On March 14, 2024, at the Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, an award ceremony was held for the authors of the best unpublished master's and doctoral theses devoted to the history of Poland and Poles in the 20th century.
Competition named after The Władysław Pobóg-Malinowski Award for the "Best Historical Debut of the Year in the field of modern history" is announced annually in two categories: master's theses and doctoral theses. The works submitted by the authors are assessed by the Competition Committee, appointed by the President of the Institute of National Remembrance and the director of the Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
Representatives of the competition organizers took part in the gala: Dr. hab. Karol Polejowski, deputy president of the Institute of National Remembrance, Ph.D. prof. IH PAN Bartosz Kaliski, deputy director of the Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences, members of the competition committee, the IPN College, competition winners.
This is an extremely prestigious competition. The competition is the culmination of the first stage for masters, but also for doctors, the first stage of shaping the personality of a historian - stressed Dr. Hab. Karol Polejowski.
He noted that Władysław Pobóg-Malinowski, who is the patron of the competition, should be a role model for all historians who combine passion for history with the professional path they would like to follow. The historian's skills are developed during master's or doctoral seminars, hence academic supervisors play an important role, as they properly shape the historian's skills and the ability to think analytically and formulate conclusions. Completing a master's thesis and later a doctoral thesis is the completion of a certain stage of shaping as a historian.
The Deputy President of the Institute of National Remembrance, congratulating the young historians awarded in the competition, wished them not to lose the passion with which they started writing their master's and doctoral theses, and to always remain faithful to the basic values that a historian must always take into account: reliability, honesty and service to history. .
The winners of the 16th edition of the competition were selected on January 30, 2024, from among the authors of submitted works defended between November 1, 2022 and October 31, 2023.
Award-winning doctoral theses:
1st prize:
Michał Dworski, Diplomats from agrément. Polish post-war diplomatic and consular missions in countries recognizing the legality of the Polish government in exile, doctoral thesis written under the supervision of: Dr. hab. Jarosław Rabiński prof. KUL, reviewers: prof. Jan Żaryn, prof. Marek Kornat
2nd prize
Szymon Beniuk, Behind the pitch. The phenomenon of cheering at football matches in interwar Poland, doctoral thesis written under the supervision of prof. Jan Kęsik, reviewers: prof. Włodzimierz Mędrzecki, prof. Tomasz Jurek
Distinction
Natalia Wojtanowska-Bąk, Activities of Maciej Loret in Rome in the years 1904-1949, doctoral thesis written under the supervision of prof. Piotr Biliński, reviewers: prof. Jarosław Kita, prof. Maciej Janowski
Michał Jakubik, Lithuania and Polish-Lithuanian relations in the journalism and political thought of the National Movement in Poland 1918-1939, doctoral thesis written under the supervision of Dr. hab. Antoni Maziarz prof. UO, reviewers: dr hab. Joanna Gierowska-Kałłur prof. IH PAN, Ph.D. Grzegorz Hryciuk prof. UWr
Andrzej Bohdan Krupa, Religious policy of the Polish state towards the Catholic Church in Powiśle in the years 1945-1989, doctoral thesis written under the supervision of Fr. Dr. hab. Marek Jodkowski, prof. UWM; reviewers: Fr. Ph.D. Tomasz Moskal prof. KUL, Fr. Ph.D. Damian Bednarski prof. University of Silesia, priest Ph.D. Piotr Górecki prof. UO
Award-winning master's theses:
1st prize
Konrad Rokicki, Biography of prof. Dr. Igor Andreyev (1915-1995), master's thesis under the supervision of Dr. hab. Tadeusz P. Rutkowski, prof. University of Warsaw
2nd prize:
Rafał Juściński, Poland regaining independence in November 1918 in the historical policy of the Polish People's Republic in 1982–1989, master's thesis written under the supervision of Dr. Ariel Orzełek
Distinction:
Adrian Świerbutowski, The issue of provisions in the areas administered by the Polish Committee of National Liberation and the Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland, July 1944 - June 1945, master's thesis written under the supervision of Dr. hab. Jan Jacek Bruski prof. UJ
Natalia Lenda, Burn the villages to the bare ground... Comparative study of the pacification of the villages of Bandysie and Krasowo-Częstki, master's thesis under the supervision of Dr. hab. prof. Piotr M. Majewski
Jarosław Ziółkowski, Efforts of the Gdańsk Bishop's Curia to rebuild and regain the church dedicated to St. Bridget in Gdańsk in the years 1945–1973 against the background of state-Roman Catholic Church relations in People's Poland, master's thesis written under the supervision of Dr. hab. Tadeusz Rutkowski prof. University of Warsaw
The authors of the best works received a special diploma and the opportunity to have part
or all of their work published by the IPN Publishing House.
source: Institute of National Remembrance
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