Piotr Wawrzeniuk

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| caption = P. Wawrzeniuk as a live member of Therion, Paris, December 2007

| occupation = Musician, singer, historian

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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1971}}

| birth_place = Warsaw, Poland

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| alma_mater = Södertörn University

| title = Senior Lecturer at Södertörn University

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| background = solo_singer

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| instrument = Drums

| genre = Heavy metal, punk rock

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| associated_acts = Therion, Serpent, Carbonized, The Robots

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Piotr Wawrzeniuk (born 1971 in Warsaw) is a Polish historian and musician. He is best known as a member of the symphonic metal band Therion, and as a member of Serpent, Carbonized, and The Robots.

Music career

Wawrzeniuk was a member of Swedish symphonic metal band Therion, of a doom metal side project of Therion and Entombed members—Serpent, Swedish death metal band Carbonized, and Swedish punk rock group The Robots.

He was a singer and drummer for Therion between 1992 and 1996. Later he performed as a guest lead vocalist on Secret of the Runes (2001) bonus tracks, Lemuria and Sirius B (2004), and also as a live vocalist during the 20th Year Anniversary Tour in 2007.{{cite web|url = http://www.megatherion.com/News/272.xhtml|title = Guests for the Anniversary Tour|date = 2007-05-11|work = Therion official website|accessdate = 2007-11-09|first = Christofer|last = Johnsson|authorlink = Christofer Johnsson|url-status = dead|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20081120013726/http://www.megatherion.com/News/272.xhtml|archivedate = 2008-11-20}} A cooperation with Joakim Knutsson (Rise and Shine) resulted in creation of Downforce of Doom. Wawrzeniuk released five albums with Stockholm based punk rock band The Robots, beginning in 1991.

Academic career

Wawrzeniuk holds a PhD in history.{{cite web|title=Piotr Wawrzeniuk|url=http://webappo.web.sh.se/p3/ext/content.nsf/aget?openagent&key=sh_personal_publ_en_483511|publisher=Södertörn University|accessdate=2014-02-02}} His thesis is Confessional civilising in Ukraine : the bishop Iosyf Shumliansky and the introduction of reforms in the diocese of Lviv 1668-1708{{cite web|url=https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:16099/FULLTEXT01.pdf |title=Confessional civilising in Ukraine : the bishop Iosyf Shumliansky and the introduction of reforms in the diocese of Lviv 1668-1708}} Med polska ögon. Försvarsförmåga och hotbilder kring Östersjön i polsk militär rapportering 1919-1939 assesses Polish military perspectives on defence capacity and threat perceptions in Sweden, Finland and Estonia during the interwar years. He published articles within the field of genocide studies.

He works as lecturer in military history at Swedish Defence University.{{cite web|url=https://www.fhs.se/sc/profilsida.html?identity=400.516db7771614259560644a9a |title=Swedish Defence University}}

Publications

{{Cite book |last=Wawrzeniuk |first=Piotr |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1250253056 |title=Med polska ögon : försvarsförmåga och hotbilder kring Östersjön i polsk militärrapportering 1919-1939 |date=2020 |isbn=978-91-88909-66-4 |location=Lund |oclc=1250253056}}
{{Cite book |last=Wawrzeniuk |first=Piotr |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/65469619 |title=Confessional civilising in Ukraine : the bishop Iosyf Shumliansky and the introduction of reforms in the diocese of Lviv 1668-1708 |date=2005 |publisher=Södertörns högskola |isbn=91-89315-56-1 |location=Huddinge |oclc=65469619}}
{{Cite book |last=Wawrzeniuk |first=Piotr |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/876479973 |title=Kosmonautka |date=2014 |publisher=Wydawnictwo Poławiacze Pereł |others=Dorota Wojciechowska, Mirosław Bańko |isbn=978-83-937988-1-0 |location=Warszawa |oclc=876479973}} nominated [http://fldd.pl/2015/nagroda/id,210-najlepsza_ksiazka_dzieci.html Best Book for Children Award 2014 ]
{{Cite book |last=Wawrzeniuk |first=Piotr |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/907390392 |title=Strażaczka |date=2015 |publisher=Wydawnictwo Poławiacze Pereł |others=Dorota Wojciechowska, Mirosław Bańko |isbn=978-83-937988-3-4 |location=Warszawa |oclc=907390392}}