Stanisław Nicieja – Wikipedia, Free Encyclopedia

Stanisław Sławomir Nicieja (born on October 4, 1948 in Strzegom) – Polish historian and art historian of the 19th and 20th centuries, professor of humanities, former rector of the University of Opole, Senator of the Fifth term.

He graduated from the Faculty of Philology and History of the Pedagogical University in Opole, obtaining a professional title of master’s history. In 1977 he defended his doctorate in the field of humanities (based on a work dedicated to Julian Leszczyński ^[first] ), in 1982 he obtained a habilitated doctor. In 1989 he received the title of professor of humanities.

During the Polish People’s Republic he was an activist of the PZPR (since his studies) and the Patriotic National Rebirth Movement. He presided over the university organization of the Socialist Association of Polish Students, he made an annual aspirant in one of the Institutes of the College of Social Sciences at the Central Committee of PZPR. In 1988 he received a special prize for activities in the Provincial Council of Pron. He published articles on communist activists in party periodicals, including About Feliks Dzerzhinsky ^[first] . He was also a member of the Editorial Committee of the quarterly of the PZPR Central Committee “From the Fighting Field”, in which articles were published on the history of the Polish and international workers and communist movement.

He had internships at the Lviv National University of Ivana Franki (1978–1979), at the Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences (1981–1982), obtained a scholarship of Bolesław Krokowski in Nancy and Paris (1986), a scholarship of the Lanckoronian Foundation in London (1990–1991), scholarship of the Tadeusz Zabłocki Foundation in London (1992) , scholarship of the Polish Cultural Foundation in London (1993).

After the transformation of WSP into the University of Opole (in 1994) he was the rector of this university in 1996–2002. He was again elected for a three -year term in 2005. In 2008 he did not apply for re -election. On March 16, 2012, he was re -elected for this position (for the 2012–2016 term), winning with the current rector of the University of Professor Krystyna Czuła votes 57:42 ^[2] . In 2016, Marek Masnyk replaced him.

In the years 2001–2005, he celebrated the Senator from the Opole District on the Recommendation of the Democratic Left Alliance ^[3] . In 2005 he did not run, in 2007 ^[4] And in 2011 ^[5] He started to the Senate without success (LID and SLD, respectively).

He was the initiator of the creation and led to the creation of the Museum of the Opole University ^[6] . He sat, among others at the Polish-Ukrainian Commission for the Renovation of the Lychakiv Cemetery in Lviv (1989–1993), the Rebuilding Team of the Lviv Eaglets (since 1993), the Central Commission of Crime Research against the Polish Nation (from 1994), Editorial Committee Biographical Dictionary of the Polonia of the World in Paris (from 1992), editorial office of the monthly “Semper Fidelis” (1989–1993), the Polish Radio Opole Program Council (1993–1999). He published 14 books (including a monograph on the Lychakiv Cemetery), about 400 scientific, journalistic and popularizing history as well as dozens of biographies and biographical articles (including Edward Raczyński, Karol Zbyszewski, Maria Danilewicz-Zielińska). He was a promoter of eight doctorates.

He published, among others in “Historical Notebooks” in Paris, “Recent History”, “Odra”, “Kresach Literary”, “Eastern Review”, “Literary Life”, “Pulsa” in London, “White Eagle” in London, “Polish Week” in London, “Historical Quarterly”, “they say ages.”

Co -author of six documentary films about Lviv, i.e. Eagle Lviv (1990), Eternal sleep in Lviv (1992), Zadwórze – Polish thermopylae (1993). He belongs to the creators of the Historical and Literary Society Karol Szajnochy in Opole, as part of it in 1989, he began to organize original evenings and promotions of books. He was the originator and implementer Golden series of open university lectures .

Laureate, among others Silesian Award Juliusz Ligonia (1989), the awards of the editorial office of “Literary Life” (1989) and “Przegląd Techniczny” (1989), “Przegląd Wschodni” (1993) and “Polityka” (1999), Literary Awards of the Opole Voivode (1990), Awards of the Minister of Education National 1st degree for scientific achievements (1986, 1991, 1999), Awards Karola Miarki (2008) ^[7] , title of a distinguished citizen of the city of Opole (1994), Honorable mentions of the readers of the monthly “Kraków” in the “Portraits 2020” competition for the best biography of the year for the 15th volume of the series Kresowa Atlantis pt. Vilnius (2021) ^[8] .

In 1993 he was awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta ^[9] . In 2005, he was awarded the silver medal “Merit to Culture Gloria Artis” ^[ten] .

• Julian Leszczyński-Leński , Book and knowledge, Warsaw 1979.
• Adam Próchnik – historian, politician, publicist , PWN, Warsaw 1986.
• Lychakiv Cemetery in Lviv 1786–1986 , Ossolineum, Wrocław 1988.
• Cemetery of the Defenders of Lviv , Ossolineum, Wrocław 1990.
• From Kiev to Piccadilly. Around the biography of Tadeusz Zabłocki – Gwasza , Heliań, Opole 1994.
• Jalta from a half -century perspective. Materials from a scientific conference organized by the Institute of History of the University of Opole on October 25-26, 1994 , Institute of History of the University of Opole, Opole 1995.
• Łyczaków – district of Styx , Ossolineum, Wrocław 1998.
• Where the Lviv Orlęta sleeps , Ropwim, Warsaw 2002 (album).
• Lychakiv Cemetery in photography , Ropwim, Warsaw 2002 (album).
• Prudnik in the past and today 1896–2006 , MS Publishing House, Opole 2006.
• Kresowe fortresses of the Commonwealth. History, legends, biographies , Iskry, Warsaw 2006.
• Kresowe Tri -City. Truskawiec-Drohobycz-Borysław , Iskry, Opole 2009.
• Lviv Orlęta. Act and legend , Iskry, Warsaw 2009.
• Kresowa Atlantis. History and mythology of borderland cities , volume 1-18, MS Publishing House, Opole 2012–2022.