Szymon Rudnicki (born 8 February 1938 in

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) is a Polish historian. He specializes in the history of the Second Polish Republic, right-wing political movements of that era, and Polish-Jewish relations. He lectured at the Institute of History of 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 o ...

, from 1973 to 1987, he was its deputy director. In November 1996 he received a degree of professor. Rudnicki focuses mostly on the ideology and activities of Polish interwar right-wing movements. He also focuses on the Jewish question in Poland and Polish-Jewish relations in interwar Poland. His book ''Żydzi w parlamencie II Rzeczypospolitej'' (Jews in the Parliament of the Second Republic), published in 2003, won the KLIO Prize (Nagroda KLIO) in 2004 for the best scientific monography.Kultura polska: Nagroda KLIO 2004
at Culture.pl, 25 November 2004. Rudnicki is also a member of the

Jewish Historical Institute The Jewish Historical Institute ( pl, Żydowski Instytut Historyczny or ''ŻIH''; yi, ייִדישער היסטאָרישער אינסטיטוט), also known as the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute, is a public cultural and research ...

(Żydowski Instytut Historyczny), where he co-edited their bulletin as the ''Kwartalnik Historii Żydów'' (Jewish History Quarterly).Szymon Rudnicki laureatem nagrody im. Jana Karskiego i Poli Nireńskiej
at onet.pl, 5 November 2008. In 2008 he was awarded the Jan Karski and Pola Nireńska Award by the

YIVO Institute for Jewish Research YIVO (Yiddish: , ) is an organization that preserves, studies, and teaches the cultural history of Jewish life throughout Eastern Europe, Germany, and Russia as well as orthography, lexicography, and other studies related to Yiddish. (The word ' ...

for his achievements in the areas of contemporary Polish political history and the history of Polish Jews.

Works

* '' Narodowa Demokracja w Warszawie, 1918–1939'' (National Democracy in Warsaw, 1918–1939) (1972) * ''Działalność polityczna konserwatystów polskich, 1918–1926'' (Political Activity of Polish Conservatists, 1918–1926) (1981) * '' Obóz Narodowo-Radykalny. Geneza i działalność'' (National Radical Camp. Genesis and Activity) (1985) * ''Ziemiaństwo polskie w XX wieku'' (Polish Gentry in the 20th century) (1996) * '' Roman Rybarski - o narodzie, ustroju i gospodarce'' (Roman Rybarski on Nation, System and Economy) (1997) * ''Żydzi w parlamencie II Rzeczypospolitej'' (Jews in the Parliament of the Second Republic) (2003) * ''Równi, ale niezupełnie'' (Equal, but not Completely) (2008)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rudnicki, Szymon 1938 births 20th-century Polish historians Polish male non-fiction writers Academic staff of the University of Warsaw Writers from Vilnius Living people Historians of Poland University of Warsaw alumni