History of the Journal

Przegląd Historyczny (Historical Review) is one of the oldest historical journals in Poland. It has been published continuously in Warsaw since 1905 (with a break only during the Second World War). It was founded by a group of eminent representatives of the humanities, and its first editorial team included Ignacy Chrzanowski, Samuel Dickstein, Aleksander Jabłonowski, Stanisław Kętrzyński, Aleksander Kraushar, Franciszek Pułaski, Władysław Smoleński and Wacław Sobieski.

The original goal of the journal – which successive editorial teams have sought to pursue – was to integrate the efforts of the Polish scholarly community around the study of Polish history (in all its aspects) as well as general history, and in the social dimension to promote and strengthen historical consciousness. 

Since 1994 Przegląd Historyczny has been as journal of the Friends of History Society, co-published by the Institute of History, University of Warsaw (since 2020 Faculty of History, University of Warsaw).

Editors-in-chief of Przegląd Historyczny (since 1905)

Jan Karol Kochanowski Editor-in-Chief 1905–1916

Marceli Handelsman Editor-in-Chief 1918–1939

Stanisław Kętrzyński Editor-in-Chief 1905–1916, 1938–1939

Janusz Woliński Editor-in-Chief 1945–1952

Stefan Kieniewicz Editor-in-Chief 1952–1992

Andrzej Wyrobisz Editor-in-Chief 1992–2002

Włodzimierz Lengauer Editor-in-Chief 2003–2012

Jerzy Kochanowski Editor-in-Chief 2013–2019

Krzysztof Skwierczyński Editor-in-Chief 2019–2021

Marek A. Janicki Editor-in-Chief 2022–2024

Maciej Mycielski Editor-in-Chief 2025–present

Members of the Editorial Board (since 1905)