Bartosz Kułan PhD
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In 2012, he graduated with honours in history (Jan Kochanowski University of Kielce) and law (Lipinski Economy and Law High School in Kielce). In 2017, he obtained the degree of PhD in History. He was repeatedly awarded research scholarships at both graduate universities. His first book on the rebellion in the Prison at Łysa Góra was awarded a distinction in the national competition for the best historical debut of the year organised by the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Institute of National Remembrance. Participant of national and international scientific conferences. His research interests include the history of the prison system, with particular reference to the penitentiary system of the Second Polish Republic, and the history of penal and penitentiary law. The research topics undertaken so far include issues related to the history of prisons, the fate of inmates, officers and people who created the interwar penitentiary system. In addition to topics concerning the prison system of the Second Polish Republic, Bartosz Kułan’s academic interests also include the American penitentiary system, in particular the history of the prison on Alcatraz Island. To this end, in 2018 he conducted an archival search in San Bruno, California (USA), where he was on a research trip.
Scientific achievements
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Education of prison guard officers in the security system of the Second Polish Republic (1918-1939)
Journal of Security and Sustainability Issues”, 2021, nr 11, s. 187-194. -
The prison building as a place of detention in the context of historical research
Prison in an interdisciplinary perspective, Warsaw 2021, pp. 61–86. -
Joseph Borecky: Alcatraz prisoner number 1032. A contribution to criminological research on the community of convicts in America’s most famous prison
The Prisons System Review 2020, No. 105, pp. 99–122. -
Zygmunt Bugajski’s (1887–1940) views on physical education of prisoners and their practical implementation in the penitentiary system of the Second Republic of Poland
Pedagogical Quarterly 2020, No. 2, pp. 54–75 -
The Junior Republic of William Reuben George (1866–1936) as an example of work with socially maladjusted young people in the United States
Interdisciplinary Contexts of Special Pedagogy, 2020, nr 31, s. 339-359. -
Communists in the prison in Kielce in the light of reports of the Prison Guard in the years 1932–1935
Świętokrzyskie Studia Archiwalno-Historyczne 2019, Vol. VIII, pp. 95–119. -
Jews in the prison in Chęciny in the years 1918–1927
The Prisons System Review 2019, No. 103, pp. 127–160. -
Education as a form of re-socialisation of juvenile offenders in the Second Republic of Poland
Selected aspects of upbringing and education of a child from a historical perspective. Gorzów Wielkopolski 2019, pp. 165–180. -
Unknown victim of Katyń. Zygmunt Bugajski (1887–1940) – lawyer and penitentiary officer
Krakow 2018, p. 394. -
The conspiratorial activities of Irena Wirszyłło (1903–1944) – prison guard in the Pawiak and the Warsaw Central Detention Centre
UR Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 2017, No. 4, pp. 77–95. -
Rebellion in the prison at Łysa Góra on 20 September 1925
Toruń 2013, p. 181. -
“Guardians” from Pawiak. Wanda Gawryłow-Jankowska (1907–1994) and Irena Wirszyłło (1903–1944) in the light of the documents of the Women’s History Commission
Res Historica, nr 52, 2021, s. 439-461. -
Alcatraz prison (1934-1963) – as an example of the first super-maximum correctional facility in the United States.
Criminological research and practice. National and international perspective, edited by E. W. Pływaczewski, D. Dajnowicz-Piesiecka, E. Jurgielewicz-Delegacz, Warsaw 2022, pp. 247-274. -
Helping activities of Stefania Sempołowska (1868-1944) for prisoners. Lists of inmates from the Heavy Prison on Św. Cross asking for help to “Aunt Stefa”
The Prisons System Review, 2022, nr 116, s. 213-237.
Teaching achievements
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Supervisor of diploma theses at the Academy of Justice
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Assistant supervisor of the PhD thesis entitled “Collective portrait of the victims of the Katyń Massacre. Doctors from Kozelsk and Starobelsk – history and remembrance”
Organisational achievements
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Member of the “Pilot Penitentiary Complexes” project team. Module II, “Modernisation of the training system for Prison Service personnel” funded by the “Sprawiedliwość” Programme and the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2014-2021
Other achievements
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Awarded the “Katyń” commemorative medal for promoting the memory of Prison Guard officers murdered during World War II.
