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Professor

A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...

 Dr. Hab.

Habilitation

Habilitation is the highest academic qualification a scholar can achieve by his or her own pursuit in several European and Asian countries. Earned after obtaining a research doctorate, such as a PhD, habilitation requires the candidate to write a professorial thesis based on independent...

 Idzi Jan Panic (born 1952 in Wodzisław Śląski) is Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 historian

Historian

A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...

, professor at the University of Silesia

University of Silesia

The University of Silesia in Katowice is an autonomous state university in Silesia Province, Poland.The University of Silesia should not be confused with a similarly named university in Opava, Czech Republic ....

. He is specializing in history of Cieszyn Silesia

Cieszyn Silesia

Cieszyn Silesia or Těšín Silesia or Teschen Silesia is a historical region in south-eastern Silesia, centered around the towns of Cieszyn and Český Těšín and bisected by the Olza River. Since 1920 it has been divided between Poland and Czechoslovakia, and later the Czech Republic...

 and medieval Poland.

He graduated from the University of Silesia in 1976 and gained a Ph.D. from this university in 1980. In 1999 Panic gained the title of professor.

His articles were published in "Studia Historyczne", "Sobótka. Śląski Kwartalnik Historyczny", "Pamiętnik Cieszyński" and "Těšínsko

Tešínsko (magazine)

Těšínsko is a regional magazine, published quarterly by the Muzeum Těšínska in Český Těšín, Czech Republic. It focuses on the history and culture of the Czech part of Cieszyn Silesia....

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Works

• Księstwo Cieszyńskie w średniowieczu. Studia z dziejów politycznych i społecznych (1988)
• Książę cieszyński Przemysław Noszak (* ok. 1332/1336 - + 1410) (1996) - political biography
• Ostatnie lata Wielkich Moraw
  Great Moravia
  Great Moravia was a Slavic state that existed in Central Europe and lasted for nearly seventy years in the 9th century whose creators were the ancestors of the Czechs and Slovaks. It was a vassal state of the Germanic Frankish kingdom and paid an annual tribute to it. There is some controversy as...
  
   (2000)
• Poczet Piastów i Piastówien cieszyńskich (2002)
• Żory
  Zory
  Żory is a town and city county in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland with 62,625 inhabitants . Previously it was in Katowice Voivodeship . It is located in the historic Upper Silesia region about southwest of Katowice.- History :...
  
   w czasach Przemyślidów i Habsburgów. Z badań nad historią miasta w latach 1327-1742 (2002)
• Dzieje Górek Wielkich
  Górki Wielkie
  Górki Wielkie is a village in Gmina Brenna, Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It has a population of 3554 . It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia and was first mentioned in a written document in 1305....
  
   i Małych (2005)
• Studia z dziejów Skoczowa
  Skoczów
  Skoczów is a town and the seat of Gmina Skoczów in Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland with 14,783 inhabitants . It lies in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia....
  
  w czasach piastowskich (2005)
• Zachodniosłowiańska nazwa "Niemcy" w świetle źródeł średniowiecznych (2007)