Jolanta Maria Żyndul (born 1964) is a Polish historian, a specialist on modern Jewish history and Polish-Jewish relations in 19th and 20th century.

Life

She joined the historical faculty of the John Paul II University of Lublin, but later moved to Warsaw, where she graduated in 1990 from the Faculty of History of

University of Warsaw The University of Warsaw (, ) is a public university, public research university in Warsaw, Poland. Established on November 19, 1816, it is the largest institution of higher learning in the country, offering 37 different fields of study as well ...

. Since 1991 she works for the university's Mordechaj Anielewicz Centre for the Study and Teaching of the History and Culture of Jews in Poland, initially as a technical assistant, then assistant professor (1992–1999) and since 1999 as an ''adjunkt''. When Jerzy Tomaszewski retired in 2001, she replaced him as director of that institution. In 1999 she received a doctoral degree (under tutelage of prof. Marcin Kula), and in January 2013 she received

habilitation Habilitation is the highest university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in Germany, France, Italy, Poland and some other European and non-English-speaking countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excelle ...

. She also works as a chief specialist at the

POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews () is a museum on the site of the former Warsaw Ghetto. The Hebrew word ''Polin'' in the museum's English name means either "Poland" or "rest here" and relates to a legend about the arrival of the firs ...

and teaches as a visiting scholar at the

Jagiellonian University The Jagiellonian University (, UJ) is a public research university in Kraków, Poland. Founded in 1364 by Casimir III the Great, King Casimir III the Great, it is the oldest university in Poland and one of the List of oldest universities in con ...

. Her 2011 book ''Kłamstwo krwi'' (The

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) is a monograph on the perseverance of the belief that Jews sacrifice humans as part of their religion. It received favourable reviews. In 2000 she received the KLIO award for her monograph ''Państwo w państwie?'' on the national and cultural autonomy in Central-Eastern Europe in the 20th century. In 2007 she was awarded with the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising commemorative medal.

Notable publications

* ''Zajścia antyżydowskie w Polsce w latach 1935-1937'', Warsaw 1994. * ''Apolinary Hartglas. Na pograniczu dwóch światów'', ed. J. Żyndul, Warsaw 1996. * ''Państwo w państwie? Autonomia narodowo-kulturalna w Europie Środkowowschodniej w XX wieku'', Warsaw 2000. * ''Kłamstwo krwi. Legenda mordu rytualnego na ziemiach polskich w XIX i XX wieku'', Warsaw 2011.

References

1964 births Living people Polish women historians 20th-century Polish historians 21st-century Polish historians {{improve categories, date=November 2022