Commission on Central Europe

The commission was established in 1991 on the initiative of Henryk Batowski. It brought together researchers interested in the archaeology, history, and culture of the nations inhabiting central and eastern Europe. In 1993, the Eastern Europe Commission emerged as a separate entity from within the Central Europe Commission. From then on, the Central Europe Commission (one of the most active) has been engaged with themes related to the area that lies between the Baltic and Adriatic seas, between the Łaba [Elbe], Niemen [Neman], and Bug rivers, and on both banks of the central Danube. The current focus of the commission’s research is on national revival, the fate of organisations of states (including the former Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, and Hungary), and the political history of ethnically, culturally and religiously mixed regions and their mutual relations. The commission has already produced an impressive body of work, which appears in its proceedings (edited by Jan Machnik and Irena Stawowy-Kawka).

Go to the webpage of the journal Central European and Balkan Studies at:

• Polskiej Akademii Umiejętności
• and at Scientific Journals Online ejournals.eu

We are pleased to announce that volume XXVI of Central European and Balkan Studies has been commended by the panel of judges of the Professor Jerzy Skowronek Prize.  The prize is awarded by the editorial board of Magazyn Literacki KSIĄŻKI [BOOKS: the Literary Monthly] and the jury is chaired by prof. dr hab. Jarosław Czubaty. This year saw the prize’s twenty-third edition, and the award ceremony was held on 18 May 2018 during the Warsaw Book Fair.

See the diploma (click here)

Commission Members