Dariusz Gawin

Dariusz Gawin (born February 2, 1964) is a Polish historian and sociologist, deputy director of the Warsaw Uprising Museum (''Muzeum Powstania Warszawskiego'') dedicated to the memory of the Warsaw Uprising of 1944, and located in the Wola district of Warsaw, Poland. Gawin serves as an Adiunkt at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He is a contributor to leading Polish magazines such as ''Przegląd Polityczny'', ''Res Publica Nowa'', ''Tygodnik Powszechny'' and ''Rzeczpospolita'', as well as historical and scientific journals such as ''Teologia Polityczna'' and ''Krytyka Polityczna''. He was the host of a TV programme ''Trzeci punkt widzenia'' at TVP Kultura.

He is regarded as historian of political and social ideas such as patriotism, nationalism, antisemitism, totalitarianism and others. He is a frequent moderator in conferences related to these subjects. As an Adiunkt at PAN, Gawin is also the director of its Institute of Civic Society (''Zakład Społeczeństwa Obywatelskiego'', IFiS PAN), as well as the author of several books. In 2006 he received the Andrzej Kijowski Award for his book ''Polska, wieczny romans'' published in 2005 by Ośrodek Myśli Politycznej. Provided by Wikipedia