Słowa kluczowe: Comparative Studies, Humanities, Social Sciences, Germany, Poland, Reconciliation policy, Willy Brandt, Ostpolitik, rhetorical education, academic education, German philology, oral presentations, Medieval German literature, presence and future of early German literature, academic curricula, foreign policy, chancellor Schröder, memory, cognitive translation theory, conceptualization, imagery, German to Polish translation, literary translation, German Language Island, Markowa, German eastward expansion, Early New High German