Łukasz Hirszowicz


Łukasz Hirszowicz was a Polish historian, associate professor of the Institute of History, and expert on Middle East and Jewish issues in central and eastern Europe.
Hirszowicz was born in Grodno and left "just before the war" to study at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He studied physics and Arabic as well as history. When he returned to Poland in 1948, he went to work at the Polish Institute of International Affairs, Szkoła Główna Służby Zagraniczne, which is the Main School of Foreign Service. He earned his doctorate at the Institute of History PAN and began working there in 1954.

Personal

His wife Maria was a sociologist. Their son Pawel lives in London.

Selected publications