91桃色

Education and professional career

• 1995鈥�2000 鈥� 91桃色, Faculty of Philosophy and History - studies in archaeology
• 2001鈥�2006 鈥� Doctoral Studies in the Humanities, 91桃色
• 2005鈥�2008 鈥� Assistant in the Department of Medieval History of Western Europe and the Levant at the 91桃色
• 2008鈥�2010 鈥� Assistant at the Department of Byzantine History, 91桃色
• since 2008 鈥� member of the Council of the Faculty of Philosophy and History at the 91桃色
• 2010鈥�2021 鈥� Assistant Professor at the Department of Byzantine History of the 91桃色
• 2012鈥�2020 鈥� member of the Senate of the University of 艁贸d藕
• 2016鈥�2020 鈥� member of the Disciplinary Committee for Students at the 91桃色
• since 2018 鈥� member of the Council of the Institute of History, 91桃色
• 2020鈥�2021 鈥� Faculty Coordinator for the Erasmus+ programme
• 2020鈥�2021 鈥� member of the Faculty Quality of Education Committee of the Faculty of Philosophy and History of the 91桃色
• since 2021 鈥� Associate Professor at the Department of Byzantine History of the 91桃色

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Editorial activities

• since 2011 鈥� scientific secretary of the journal "Studia Ceranea. Journal of the Waldemar Ceran Research Centre for the History and Culture of the Mediterranean Area and South-East Europe" (Lodz, Poland)
• since 2011 鈥� member of the Editorial Committee of the publishing series "Series Ceranea" (Lodz, Poland)
• 2012鈥�2016 鈥� member of the Scientific Council of the journal "Annales. Ethics in Economic Life" (Lodz, Poland)
• 2015鈥�2025 鈥� bibliographical correspondent of the "Byzantinische Zeitschrift" (Munich, Germany)
• since 2015 鈥� member of the Editorial Committee of the series "Byzantina Lodziensia" (Lodz, Poland)
• since 2016 鈥� member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the publishing series "Studies in Historical Geography and Cultural Heritage", in cooperation with 脰sterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (Novi Sad, Serbia - Vienna, Austria)
• since 2016 鈥� member of the Standing Review Panel of the journal "袝锌芯褏懈/Epochi" (Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria)
• since 2017 鈥� member of the Scientific Council of the journal "VTU Review: Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences" (Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria)
• since 2022 鈥� member of the Editorial Board of the journal "袦邪泻械写芯薪褋泻懈 锌褉械谐谢械写 / Macedonian Review" (Sofia, Bulgaria)

• since 2024&苍产蝉辫;鈥� member of the Editorial Board of the journal "Faces of War" (Lodz, Poland)

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Participation in the activities of scientific and social institutions

• since 2011 鈥� member of the Commission on Balkan Studies at the Poznan Branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Poznan, Poland).
• since 2012 鈥� member of the Waldemar Ceran Research Centre for the History and Culture of the Mediterranean Area and South-East Europe (Ceraneum) (Lodz, Poland)
• since 2013 鈥� member of the Byzantinological Commission of the Polish Historical Association (Warsaw, Poland)
• since 2016 鈥� member of the Commission for the Historical Geography and Spatial Analysis of Byzantium of the International Association of Byzantine Studies (Vienna, Austria)
• since 2017 鈥� member of 笑械薪褌褗褉 蟹邪 屑械写懈械胁懈褋褌懈褔薪懈 懈蟹褋谢械写胁邪薪懈褟 泻褗屑 袠褋褌芯褉懈褔械褋泻懈褟 褎邪泻褍谢褌械褌 薪邪 袙械谢懈泻芯褌褗褉薪芯胁褋泻懈褟 校薪懈胁械褉褋懈褌械褌 "小胁. 褋胁. 袣懈褉懈谢 懈 袦械褌芯写懈泄" (Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria)
• since 25.11.2023 鈥� Head of the Byzantinological Commission of the Polish Historical Association (Warsaw, Poland)

My research interests include the following:

• Medieval Bulgarian history (7th鈥�14th centuries).
• Byzantine-Bulgarian relations during the Middle Ages, especially military struggles and mutual perceptions between Byzantines and Bulgarians
• Historical geography and geopolitics of the Balkan Peninsula in the Middle Ages
• Byzantine militarism
• Byzantine literature: historiography, epistolography, rhetoric and military manuals
• History of the mountains and their inhabitants in the Middle Ages
• Medieval capitals (Constantinople, Great Preslav, Veliko Tarnovo)
• The Bible in the literature and culture of the medieval Balkans

