Paweł Śpiewak

Polish sociologist (1951–2023)

Paweł Śpiewak


Member of Sejm 2005–2007
In office 25 September 2005 – 2007

Personal details
Born	(1951-04-17)17 April 1951 Warsaw, Poland
Died	30 March 2023(2023-03-30) (aged 71)
Political party	Civic Platform

Paweł Śpiewak [ˈpavɛw ˈɕpiɛvak] ^ⓘ (17 April 1951 – 30 March 2023) was a Polish sociologist, historian, author and politician. He was the Director of the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw.

Biography

Paweł Śpiewak was a Professor of Sociology at Warsaw University. He was elected to the Sejm on 25 September 2005 getting 18,403 votes in 19 Warsaw district, running as a candidate with the Civic Platform list. He did not seek reelection in 2007.

Śpiewak was a Fellow of Collegium Invisibile.^[1]

In 2011, he was nominated as the Director of the Jewish Historical Institute by Bogdan Zdrojewski, Minister of Culture and National Heritage.^[2]

Śpiewak was the son of nationally renowned writers Anna Kamieńska (1920–1986) and Jan Śpiewak (1908–1967).^[3]^{[circular reference]}

Śpiewak died on 30 March 2023, at the age of 71.^[4]

References

^ "List of Fellows". ci.edu.pl. Archived from the original on 2 May 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
^ "Change at the top". Jewish Historical Institute. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ Profile of Jan Śpiewak; Wikipedia in Polish. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
^ Paweł Śpiewak, prominent Jewish-Polish sociologist and historian dies at 71