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Paweł Śpiewak

Paweł Śpiewak

Polish sociologist (1951–2023)

Paweł Śpiewak [ˈpavɛw ˈɕpiɛvak] ⓘ (17 April 1951 – 30 March 2023) was a Polish sociologist, historian, author and politician. He was the Director of the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw.

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Biography

Paweł Śpiewak was a Professor of Sociology at Warsaw University. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005 getting 18,403 votes in 19 Warsaw district, running as a candidate with the Civic Platform list. He did not seek reelection in 2007.

Śpiewak was a Fellow of Collegium Invisibile.[1]

In 2011, he was nominated as the Director of the Jewish Historical Institute by Bogdan Zdrojewski, Minister of Culture and National Heritage.[2]

Śpiewak was the son of nationally renowned writers Anna Kamieńska (1920–1986) and Jan Śpiewak (1908–1967).[3][circular reference]

Śpiewak died on 30 March 2023, at the age of 71.[4]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "List of Fellows". ci.edu.pl. Archived from the original on 2 May 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  2. [2]
    "Change at the top". Jewish Historical Institute. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. [3]
    Profile of Jan Śpiewak; Wikipedia in Polish. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  4. [4]
    Paweł Śpiewak, prominent Jewish-Polish sociologist and historian dies at 71


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