Director of the Sybir Memorial Museum
Wojciech Śleszyński PhD, DSc, ProfTit
Education:
- 1996 — MA, University of Warsaw, Branch in Bialystok, Institute of History, history,
- 2001 — PhD, University of Bialystok, Institute of History, history,
- 2008 – Assistant Professor, Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Political Studies, political science,
- 2019 — title of professor of humanities conferred by the President of the Republic of Poland.
Held Positions:
- 2006-2008 — deputy director of the Institute of History at the University of Bialystok,,
- 2008-2012 — director of the Institute of History (since 2010, the Institute of History and Political Science) at the University of Bialystok,
- 2012-2016 — dean of the Faculty of History and Sociology at the University of Bialystok,
- 2016-2020 — vice-rector for education at the University of Bialystok,
- 2008-2020 — head of the Department of Political Relations at the University of Bialystok,
- from 01/10/2020 – head of the Department of Eastern Studies at the University of Bialystok.
Academic Achievements:
- Author of over 200 scientific publications (including 10 monographs, 2 academic textbooks and 10 editions of sources).