Prof. Andrzej Paczkowski (born 1 October 1938 in Krasnystaw

Krasnystaw

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) is a Polish

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 historian

Historian

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. Professor of Collegium Civitas

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, director of Modern History Studies in the Political Institute of Polish Academy of Sciences

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, member of Collegium of Institute of National Remembrance

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.

In 1960 he finished studies at the history department of the University of Warsaw

University of Warsaw

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. In 1966 Paczkowski defended his doctorate thesis, and was habilitated in 1975. In 1990 he was given the professor degree.

In 1974-1995 (for 7 terms) he was a president of the Polish Alpinist Association (Polski Związek Alpinizmu).

Works

• Prasa polonijna w latach 1870-1939: zarys problematyki (1977)
• Prasa i społeczność polska we Francji w latach 1920-1940 (Press and the Polish Community in France 1920-1940) (1979)
• Prasa polska w latach 1918-1939 (Polish Press 1918-1939) (1980)
• Stanisław Mikołajczyk 1901-1966. Zarys biografii politycznej (1991)
• Pół wieku dziejów Polski 1939-1989 (Half Century of the History of Poland 1939-1989) (2000)
• Od sfałszowanego zwycięstwa do prawdziwej klęski: szkice do portretu PRL (1999)
• Droga do "mniejszego zła": strategia i taktyka obozu władzy; lipiec 1980 - styczeń 1982 (2001)
• Strajki, bunty, manifestacje jako "polska droga" przez socjalizm (Strikes, Revolts, Manifestations as the "Polish Way" through Socialism) (2003)
• Wojna polsko-jaruzelska (2006)
• Trzy twarze Józefa Światły: przyczynek do historii komunizmu w Polsce (2009)

External links

• Entry at Nauka Polska website