Halik Kochanski
{{Short description|British historian and writer}}
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Halik Kochanski (born 19 April 1962) is a British historian and writer of Polish origin.{{Cite web |title=Catch Up With Polish Military History Lectures & IPMH Digital Library 2021-2022 - The IPMH lecture: Dr Halik Kochanski discusses Poland: A Battlefield, 1812-1945 |url=http://www.polishheritagesociety.co.uk/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=53&Itemid= |website=Institute of Polish Military History |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103150059/http://www.polishheritagesociety.co.uk/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=53&Itemid= |archive-date= Jan 3, 2023 }}{{Cite journal |last=Grondelski |first=John M. |date=2013-12-01 |title=A Talk with Halik Kochański |url=https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/tpr/article/58/4/91/214392/A-Talk-with-Halik-Kochanski |journal=The Polish Review |language=en |volume=58 |issue=4 |pages=91–94 |doi=10.5406/polishreview.58.4.0091 |issn=0032-2970}}
Life
Kochanski was educated at Downside School and at Balliol College, Oxford, where she was awarded an M.A. in Modern History. She obtained her Ph.D from King's College, London. She has taught history at King's College London and University College, London. She has written a number of historical articles and three books: Sir Garnet Wolseley: Victorian Hero (1999), The Eagle Unbowed: Poland and the Poles in the Second World War (2012) and Resistance: The Underground War in Europe, 1939-1945 (2022).
She is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and a member of the Army Records Society, the Society for Army Historical Research, the British Commission for Military History and the Institute for Historical Research. As of 2012, she is a judge for the Templer Medal book prize.
She won the 2023 Wolfson History Prize for her book, Resistance.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-14 |title=Kochanski wins £50k Wolfson History Prize |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2023/11/14/240761/kochanski-wins-50k-wolfson-history-prize/ |access-date=2023-11-20 |publisher=Books+Publishing |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120085734/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2023/11/14/240761/kochanski-wins-50k-wolfson-history-prize/ |archive-date= 2023-11-20 }}
Bibliography
- 1999: Sir Garnet Wolseley: Victorian Hero. London: The Hambledon Press. {{ISBN|1-85285-188-0}}
- 2012: The Eagle Unbowed: Poland and the Poles in the Second World War. London: Allen Lane. {{ISBN|978-1-846-14354-0}}
- 2022: Resistance: The Underground War in Europe, 1939-1945. London: Allen Lane. {{ISBN|978-1-324-09165-3}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.polishculture.org.uk/literature/news/article/the-eagle-unbowed-by-halik-kochanski-1862.html The Eagle Unbowed by Halik Kochanski]
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Category:British women historians
Category:People educated at Downside School
Category:Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford
Category:Alumni of King's College London