- Director
- prof. dr hab. Krzysztof Mikulski
- V-Directors
- dr hab. Wiesław Sieradzan, prof. UMK
- dr hab. Mariusz Wołos
- Professors
- Janusz Bieniak (auxilary historical sciences, the social and political history of Medieval Poland, from the 12th to 14th centuries), Teresa Borawska (Middle and Modern Ages), Stefan Cackowski (economic history, 16th and 17th c.), Antoni Czacharowski (Polish and general Medieval history), Roman Czaja (History of Cartography, Middle Ages), Emilia Denkiewicz-Szczepaniak (History of Norway),Boguslaw Dybas (Polish and general history, from the 16th to 18th c.) Jerzy Dygdala (Polish history, from the 16th to 18th c.), Karol Grunberg (the history of German III Reich), Ryszard Kozlowski (social, political and economic problems of the northern regions of Poland from 1945 to 1956), Kazimierz Maliszewski (Polish and general history, from 16th to 18th c.), Janusz Mallek (Polish and general history, from the 16th to 18th c.), Krzysztof Mikulski (History of Middle Age, Polish and general history, from the 16th to 18th c.), Magdalena Niedzielska (History 19th. c.), Jan Pakulski (social and political history of Medieval Poland), Andrzej Radziminski (the history of the Church in the Medieval Ages, the history of Middle Ages), Waldemar Rezmer (the Polish Army between the two World Wars), Halina Robótka (archival studies), Wieslaw Sieradzan (Medieval History of Poland and Teutonic Order in Prussia, History of Cartography, computer-assisted historical research), Jacek Staszewski (Polish and general history, from the 16th to 18th c.), Ryszard Sudzinski (social, political and economic problems of the northern regions of Poland from 1945 to 1956), Jan Sziling (Nazi policy towards Churches on Polish territories), Janusz Tandecki (towns in Central Europe and Polish-German relationships), Andrzej Tomczak (archival studies), Zofia Waszkiewicz (Polish and general history, 20th c.), Jaroslaw Wenta (Medieval historiography),Jacek Wijaczka (Polish and general history, from the 16th to 18th c.), Mieczyslaw Wojciechowski (Polish and general history, 19th and 20th c.),
- The Institute employs 26 professors (18 full professors, 8 University professors), 9 persons at dr hab. level, 32 persons at Ph.D. level and 7 at M.A. level.
- Department of Ancient History
Head: Dr hab. Danuta Musial, assoc. prof.
Research topics: the history of Roman religion in Italy and Provinces (M. Jaczynowska, M. Ziółkowski, D. Musiał, P. Wojciechowski, Sz. Olszaniec), the Roman army (M. Ziolkowski), Roman society - onomastic studies (J. Zajac;), Latin language (H. Appel, A. Wroblewski).
- Department of Medieval History
Head: dr hab. Roman Czaja, assoc. prof.
Research topics: the history of the Teutonic Knight's State in Prussia (A. Czacharowski, W. Rozynkowski), towns in Central Europe and Polish-German relationships (A. Czacharowski, R. Czaja), political, dynastic, religious and cultural problems of Medieval Poland (W. Sieradzan, S. Jozwiak), the history of the church in the Middle Ages (W. Rozynkowski).
- Deparment of Church History
Haed: prof. dr hab. Andrzej Radzimiński
Research topics: The history of the Church in Medieval Ages, the history of Middle Ages (A. Radziminski, L. Zygner)
- Department of Modern History
Head: dr hab. Jarosław Poraziński, assoc. prof.
Research topics: political and social history of the 18th c. (J. Staszewski), history of the culture of the Sarmatian epoch, the Saxon Era - the first half of the 18th c. (J. Staszewski, J. Porazinski), social relations in Poland and Europe in the modern times (J. Dumanowski), History of culture of the baroque age and Age Enlightenement (dr Stanislaw Roszak).
- Department of Modern History and the History of Scandinavian Countries
Head: Prof, dr hab. Janusz Małłek
Research topics: history of the parliamentary system in Europe, history of the Reformation
in Poland and Prussia, history of Scandinavian countries (J. Mattek), political and social
history in Poland and Prussia in 18th c. (J. Dygdala), history of Scandinavian countries in
20th c. (E. Denkiewicz-Szczepaniak), Polish-Muscovite relationships in 17th c.
- Department of Economic History
Head:prof. dr hab. Krzysztof Mikulski
Research topics: economic life, settlements and towns of the Chełmno Land, Dobrzyn Land and Royal Prussia (S. Cackowski, K. Mikulski), sociotopography of towns, demography of the family from 16th to 18th c. (K. Mikulski).
