The Institute of English Studies in the Faculty of Modern Languages at the University of Warsaw has received a collection of books about Scotland and by Scottish authors from the estate of the late Dr. Robert Lindsay Hodgart, who fulfilled an academic career as an urban geographer at the University of Edinburgh. He had strong personal links with Warsaw and Poland through marriage and on retirement was able to devote more time to experiencing Poland.
A small selection of the collection was on display in the Faculty Library during the Scotland in Europe Conference 22-24 October 2025. It was an eye catching and colourful point of interest along one of the wide corridors of the stylish building in Ulica Dobra opposite the magnificent Main Library of the University of Warsaw.
Pages of books in different languages are represented on its exterior and in its interior. A lovely place to visit when in Warsaw and to relax in the botanical gardens and in the roof top gardens.
Krystyna Szumelukowa
28 October 2025