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Boguslaw Kosel

Lecturer In Eastern Studies At University In Bialystok
Poznan,Poland

Summary

Professionally, I conduct research on Eastern studies in the first half of the 20th century. I specialize in the history of political repression and propaganda in Eastern Europe. I deal with education and popularization of historical knowledge in the form of exhibitions and documentary films.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
29
29
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Lecturer

University in Bialystok
09.2024 - Current

Teaching in the field of Eastern Studies

Coordinator

Regional Center for International Debate
Bialystok, Podlasie
03.2022 - Current

Developing and implementing public diplomacy programs on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Curator/Researcher

Museum of Podlasie, Dep. Museum of Tykocin
02.2019 - 07.2022

I was responsible for developing exhibition content, publications, social media content, and conducting local research.

Researcher/ Since 2017 Head of Departament

Army Museum in Bialystok/Sybir Memorial Museum
Bialystok, Podlasie
09.2012 - 06.2016

Initially, my task was to scientifically develop museum collections and prepare them for publication, and since 2017, I have been coordinating work related to the operation of the department.

Education

Ph.D. - History

University in Bialystok
Bialystok, Poland
10.2012 - 09.2024

Master in History - History

University in Bialystok
Bialystok
10.2007 - 06.2024

Skills

Scientific Writing

Research design

Interdisciplinary Knowledge

Academic publishing

Project Coordination

Staff Supervision

Additional Information

Research and educational projects:

2021-2022 Museum in Tykocin, Cultural Infrastructure 2021, Purchase of equipment for the needs of the permanent exhibition of the Museum in Tykocin (responsible for the implementation of the project from the moment of writing the application to settlement)
2021 Tykocin City Hall, Construction of an educational trail along the Narew River in Tykocin
as part of the Interreg V-A Lithuania Poland Cooperation Program (translator and moderator of trainings, author of educational boards on the trail)
2021 - Sokólski Cultural Center, Equal Opportunities Program In the Footsteps of Our Ancestors
(workshop leader)
2020 - Museum in Tykocin, Purchase of specialist equipment to improve accessibility
to the collections of the Museum in Tykocin (responsible for the implementation of the project from the moment of writing the application to settlement)
2020 - Sokólski Cultural Center, Equal Opportunities Unknown Sokółka Program (workshop leader, mentor in the implementation of the target task in the form of a promotional film)
2020 – Regional Centre for International Debate in Białystok (speaker, author of the concept of scientific seminars)
2019-2020 – Dobrzyniewo Commune, Zabłudów Commune, Strengthening public administration
and cooperation to improve the safe environment of LT-PL within the framework of the Interreg V-A Lithuania Poland Cooperation Programme (translator and moderator of trainings)
2018-2019 – Medical University of Białystok, A walk into the past – conservation
and revitalization of the cultural heritage of the Branicki Palace in Białystok (expert in the team of the project contractor)


Exhibitions

Temporary outdoor exhibition of the City of Białystok "My name is Lusia...", Białystok May-June 2022 [author and curator]
Permanent exhibition of the Museum in Tykocin "Tykocin in the stream of history", April 2022 [curator and co-author with Janusz Sękowski]
Temporary exhibition of the "Tryby Historii" Association "Zygmunt Straszewicz - life under tension"at the Museum in Tykocin November 2020 - April 2021 [curator and co-author of the exhibition with Łukasz Baranowski].
Temporary exhibition of the Association "Tryby Historii" "Piotr Lebiedziński, Sokółka resident, 1860-1934a pioneer of Polish cinematography" at the Museum of the Sokółka Region in Sokółka, December 2019 - February 2020 [curator and co-author of the exhibition together with Łukasz Baranowski].
Temporary exhibition of the Museum in Tykocin "The First War Came - on the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II, Tykocin, September 2019 - present [curator and co-author of the exhibition together with Olimpia Skieterska]
Temporary exhibition of the Museum of Memory of Siberia "From exile to the heights of science. Polish researchers of Siberia", Białystok, May-June 2018 [curator and co-author of the exhibition together with Anna Kietlińska]
Temporary exhibition of the Sybir Memorial Museum "Siberia brought them together", Sokółka II 2018, [co-author with Irena Kostera]
Temporary exhibition of the Sybir Memorial Museum "Siberia - Independent - Piłsudski. Memory of Siberia in Independent", Białystok, September 2017 [co-author of the exhibition with Łukasz Komła and Monika Szarejko]
Temporary exhibition of the Sybir Memorial Museum "Operation Poland" of the NKVD 1937-1938, Białystok August- September 2018, [co-author with Monika Szarejko and Wojciech Śleszyński]
Exhibition of the Białystok University of Technology and the Municipal Public Library in Hajnówka, "Hajnówka city of tree-cutters", Hajnówka III 2016, [co-author with Ewa Pirozhnikow]
Exhibition of the Ari Ari Foundation "Russian museum exhibits. Everyday life under Russian rule", Skierniewice-Giżycko-Bydgoszcz-Włocławek XI 2015 – II 2016 [co-author of the exhibition together with Sławomir Majoch and Aleksandra Tubielewicz]
Temporary exhibition of the Military Museum in Białystok "Time Machine. Model. History. Practice”, Białystok XI 2015 [author and curator]
Temporary exhibition of the Military Museum in Białystok “Siberia of the Tsars, 400 years of Polish-Siberian contacts”, Białystok II-V 2015 [author and curator]
Temporary exhibition of the Military Museum in Białystok “The Night of February 10… Deportation of foresters and military settlers into the depths of the USSR from February 9 to 10, 1940”, Białystok II-VI 2014 [author and curator]


Languages

Polish
Native language
English
Advanced
C1
Lithuanian
Proficient
C2
Russian
Proficient
C2
German
Intermediate
B1

Timeline

Lecturer

University in Bialystok
09.2024 - Current

Coordinator

Regional Center for International Debate
03.2022 - Current

Curator/Researcher

Museum of Podlasie, Dep. Museum of Tykocin
02.2019 - 07.2022

Ph.D. - History

University in Bialystok
10.2012 - 09.2024

Researcher/ Since 2017 Head of Departament

Army Museum in Bialystok/Sybir Memorial Museum
09.2012 - 06.2016

Master in History - History

University in Bialystok
10.2007 - 06.2024
Boguslaw KoselLecturer In Eastern Studies At University In Bialystok