The monograph attempts to consider what the heritage of Central and Eastern Europe.The strengthening of the research is particularly important nowadays in the era of globalization, on the one hand, and nationalism, on the other, and the war on the third hand. It can indicate ways to "face" the challenges Europe is currently facing.

Kinga Anna Gajda is an Associate Professor at the Institute of European Studies at Jagiellonian University in Kraków. Alicja Zofia Nowak is an Associate Professor and the Head of the Department of Polish-Ukrainian Studies at Jagiellonian University in Kraków.