Laboratory of Jewish History, University of Gdańsk
Contact details
ul. Wita Stwosza 5580-308 Gdańsk
Poland
Tel: +48 58 523 22 59
Email: sekih@ug.edu.pl
Head of Department/Director
Dr. hab., Prof. UG Grzegorz Berendt
Tel: +48 58 523 22 59
Email: grzegorz.berendt@ug.edu.pl
Activites
Awards degrees in Jewish Studies as a sole or major componentPursues academic research activities
Main research activities
The Laboratory of Jewish History functions in the structures of the Institute of History at the University of Gdańsk. Currently it consists of one researcher, PhD, Hab. Grzegorz Berendt, professor of the University of Gdańsk. PhD, Hab. Grzegorz Berendt, professor of the University of Gdańsk (born 1964), has been associated with the Institute of History of this university since 1985, as part of it currently within the Department of the History of Culture of Political Thought. As a historian, he has conducted research on the history of Polish Jews and other groups of Gdańsk Pomerania's population in the 20th century. He is the author of approximately 90 scientific publications and over 30 popular science publications. His scientific achievements include three independent monographs and the co-authorship of seven books. He has investigated the history of Gdańsk, Lębork, Puck, Pruszcz Gdański and Kashubian rural municipalities. His recent scientific projects concern the extermination of Jews in Polesie and Polish-Jewish relations during the Holocaust. Outside of Poland, he has conducted archival and library research in Belarus and Ukraine, in Denmark, Finland, Israel, Germany and the United States. He is a member of the Polish Historical Society, the Gdańsk Scientific Society and the Kashub Institute. He is the chairman of the Stutthof Museum Council and a member of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum Council, the Scientific Council of the Jewish Historical Institute and the Historical and Program Collegium of the European Solidarity Centre. He also belongs to the editorial office of the scientific journal of the Historical Department of the University of Gdańsk "Studia Historica Gedanensia". Since July 24, 2021, Prof. Grzegorz Berendt is Acting Director of Museum of the Second World War in Gdansk.
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