Polish Historical Society
Polskie Towarzystwo Historyczne | |
Abbreviation | PTH |
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Formation | 1886 |
Type | Scientific |
Purpose | Research |
Headquarters | Warsaw |
Location | |
Membership | 3,000 |
Key people | Krzysztof Mikulski (President) |
Website | http://www.pth.net.pl/ |
Polish Historical Society (
History
Founded in 1886 in
Historians living in exile in the west formed the Polish Historical Society in Great Britain on November 29, 1946, which was transformed into the Polish Historical Society in Exile in 1953. Its first long-term president was Marian Kukiel.[1]
In 1952 PTH had 14 branches: Białystok, Gdańsk, Katowice, Kielce, Kraków, Lublin, Łódź, Olsztyn, Poznań, Przemyśl, Toruń, Szczecin, Warsaw, and Wrocław.
The Polish Historical Society publishes several 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 (1891-1914)
- Ludwik Finkel (1914-1923)
- Stanisław Zakrzewski (1923-1932 and 1934-1936)
- Franciszek Bujak (1932-1934 and 1936-1937)
- Ludwik Kolankowski (1937-1947)
- Władysław Konopczyński (1947)
- Jan Dąbrowski(1947-1950)
- Tadeusz Manteuffel (1950-1953)
- Natalia Gąsiorowska (1953-1956)
- Stanisław Herbst (1956-1973)
- Marian Biskup (1973-1978)
- Henryk Samsonowicz (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-)
General Congresses of Polish Historians
Since 1800, the Society has organized General Conventions of Polish Historians. They are held, on average, every 5 years and are aimed at presenting and summarizing the achievements of Polish historical sciences, as well as setting goals for the future. The XXI Congress is scheduled for 2024 in Białystok.[3]
- I: 1880 Academy of Learning, Kraków
- II: 17-19 July 1890, Lviv
- III: 4-6 June 1900, Kraków
- IV: 6-8 December 1925, Poznań
- V: 28 November - 4 December 1930, Warsaw
- VI: 17-20 September 1935, Vilnius
- VII: 19-22 September 1948, Wrocław
- VIII: 14-17 September 1958, Kraków
- IX: 13-15 September 1963, Warsaw
- X: 9-13 September 1969, Lublin
- XI: 9-12 September 1974, Toruń
- XII: 17-20 September 1979, Katowice
- XIII: 6-9 September 1984, Poznań
- XIV: 7-10 September 1989, Łódź
- XV: 19-21 September 1994, Gdańsk
- XVI: 15-19 September 1999, Wrocław
- XVII: 15-18 September 2004, Kraków
- XVIII: 16-19 September 2009, Olsztyn
- XIX: 17-21 September 2014, Szczecin
- XX: 18-20 September 2019, Lublin
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Historia | O nas | Polskie Towarzystwo Historyczne". pth.net.pl. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
- ^ "Historia". Retrieved 23 February 2020.
- ^ "Powszechny Zjazd Historyków Polskich odbędzie się w 2024 r. w Białymstoku". dzieje.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-11-22.