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 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

academic conference An academic conference or scientific conference (also congress, symposium, workshop, or meeting) is an event for researchers (not necessarily academics) to present and discuss their scholarly work. Together with academic or scientific journal ...

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

public benefit organization A charitable organization or charity is an organization whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being (e.g. educational, religious or other activities serving the public interest or common good). The legal definition of a ch ...

under

Polish law The Polish law or legal system in Poland has been developing since the first centuries of Polish history, over 1,000 years ago. The public and private laws of Poland are codified. The supreme law in Poland is the Constitution of Poland. Poland ...

. The Polish Historical Society publishes a number of scientific journals 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 (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 (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 (1982-1988) * Andrzej Ajnenkiel (1988-1991) * Jacek Staszewski (1991-1997) * Wojciech Wrzesiński (1997-2003) * Krzysztof Mikulski (2003-2013) * Jan Szymczak (2013-2015) * Krzysztof Mikulski (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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