Polish Historical Society ( pl, Polskie Towarzystwo Historyczne, PTH) is a Polish professional

scientific society A learned society (; also learned academy, scholarly society, or academic association) is an organization that exists to promote an academic discipline, profession, or a group of related disciplines such as the arts and science. Membership may ...

for historians.

History

Founded in 1886 in

Lwów Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine ...

by Ksawery Liske as a local society, in 1926 it became the Poland-wide organization dedicated to advancing the knowledge and studies in

history of Poland The history of Poland spans over a thousand years, from medieval tribes, Christianization and monarchy; through Poland's Golden Age, expansionism and becoming one of the largest European powers; to its collapse and partitions, two world wars, ...

. Since 1974 it has been organizing tournaments of historical knowledge and since 1980 has been organizing

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s at five year intervals. It has 46 local chapters, 8 committees and over 3,000 members. Since 2005, it has had a status of a

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under

Polish law The Polish law or legal system in Poland has been developing since the History of Poland (966–1385), first centuries of Polish history, over 1,000 years ago. The public law, public and private law, private laws of Poland are Codification (law), ...

. The Polish Historical Society publishes a number of

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s such as ''Małopolskie Studia Historyczne'', ''Rocznik Kaliski'', ''Rocznik Łódzki'', ''Rocznik Lubelski'' and ''Biuletyn Polskiego Towarzystwa Historycznego''.

Presidents of the Polish Historical Society

* Ksawery Liske (1886-1891) *

Tadeusz Wojciechowski Tadeusz Wojciechowski (b. 13 June 1838 in Kraków, d. 21 November 1919 in Lwów) was a Polish historian, professor, and rector of the University of Lwów (now Lviv, Ukraine; then in the Austro-Hungary). One of the founders of the Polish Histor ...

(1891-1914) *

Ludwik Finkel Ludwik Michał Emanuel Finkel (20 March 1858, in Bursztyn – 24 October 1930, in Lwów) was a Polish historian, and rector of the Lviv University. From 1878 to 1881 he studied history, philosophy and history of literature at the Lwów Univers ...

(1914-1923) *

Stanisław Zakrzewski Stanisław Zakrzewski (13 December 1873 in Warsaw – 15 March 1936 in Lwow) was a Polish historian. He was a professor of Lviv University (since 1907), member of Polish Academy of Learning (since 1919), chairman of Polish Historical Society (192 ...

(1923-1932 and 1934-1936) *

Franciszek Bujak Franciszek Bujak (16 August 1875, in Maszkienice near Brzesko – 21 March 1953, in Kraków) was a Polish academic and historian of economic, political and social history of Poland. He served as professor of the Jagiellonian University twice, in ...

(1932-1934 and 1936-1937) *

Ludwik Kolankowski Ludwik () is a Polish given name. Notable people with the name include: * Ludwik Czyżewski, Polish WWII general * Ludwik Fleck (1896–1961), Polish medical doctor and biologist * Ludwik Gintel (1899–1973), Polish-Israeli Olympic soccer player ...

(1937-1947) *

Władysław Konopczyński Władysław Konopczyński (26 November 1880 – 12 July 1952) was a leading Polish historian'' Encyklopedia Polski'', p. 305. and publisher of primary-source materials.''Encyklopedia powszechna PWN'', vol. 2, p. 539. Life Władysław Konopczyńs ...

(1947) *

Jan Dąbrowski Jan Dombrowski (26 May 1926 – 24 February 1992) was a Polish bobsledder Bobsleigh or bobsled is a team winter sport that involves making timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bob ...

(1947-1950) * Tadeusz Manteuffel (1950-1953) * Natalia Gąsiorowska (1953-1956) * Stanisław Herbst (1956-1973) *

Marian Biskup Marian Biskup (December 19, 1922 – April 16, 2012) was a Polish historian, author and academic, who specialized in the history of the Baltics, Pomerelia, Teutonic Order, Prussia, Toruń and Copernicus. He was a member of the International ...

(1973-1978) *

Henryk Samsonowicz Henryk Bohdan Samsonowicz (23 January 1930 – 28 May 2021) was a Polish historian specializing in medieval Poland, prolific writer, and professor of the University of Warsaw. In 1989–1990, he was the minister of education in the government of ...

(1978-1982) *

Andrzej Zahorski Andrzej Zahorski (July 15, 1923 in Warsaw – December 15, 1995 in Warsaw) was a Polish historian, professor of University of Warsaw, researcher of history of Poland in the 18th century, history of Warsaw and general history of Napoleonic era ...

(1982-1988) *

Andrzej Ajnenkiel Andrzej Ajnenkiel (21 February 1931 – 10 April 2015) was a Polish historian. He specialized in the political history of Poland and the history of Polish law, especially constitutional law. He was a son of Stefan and Janina.Joanna Gierowska-Ka ...

(1988-1991) *

Jacek Staszewski Jacek is a Polish given name of Greek origin related Hyacinth, through the archaic form of ''Jacenty''. Its closely related equivalents are: Jacinto (Spanish and Portuguese), Giacinto (Italian), Jácint ( Hungarian) and Jacint (Catalan, shortened ...

(1991-1997) *

Wojciech Wrzesiński Wojciech () is a Polish name, equivalent to Czech Vojtěch , Slovak Vojtech, and German Woitke. The name is formed from two components in archaic Polish: * ''wój'' (Slavic: ''voj''), a root pertaining to war. It also forms words like ''wojownik ...

(1997-2003) *

Krzysztof Mikulski Krzysztof () is a Polish given name, equivalent to English '' Christopher''. The name became popular in the 15th century. Its diminutive forms include Krzyś, Krzysiek, and Krzysio; augmentative – Krzychu Individuals named Krzysztof may choose ...

(2003-2013) *

Jan Szymczak Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN * Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code * Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group * Japanese Article Numb ...

(2013-2015) *

(2015-)

References

{{authority control Historical societies Learned societies of Poland Organizations established in 1886 1886 establishments in Poland History organisations based in Poland

History

Presidents of the Polish Historical Society

See also

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