Krzysztof Zajas, PhD in Polish Studies; asst. Professor in the Faculty of Polish Studies, Jagiellonian University Krakow; specialized in modern Polish Literature, borderland research, cultural and postcolonial studies of Central Europe; editor of the Gustaw Manteuffel’s Selected Works.

• Contents: The re-creation of a nonexistent land – German history of Livonia: the conquistador complex – Polish history of Livonia: Nowhereland – Formative historiography – Historical project Livonia – Borderlands: circulation of discourses – Polish-Livonian literature.

«This monograph stands as an important contribution to literary and historical scholarship on Livonia/Latgale, both in the conventional context of a Polish periphery and in its novelty in presenting it as a geo-historical region in its own right. It will provide a foundation for further research into the unique lattice of German(ic), East and West Slavic, and Baltic cultures which converge in this region.»(Catherine Gibson, Central Europe Apr. 2015)

Krzysztof Zajas, PhD in Polish Studies; asst. Professor in the Faculty of Polish Studies, Jagiellonian University Krakow; specialized in modern Polish Literature, borderland research, cultural and postcolonial studies of Central Europe; editor of the Gustaw Manteuffel’s Selected Works.

• Contents: The re-creation of a nonexistent land – German history of Livonia: the conquistador complex – Polish history of Livonia: Nowhereland – Formative historiography – Historical project Livonia – Borderlands: circulation of discourses – Polish-Livonian literature.

«This monograph stands as an important contribution to literary and historical scholarship on Livonia/Latgale, both in the conventional context of a Polish periphery and in its novelty in presenting it as a geo-historical region in its own right. It will provide a foundation for further research into the unique lattice of German(ic), East and West Slavic, and Baltic cultures which converge in this region.»(Catherine Gibson, Central Europe Apr. 2015)

Krzysztof Zajas, PhD in Polish Studies; asst. Professor in the Faculty of Polish Studies, Jagiellonian University Krakow; specialized in modern Polish Literature, borderland research, cultural and postcolonial studies of Central Europe; editor of the Gustaw Manteuffel’s Selected Works.

• Contents: The re-creation of a nonexistent land – German history of Livonia: the conquistador complex – Polish history of Livonia: Nowhereland – Formative historiography – Historical project Livonia – Borderlands: circulation of discourses – Polish-Livonian literature.

«This monograph stands as an important contribution to literary and historical scholarship on Livonia/Latgale, both in the conventional context of a Polish periphery and in its novelty in presenting it as a geo-historical region in its own right. It will provide a foundation for further research into the unique lattice of German(ic), East and West Slavic, and Baltic cultures which converge in this region.»(Catherine Gibson, Central Europe Apr. 2015)