Paweł Mateusz Machcewicz (born April 27, 1966 in

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) is a Polish historian and university professor.

Biography

Machcewicz graduated in 1989 from the Department of History at the

University of Warsaw The University of Warsaw ( pl, Uniwersytet Warszawski, la, Universitas Varsoviensis) is a public university in Warsaw, Poland. Established in 1816, it is the largest institution of higher learning in the country offering 37 different fields of ...

. In 1990 he became a research analyst at the Institute of History 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 ...

. In 1993 Machcewicz defended the doctorate, and in 2000 received a post-doctoral degree in Humanities in the field of

Political Theories Political philosophy or political theory is the philosophical study of government, addressing questions about the nature, scope, and legitimacy of public agents and institutions and the relationships between them. Its topics include politics, l ...

. He was a grant recipient from the Fulbright Foundation of the

Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private research university in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789 as Georg ...

and from the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs among others. In 2009 Machcewicz received a title of the Professor of Humanities at the

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. He lectures also at the Collegium Civitas.

Career

In 1999-2006 Paweł Machcewicz acted as the editor of one of the featured departments of the historical magazine "Mówią wieki". From 2000 to 2006 he served as president of the ''Biuro Edukacji Publicznej'' (Bureau of Public Education) at the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN). In 2007 he ran as candidate to the Kolegium office of the IPN from the recommendation of Members of Parliament of the Civic Platform. On September 1, 2008, Machcewicz became one of principal advisers to the Prime Minister of Poland Donald Tusk, and an attorney in the Office of the President of Rada Ministrów (Council of Ministers) appointed to the

Museum of the Second World War The Museum of the Second World War () is a state cultural institution and museum established in 2008 in Gdańsk, Poland which is devoted to the Second World War. Its exhibits opened in 2017. The ''Kwadrat'' architectural team won an architect ...

Gdańsk Gdańsk ( , also ; ; csb, Gduńsk;Stefan Ramułt, ''Słownik języka pomorskiego, czyli kaszubskiego'', Kraków 1893, Gdańsk 2003, ISBN 83-87408-64-6. , Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ''Orbis latinus oder Verzeichniss der lateinischen Benen ...

. He was honoured with a

Jerzy Giedroyc Jerzy Władysław Giedroyc (; 27 July 1906 – 14 September 2000) was a Polish writer and political activist and for many years editor of the highly influential Paris-based periodical, ''Kultura''. Early life Giedroyć was born into a Polish-Li ...

prize among others. Married, with two children.

Selected publications

*''Der Beginn der Vernichtung. Zum Mord an den Juden in Jedwabne und Umgebung im Sommer 1941'' (co-author), 2004 *''Emigracja w polityce międzynarodowej'', 1999 *''Historia Hiszpanii'' (co-author), 1998 *"Monachijska menażeria", walka z Radiem Wolna Europa 1950-1989, 2007 *''Polski rok 1956'', 1993 *''Władysław Gomułka'', 1995 *''Wokół Jedwabnego'' vol. 1-2 (ed.), 2002 *''Zranione miasto. Poznań w czerwcu 1956 roku'' (co-author), 2003 *''Rebellious Satellite: Poland 1956'', 2009

References

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Machcewicz, Pawel Living people 20th-century Polish historians Polish male non-fiction writers 1966 births University of Warsaw alumni Academic staff of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń Writers from Warsaw People associated with the Institute of National Remembrance 21st-century Polish historians Fulbright alumni