Oskar Halecki

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Oskar Halecki (1891 in Vienna - 1973 near New York) Polish historian, social and Catholic activist.

As a historian, Halecki was an expert on medieval history of Poland and Lithuania, and history of Byzantine Empire.

Halecki was one of the founders of Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America in 1942, its first Executive Director and later its President (1952-1964). He was an expert of the Polish delegation at the Peace Conference in Paris (1918-1919); member of League of Nations Secretariate (1921-1924); member of Warsaw Scientific Society since 1927; chairman of Polish Heraldic Society (1930-1939); member of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences in Kraków (1944–1961). Professor of Warsaw University (1919-1939), member of Polish Academy of Learning; professor of Fordham University, New York, Columbia University; visiting professor in Rome, Montreal and Berkeley.

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• Borderlands of Western Civilization: A History of East Central Europe (ISBN 0-9665734-8-X)
• History of Poland (ISBN 0-679-51087-7)