Józef Maroszek

Józef Maroszek (born October 18, 1950 in Białymstoku) – Polish historian.

Memoir
He is the nephew of Józef Maroszek (engineer) - constructor of weapons and long-time lecturer in University of Technology in Warsaw.

In 1974, he finished historical studies in Uniwersity of Warsaw, in 1981 he became a doctor there. In 2000 habilitated in Nicolaus Copernicus Universsuty in Toruń. Since 2002 he is a professor in Uniwersity of Białystok, where he works in Institute of History and Politics. He is the creator of Białystok History School.

In 2015, he was awarded for saving the Polish cultural heritage.

Professor Józef Maroszek in many years was the lecturer of History Institute of University of Białystok (he led the plant of Regional History) and the chairman of Scientific society in Białystok.

In his scientific work he undertook research, among others:


 * modern history of Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Podlasie, especially the borderland in rivers: Biebrza and Brzozówka,
 * protection of cultural heritage of Lithuania and Poland,
 * the lots of Polish in northeastern borderlands in XX c..

Publications of Józef Maroszko, especially these from the field of regional history (from Drohiczy, Białowieża across the Jałówka, Supraśl, Święta Woda, Korycin, Knyszyn, Trzcianne, Goniądz to Bobra Wielka, Pawłowicze, Łosośna Mała, Tołoczki Wielkie an even farthern in east – on the Mickiewicz trail– and on Raków, Rudawa and Iwieniec) – they're sacred to subject of history of surrounding lands.

His scientific interests evolved from economic and social history to reseraches of history of colonization and economic and cultural transformations in Podlasie. Lots of his works of Józef Maroszko concentrate in issues of history of former borderland of Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania since early medieval to XX c..

In 2020, he got the works titled "History, tradition, memory" (in redaction of Ewa Rogalewska, works of Białystok scientific society, ISSN 0067-6470 ; no. 54) To professor Józef Maroszko in seventieth anniversary of born

Selected publications

 * Craft in cities of Podlasie in XVI-XVIII c., Warsaw 1976
 * Directory of antique parks and gardens in Białystok voivodeship, t. I-XII, Białystok 1988
 * Rural markets in Kingdom of Poland in XVII and XVIII c., Białystok 1990
 * Rights and charters of city and earthly goods Zabłudów, Białystok 1994
 * Monesteries of Podlasie – sources of culture and national apprecation, Białystok 1995
 * Heritage of ecclesiastical union in the cultural lanscape of Podlasie, Białystok 1996
 * The book of decanal visit of Podlasie deanary, Białystok 1996
 * Acts or cases of Knyszyn 1553-1580 (introduction and study - J. Maroszek), Białystok 1999
 * The borderland of Poland and Lithuanian in plans of king Zygmunt August – from history of realization monarchical idea between Niemen and Narew, Białystok 1999