- Department of Nineteenth-Century History
Head:dr hab. Magdalena Niedzielska, assoc. prof.
Research topics: political history and the history of socio-political thougnt in exile and in the Polish territories under partition in the 19th century (U. Wencel), the history of German political thought in 19th c., the political and cultural history of Eastern and Western Prussia, political history of the USA, (M. Niedzielska)), the social and economic history of the Prussian partition zone and ethnic stereotypes in the 19th and 20th c. (M. Chamot), political and military history in Europe in the Napoleonic era (A. Nieuwazny), the history of the 19th c. (U. Wencel), social history of 19th c.
- Department of General and Polish History 1918-1944/5
Head: Prof, dr hab. Mieczyslaw Wojciechowski
Research topics: social and political relations in the Prussian Partition and in the Polish Pomeranian Province (M. Wojciechowski), domestic affairs in Poland between the two World Wars, pastorate service in Polish army between the two World Wars (Z. Waszkiewicz), the minorities in the Pomeranian Province - especially Germans and Jews ( M. Wojciechowski, Z. Waszkiewicz, M. Wolos), Polish-French relations, the political affairs of France and Soviet Union between the two world Wars (M. Wolos), the history of German III Reich (K. Grünberg).
- Department of General and Polish History After 1945
Head: Prof, dr hab. Ryszard Sudzinski
Research topics: Social, political and economic problems of the northern regions of Poland from 1945 to 1956 (R. Kozlowski, R. Sudzinski, M. Golon), Nazi policy towards Christian churches on the Polish territories (J. Sziling), history of France (Zb. Girzyński).
- Department of Military History
Head: Prof, dr hab. W. Rezmer
Research topics: History of the Lithuanian Army in 1918-1940, Polish 1939 war, minorities in the Polish Army in 1918-1939 (W. Rezmer), Red Army in 1920 y. war, the uniform of the Polish Army in 1918-1939, organisation of Polish Army in 1918-1939 (A. Smoliński).
- Department of Eastern Europe History
Head: dr hab. Bogusław Dybaś, assoc. prof.
Research topics: the history of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Russia, Bielarus, Ukraina (S. Alexandrowicz, E. Alabrudzinska, T. Kempa), the history of the Protestant Church in Eastern Europe in the 19th and 20th c. (E. Alabrudzinska), history of the Orthodox and Greek Catholic Church (T. Kempa).
- Department of Auxiliary Historical Sciences
Head:dr hab. Janusz Pakulski, assoc. prof.
Research topics: social and political history of Medieval Poland from the 12th-15th c.
(J. Bieniak, J. Pakulski, A. Szweda), the genealogy of knights (J. Bieniak,
J. Pakulski, J. Wroniszewski), medieval historiography (J. Bieniak, J. Wenta), epigraphy (J. Pakulski), sphragistics (J.Pakulski, J. Wroniszewski), medieval historiography (J. Wenta, J. Bieniak).
- Department of the Methodology of History Teaching
Head: Prof, dr hab. Kazimierz Maliszewski
Research topics: the problem of the historical consciousness of schoolchildren, teaching methods and educational aids used by history teachers (K. Polacka), the history of social communication in European culture (K. Maliszewski), modern historiography, didactic in history (M. Strzelecka, Ag. Wieczorek, U. Kalembka, M. Ziolkowski).
- Department of Archives
Head:Prof, dr hab. Janusz Tandecki
Research topics: chancellery in the Middle Ages, the history of medieval towns and organisation of crafts (J. Tandecki), history of archives (K. Syta, W. Chor^zyczewski), cartographic collections in archives, the history of cartography (A. Tomczak, H. Robotka), the development of record management in the Old Polish period (W. Szczuczko), archive administration, archives and computers (H. Robotka), Torun archives especially in the Old Polish period, the history of medieval Torun libraries (W. Kwiatkowska).
- Department of Computer Methods
Head: Dr hab. Wieslaw Sieradzan, assoc. prof.
Research topics: archives and computers, computer programmes, computer-assisted historical research(W. Sieradzan, W. Nowosad, D. Jasieniecki).
- Section of Historic Atlases of Polish Towns
Head: dr hab. Roman Czaja, assoc. prof.
Research topics: urban history research, preparation of historical town-plan atlases
(R. Czaja, W. Sieradzan, Z. Kozieł).
The collection contains books mainly on Polish and general history, archival studies and auxiliary historical sciences. The most important works, Polish and foreign, deal with the history of Pomerania and Poland's relations with the countries of Northern Europe and Germany over the centuries. The total number of books in the library is 55,000.
Research Laboratories and Equipment
The Institute has copying facilities, an audio-visual lecture hall and a number of personal computers.
Serial Publications
List of Serial Publikations.
