Andrzej Nowak (historian) explained

Birth Date:ca. 1960
Birth Place:Cracow, Poland
Occupation:historian and opinion journalist
Awards:Order of the White Eagle

Andrzej Witold Nowak (born 1960 in Cracow) is a Polish historian and opinion journalist.

Life and work

He is a professor at Jagiellonian University and at the Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, where he is the head of the Section for the History of Eastern Europe and the Empires of the 19th and 20th Centuries.[1] Before that (1996) he was visiting professor at Rice University. He was the co-founder and for many years (1994–2012) chief editor of the prestigious conservative cultural-political magazine Arcana. He cooperates with the monthly Wpis regularly and is one of the main authors of the publishing house Biały Kruk.[2]

Andrzej Nowak has published over 40 books (sold in almost half a million copies) and more than 200 historical publications (articles and studies) in scientific periodicals and dozens of articles, reviews and interviews.

His main research areas are: cultural and political history of Eastern Europe in the 19th and 20th century; political philosophy; international political relations; modern mass-media. He has published several books about the Polish-Russian relations. He is currently the president of the Advisory Council of The Centre for Polish-Russian Dialogue and Understanding, as well as a member of the Council of Poland's Institute of National Remembrance. Due to his expertise in history and modern politics he is a frequent guest of radio programs and talk-shows. Nowak has been invited to speak at prestigious universities all over the world.

Between 1980 and 1988 Andrzej Nowak was involved in anti-Communist journalistic and educational activities, publishing many articles in so-called underground magazines, such as Arka, Miesięcznik Małopolski, Alternatywy, Tumult. He also participated in a system of alternative lectures of history for workers organized during the martial law in Poland by the catholic priest Kazimierz Jankowski in Krakow-Nowa Huta (Christian University for Workers) and in the so called Free Jagiellonian University. He took part in two international conferences on human rights (in Kraków-Mistrzejowice 1989 and Leningrad - 1990). Between 1989 and 1991 he worked in the international section of the independent daily "Czas Krakowski". After that he concentrated on his academic career and transferred to the Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw (since 1991) and then to the Jagiellonian University (since 2004).

Andrzej Nowak is known for his monumental History of Poland (Dzieje Polski). As of August 2023, he has finished five volumes of the planned twelve.[3]

He has received several awards and honors, including the Order of the White Eagle (Polish: Order Orła Białego), Poland's highest state distinction.

Andrzej Nowak is married and has two children.

Main works

Awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SECTION FOR THE HISTORY OF EASTERN EUROPE AND THE EMPIRES OF THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES. 2020-01-17.
  2. Web site: Andrzej Nowak na stronie wydawnictwa Biały Kruk . 2023-08-24 . pl.
  3. Web site: Ukazał się długo oczekiwany, piąty tom "Dziejów Polski" prof. Andrzeja Nowaka! O Imperium Rzeczypospolitej. . 2023-08-24 . pl.
  4. Web site: Profesor Andrzej Nowak odznaczony Orderem Orła Białego. Professor Andrzej Nowak decorated with the Order of the White Eagle. Jagiellonian University. pl. 11 November 2019. 12 November 2019.

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