COMMUNISM'S NEGOTIATED COLLAPSE:
THE POLISH ROUND TABLE TALKS OF 1989,
TEN YEARS LATER
A Conference at the University of Michigan, April 7-10, 1999

Professor of Psychology at the University of Warsaw since 1972, Janusz Reykowski (b. 1929) participated in the Round Table talks as a negotiator for the government. He was a member of the Polish United Workers' Party from 1949 to 1990 and served on its Central Committee and Politburo from 1988 to 1990. Reykowski earned his master's (1954) and doctoral (1959) degrees from the University of Warsaw. Since 1980, he has directed various psychological institutions, including the Psychology Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Reykowski has been Editor-in-Chief of the journal Studia Psychologiczne since 1972 and is a member of several Polish and international psychological associations. He is the author of numerous publications on psychological stress and personality.

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