Professor Piotr Szlanta
Biography
Education
• Ph.D. in History, Department of History, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland, 2003
• M.A. in Political Science, Department of International Relations, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland, 1996
• M.A. in History, Department of History, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland, 1995
Professional profile
• Historian and Political Scientist specialized in the 19th century colonialism, international relations, German-Polish relations in the 19th and 20th century, the First World War and eastern European modern history
Work experience
2011- present Researcher, German Historical Institute, Warsaw (the project of an international First Word War, English speaking encyclopedia; area of responsibility East-Central Europe http://www.1914-1918-online.net/)
1996 – present Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
2009 Scholarship holder of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers, Berlin
1999-2000 Visiting Professor, Department of History, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, USA
Most important publications
Most important scholarly articles
Opinia publiczna Królestwa Polskiego wobec wojny burskiej (Kingdom of Poland’s Public Opinion about the Second Boer War 1899-1902). In Przegląd Historyczny, 2000, no.4
Transvaal w polityce niemieckiej w latach 1852-1896, geneza depeszy krugerowskiej (Transvaal in Germany’s Policy 1852-1896. Reasons for Kruger’s Telegram). In Przeglad Historyczny, 1998, vol.89, no.4
Niemcy wobec drugiej wojny burskiej 1899-1902 (Germany and Second Boer War 1899-1902). In Dzieje Najnowsze, 1998, no.3
Transvaal in the German Policy based on German and Polish Sources, In Africana Bulletin, 1997, no. 45
