +48 505 162 906, mmichniewicz@ur.edu.pl
