Marcin Musiał

I am a doctoral candidate at the Doctoral School of the University of the of National Education Commission, specialising in History. I obtained my BA degree in 2023 and my MA degree in 2025 at the Institute of History of the Jagiellonian University. I earned my Master’s degree on the basis of a thesis entitled A Socialist’s Path to Independence: The Socio-Political Activity of Zygmunt Klemensiewicz (until 1919).

My research interests focus on the history of Poland in the twentieth century, with particular emphasis on the interwar period and the history of the Polish Left. I am also keen to extend my research to later decades (after 1945) as well as earlier periods (the era of the partitions), while engaging with social, economic, and cultural history.

I am currently preparing a biographical study devoted to a prominent figure of the pre-war Polish Left, Emil Bobrowski (1876–1938).

My scholarly work has been honoured with several awards, including, Second Prize in the 18th Władysław Pobóg-Malinowski Competition, an Honourable Mention in the Władysław Semkowicz Competition, and Second Prize in the Polish Political Thought of the 20th and 21st Centuries Competition organised by the Gabriel Narutowicz Institute of Political Thought