Grzegorz Motyka (born 1967) is a Polish

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the stu ...

and author specializing in the history of

Poland–Ukraine relations Poland–Ukraine relations revived on an international relations , international basis soon after Ukraine gained Declaration of Independence of Ukraine , independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. Various controversies from the shared history o ...

. Since 1992 he served at the Institute of Political Studies of the

Polish Academy of Sciences The Polish Academy of Sciences ( pl, Polska Akademia Nauk, PAN) is a Polish state-sponsored institution of higher learning. Headquartered in Warsaw, it is responsible for spearheading the development of science across the country by a society of ...

and at the

Institute of National Remembrance The Institute of National Remembrance – Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation ( pl, Instytut Pamięci Narodowej – Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu, abbreviated IPN) is a Polish state resea ...

. Motyka graduated from the history department at the

John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin ( pl, Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II, la, Universitas Catholica Lublinensis Ioannis Pauli II, abbreviation KUL), established in 1918. It is the only private college in Poland with the s ...

in 1992. Motyka was awarded the postgraduate academic degree of

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in 1998. The title of his dissertation was ''Walki polsko-ukraińskie na ziemiach dzisiejszej Polski w latach 1943–1948'' (''the Polish-Ukrainian war on the territory of present day Poland in 1943–48''). Motyka

habilitated Habilitation is the highest university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in many European countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excellence in research, teaching and further education, usually including a ...

his degree in 2007. After 1992 he became a researcher in the

. He also worked at the Public Education Office of the

(until 2007). He worked as adjunct at the Faculty of Ukrainian Studies in the

Jagiellonian University The Jagiellonian University (Polish: ''Uniwersytet Jagielloński'', UJ) is a public research university in Kraków, Poland. Founded in 1364 by King Casimir III the Great, it is the oldest university in Poland and the 13th oldest university in ...

, but also as

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of the

Pułtusk Academy of Humanities Aleksander Gieysztor Academy of Humanities also known as Pułtusk Academy of Humanities in Pułtusk, Poland, ( pl, Akademia Humanistyczna im. A. Gieysztora or ) was established by the Ministry of National Education of the Republic of Poland on 14 ...

. In 2011 he was selected by the

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– the upper house of the Polish parliament – to the Board of Directors of IPN. In 2017 he received the title of professor.

Selected works

* ''Pany i rezuny. Współpraca AK-WiN i UPA 1945–1947'', Warszawa 1997 (with

Rafał Wnuk Rafał Wnuk (born 22 May 1967, in Zamość) is a Polish historian, editor of several historical periodicals, employee of the Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences and of the Polish Institute of National Remembrance (IPN). Wnuk wa ...

) * ''Tak było w Bieszczadach. Walki polsko-ukraińskie w Polsce 1943–1948'', Warszawa 1998 * ''Antypolska Akcja OUN-UPA 1943–1944. Fakty i interpretacje'', ed. Grzegorz Motyka,

Dariusz Libionka Dariusz Marian Libionka (born on 25 June 1963 in Bielsko-Biała) is a Polish historian affiliated with the Institute of National Remembrance in Lublin. Libionka graduated from the Catholic University of Lublin (KUL) and the School for Social Scie ...

, IPN 2002 * ''Służby Bezpieczeństwa Polski i Czechosłowacji wobec Ukraińców 1945–1989'', Warszawa 2005 (ed. and coauthor) * ''Ukraińska partyzantka 1942–1960'', Warszawa 2006 * ''"W kręgu "Łun w Bieszczadach"'', Warszawa 2009 * ''Od rzezi wołyńskiej do akcji "Wisła". Konflikt polsko-ukraiński 1943–1947''

Wydawnictwo Literackie Wydawnictwo Literackie (abbreviated WL, lit. "Literary Press") is a Kraków-based Polish publishing house, which has been referred to as one of Poland's "most respected". Company history Since its foundation in 1953, Wydawnictwo Literackie has ...

, 2011. . * ''Na Białych Polaków obława. Wojska NKWD w walce z polskim podziemiem 1944–1953'',

, Kraków 2014, .

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Motyka, Grzegorz 1967 births Living people 20th-century Polish historians Polish male non-fiction writers Jagiellonian University faculty People associated with the Institute of National Remembrance John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin alumni 21st-century Polish historians