Ph.D. Jan Błachnio
Biography
Born in 1992 in Warsaw. He completed his undergraduate (2011-2014) and master’s (2014-2016) studies at the Institute of History of the University of Warsaw. In 2016-2021, he was a participant in the Faculty of Doctoral Studies at the Faculty of History at the University of Warsaw (from 2020 at the Faculty of Doctoral Studies at the Faculty of Arts and Culture at the University of Warsaw). In 2021, he defended his doctoral thesis devoted to the Austro-Hungarian rear services during the Carpathian campaign of 1914-1915, prepared under the supervision of Dr. hab. Piotr Szlanta. In his research, he deals with the history of sport, military and medicine of the late nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century. Interests: mountain tourism, ice hockey, travel and crime literature.
Most important publications
Most important scholarly articles
The White Death among the ranks. Tuberculosis in the Austro-Hungarian army in 1882-1918, [w:] “Social History of Medicine”, hkae095, https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/
hkae095 Siła pociągowa armii. Konie i inne zwierzęta w wojsku austro-wegierskim w czasie kampanii karpackiej 1914-1915, [w:] „Przegląd Historyczny”, t. CX, z. 4, Warszawa 2019, ss. 671-690.
(Not) the Smallest of Enemies. Infectious diseases in the German army 1908-1935, [w:] “Klio. Czasopismo poświęcone dziejom Polski i powszechnym”, t. 70 (2)/2024, Toruń 2024 s. 131–154.
Koniec pewnej epoki w dziejach c.k. armii – dymisja Franza Conrada von Hötzendorfa ze stanowiska szefa austro-węgierskiego Sztabu Generalnego, [w:] 1917. Przełomowy rok Wielkiej Wojny?, red. J. Snopko, G. Zackiewicz, Białystok 2019, ss. 207-220.
Nienazwana okupacja. Zarząd terenami odebranymi nieprzyjacielowi przez austro-węgierskie związki operacyjne w świetle regulaminów cesarsko-królewskiej armii, [w:] „Przegląd Historyczno-Wojskowy”, Warszawa 2022, T. XXIII (LXXIV), z. 4 (282), s. 122-138.