Maria Bogucka

Maria Bogucka
Portrait of Bogucka from a 1978 edition of Mówią Wieki
Born (1929-06-01) June 1, 1929
DiedOctober 27, 2020(2020-10-27) (aged 91)
OccupationHistorian
Parent(s)Jan and Helena née Kasprowicz
Academic background
ThesisGdańskie rzemiosło tekstylne od XVI do połowy XVII w. (1955/6)
Academic advisorMarian Małowist
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Sub-disciplineAlltagsgeschichte
InstitutionsPułtusk Academy of Humanities
Main interestsHistory of Poland, Holland and England
Notable ideasHistory of gesture
WWII
AllegianceHome Army
Service years1944
RoleNurse
BattleWarsaw Uprising

Maria Bogucka (June 1, 1929 – October 27, 2020) was a Polish historian, science popularizer professor, dr.hab., and former professor at the Faculty of Polish Philology Pułtusk Academy of Humanities, Pułtusk, Poland.[1][2] She authored over 40 books.[2]

She graduated from the University of Warsaw in 1951,[1] obtaining her doctorate there in 1956 and the title of professor of humanities in 1981.[3] In 2007 she was awarded an honorary degree by the University of Gdańsk for her "outstanding contribution to the knowledge of the history of Gdańsk and the Republic of Poland, especially of modern times, and shaping the development of modern historical science".[2]

She is buried at the Northern Communal Cemetery in Warsaw.[4]

Awards and decorations

Works in English

  • Bogucka, Maria (1991). "Gesture, ritual, and social order in sixteenth- to eighteenth- century Poland". In Bremmer, Jan N.; Roodenburg, Herman (eds.). A Cultural History Of Gesture (PDF). University of Groningen.

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