Janusz Jasiński (born September 4, 1928 in Wołomin) is a Polish historian. He finished an undergraduate degree in history at the

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in 1954. He obtained his PhD, under the supervision of

Stefan Kieniewicz Stefan Kieniewicz (20 September 1907, in Dereszewicze – 2 May 1992, in Konstancin-Jeziorna, Konstancin) was a Polish historian and university professor, notable for his works on the 19th-century history of Poland. During his work at various uni ...

in 1964 from the

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with the dissertation on agrarian reforms in

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at the turn of the 19th century (''"Reformy agrarne na Warmii w początkach XIX wieku"''). He was

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in 1982 at the

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on the basis of his work on national identity and consciousness in 19th century Warmia (''"Świadomość narodowa na Warmii w XIX wieku"''). Since 1993, he has been a ''professor extraordinarius'' at the Historical Institute of the

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, and since 1996 a ''professor ordinarius''. Between 1969 and 1980 Jasiński was an editor of the journal ''Komunikaty Mazursko-Warmińskie'' (Mazurian-Warmian Communications). As the editor he took special care to establish the journal's independence from the political influence of the authorities of the

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. Jasiński has published more than 600 works, including 9 books and 13 edited monographs. He has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Knight's and the Officer's Cross of Polonia Restituta, the Secretary's Medal of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the

Zygmunt Gloger Zygmunt Gloger (3November 184516August 1910) was a Polish historian, archaeologist, geographer and ethnographer, bearer of the Wilczekosy coat of arms. Gloger founded the precursor of modern and widely popular Polish Tourist and Sightseeing Socie ...

Award, and others, including an honorary citizenship of the city of

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. He retired in 1998.

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