| Polish Historical Society | |
| Native Name: | Polskie Towarzystwo Historyczne |
| Native Name Lang: | pl |
| Abbreviation: | PTH |
| Formation: | 1886 |
| Type: | Scientific |
| Purpose: | Research |
| Headquarters: | Warsaw |
| Location: | Poland |
| Membership: | 3,000 |
| Key People: | Krzysztof Mikulski (President) |
| Website: | http://www.pth.net.pl/ |
Polish Historical Society (Polish: Polskie Towarzystwo Historyczne, PTH) is a Polish professional scientific society for historians.
Founded in 1886 in Lwów by Ksawery Liske as a local society, its scientific journal became the Kwartalnik Historyczny, which was first published in 1887.[1] in 1924 it became a Poland-wide organization dedicated to advancing the knowledge and studies in history of Poland. In 1939, PTH had 12 branches: Brest, Grodno, Katowice, Kielce, Kraków, Lublin, Lvov, Łódź, Poznań, Przemyśl, Warsaw, and Vilnius. After World War II, the society was moved to Kraków on January 8, 1947, and to Warsaw on September 28 of that year.
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.
In 1952 PTH had 14 branches: Białystok, Gdańsk, Katowice, Kielce, Kraków, Lublin, Łódź, Olsztyn, Poznań, Przemyśl, Toruń, Szczecin, Warsaw, and Wrocław. The number grew to 36 in 1958. Since 1974 it has been organizing tournaments of historical knowledge and since 1980 has been organizing academic conferences 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 under Polish law.[2]
The Polish Historical Society publishes several scientific journals such as Małopolskie Studia Historyczne, Rocznik Kaliski, Rocznik Łódzki, Rocznik Lubelski and Biuletyn Polskiego Towarzystwa Historycznego.
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]