Piotr S. Wandycz
Piotr Stefan Wandycz (September 20, 1923 – July 29, 2017) was a Polish-American historian. He was also the President of the
European history
.
Life
He was born in
Polish army until 1945 as a second lieutenant. After the war he studied at the University of Cambridge where he received B.A. and M.A. and the London School of Economics (Ph.D. 1951). Later he moved to the United States, where he taught at Indiana University before coming to Yale University in 1966 as an associate professor. He was promoted to a full professorship in 1968 and was named Bradford Durfee Professor in 1989. At Yale, he served as director of graduate studies in Russian and East European studies and in history, the chair of the Council on Russian and East European Studies, and the director of the Language and Area Center. He authored 18 books and over 400 articles and book reviews.[2]
Piotr S. Wandycz was a member of the
Catholic University of Lublin. He died on July 29, 2017.[3]
Works
Piotr Wandycz was a noted authority on Eastern and Central
History Book Club
selection.
See also
- List of Poles
References
- ^ "Wandycz, Piotr Stefan," in Who's Who in Polish America. Ed. Bolesław Wierzbiański. New York: Bicentennial Publishing Corp., 1996, 484-485.
- ISSN 0001-6829.
- ^ "Obituaries Archive".
- ^ "George Louis Beer Prize Recipients". American Historical Association. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
Further reading
- M.B.B. Biskupski (Co-authored with Neal Pease and Anna Cienciala), "Piotr S. Wandycz - pionier badań w Ameryce nad dziejami Polski i Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej" ("Piotr S. Wandycz: A Pioneer in Research in America Concerning Poland and East Central Europe"), in Studia z Dziejow Rosji i Europy srodkowo-wschodniej, 30 (1995), pp. 5–13.
External links
- Piotr S. Wandycz homepage at Yale
- President of PIASA, Prof. Piotr S. Wandycz, Received High Honors in Poland
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