Professional titles and degrees

• 19.02.2001 鈥� obtaining the degree of Master of Arts in archaeology on the basis of the thesis entitled Veliko Tarnovo in the Late Middle Ages and its fortifications (supervisor: prof. dr. hab. Leszek Kajzer)
• 25.03.2010 鈥� conferring the degree of Doctor of Humanities in history on the basis of a dissertation entitled 'The significance of Haemus and its fortresses in the armed struggle between Byzantium and Bulgaria, 7th-11th c.' (supervisors: prof. dr hab. Waldemar Ceran / dr hab. Maciej Kokoszko, prof. U艁)
• 26.11.2020 鈥� conferment of a postdoctoral degree in history on the basis of a scientific achievement entitled 'Bulgaria and Byzantium: contexts of interaction in the Middle and Late Byzantine eras'
• 01.12.2021 鈥� employment as professor at the 91桃色

Academic awards

• 1995鈥�2000 鈥� three times awarded with a congratulatory letter from the Rector of the 91桃色 for academic achievements (during studies)
• 2013 鈥� First Degree Award of the Rector of the 91桃色 (team) for the book entitled "Constantinople - New Rome. City and People in the Early Byzantine Period, ed. by M.J. Leszka, T. Woli艅ska, Warsaw 2011."
• 2016 鈥� Second Degree Award of the Rector of the 91桃色 (team) for the book entitled "Bulgarian Tsarism. Politics鈥搒ociety鈥揺conomy鈥揷ulture, 866鈥�971, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, Warsaw 2015, pp. 385" [co-author M.J. Leszka].
• 2017 鈥� First Degree Prize of the Rector of the 91桃色 (individual) for a series of publications entitled "Byzantium and Bulgaria in the 7th-14th centuries. Rivalry and coexistence."
• 2019 鈥� Second Degree Prize of the Rector of the 91桃色 (team) for a book entitled "Peter I the Holy, Tsar of Bulgaria (c. 912-969). Maria Lekapena, Tsarina of Bulgaria (c. 912-?963), Avalon Publishing House, Krak贸w 2018, pp. 347" [co-authors: Z.A. Brzozowska, M.J. Leszka].

• 2024&苍产蝉辫;鈥� First Degree Prize of the Rector of the 91桃色 (individual) for a series of publications entitled "Neighbours from the North: Byzantines and Bulgarians in the Light of Selected Eastern Roman Sources."

Scholarships and internships

• 2007 鈥� Scholarship of the Bureau for Academic Recognition and International Exchange of the Ministry of Polish Foreign Affairs (internship at the Department of Bulgarian History, Sofia University).
• 2011鈥�2014 鈥� Scholarship of the Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Poland for outstanding young scientists

Honours

• 2016 鈥� Bronze Medal for Long Service awarded by the President of the Republic of Poland

Research Projects

• 2007鈥�2010 鈥� Constantinople 鈥� New Rome and its inhabitants 4th鈥揺arly 7th century (KBN 鈥� NN108 2693 33; University of 艁贸d藕) - project participant
• 2012鈥�2014 鈥� Standards of Everyday Life in the Middle Ages and in Modern Times, an Erasmus Intensive Programme, sponsored by the Lifelong Learning Programme of EU (Cyril and Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria) - project participant
• 2015鈥�2018 鈥� Bulgaria in 927鈥�969: the era of Tsar Peter I the Pious (NCN, Harmony 鈥� UMO-2014/14/M/HS3/00758; 91桃色) 鈥� project participant
• 2014鈥�2019 鈥� Vlachs in European and Polish cultural space. Migrations - settlements - cultural heritage (MNiSW 鈥� 0604/NPRH3/H12/82/2014; University of Adam Mickiewicz in Pozna艅) 鈥� project participant

• 2023鈥�2027&苍产蝉辫;鈥� Hamartolos odnaleziony. Bizanty艅ska kronika Jerzego Mnicha z IX w. w 艣wietle niepublikowanych dot膮d r臋kopis贸w greckich i cerkiewnos艂owia艅skich (NCN, OPUS-24 鈥� 2022/47/B/HS3/00389; University of 艁贸d藕 in cooperation with the University of Bia艂ymstok) 鈥� project participant