Wojciech Paszyński

Wojciech Lucjan Paszyński (born 5 July 1985) is a Polish historian specializing in the history of science.

Education

Paszyński studied at the Jagiellonian University and at the Adam Mickiewicz University, where he obtained a PhD in history (2015).

Career

Paszyński lectured on the history of medicine at AFMKU (2016-2019). Since 2019, he has been a lecturer in the history of economic thought at the AGH University of Science and Technology.

Academic interests

Wojciech Paszyński created the term Vandalianism for describing the Polish paranational concept based on the belief that the Poles descended from the Vandals.

His scientific research focuses on the history of science, history of medicine, history of economic thought, historiography, ethnogenesis of Slavs and the culture of Polish nobility, with particular emphasis on the phenomenon of Sarmatism.

Paszyński researched the issues of ethnogenesis of Poles in medieval and early modern historiography. Paszyński W., Sarmatia and Vandalia. Introduction to the Polish Paranational Concepts, [in:] Słowiańszczyzna dawniej i dziś – język, literatura, kultura. Monografia ze studiów slawistycznych, vol. 5, A. Kołodziej, M. Ślawska, A. Ursulenko, B. Juszczak (Eds.), Wrocław 2022, pp. 371–377. Paszyński W., Celnik H., Dziegieć drzewny w lecznictwie medycznym w Polsce [Wood Tar in the Polish Medical Treatment], „Medycyna nowożytna. Studia nad kulturą medyczną” 2016/2(22), pp. 109–125. Paszyński W., Czarna legenda "Nowych Aten" Benedykta Chmielowskiego i próby jej przezwyciężenia [Tarnished Reputation of 'New Athens' (first Polish encyclopedia) by Benedykt Chmielowki and Attempts of Restoring It], "Prace Historyczne Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego" 2014/1(141), pp. 37–59.