Krzysztof Pomian
Krzysztof Pomian, is a Polish philosopher, historian and essayist. He is a professor of history at the Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika in Toruń and, since 2001, academic director of the Museum of Europe in Brussels.
Pomian's specialization lies in the socio-cultural history of France, Italy, and Poland. He teaches as the dean of studies at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales and is an editor of the magazine Le Débat. Since 1968, he has also been a visiting professor at the University of Louvain in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, where he lectures on the history of European societies.Distinctions and honours
- Honorary degree of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin since 2003
- Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science
Books
- Collectionneurs, amateurs et curieux. Paris, Venise : XVIe-XVIIIe siècle. Paris, Gallimard, 1987,
- L'Ordre du temps, 1984
- La querelle du déterminisme : philosophie de la science d'aujourd'hui, 1990
- L'Europe et ses nations, 1990
- Sur l'histoire, 1999
- Des saintes reliques à l'art moderne : Venise-Chicago XIII–XX, 2003
- Ibn Khaldun au prisme de l'Occident, 2006
