Andrzej Betlej

Andrzej Betlej
Andrzej Betlej
Born (1971-10-26) October 26, 1971
Kraków, Poland
OccupationArt historian
Known forResearch on Polish and Central European art history
Academic background
Alma materJagiellonian University
Jan Ostrowski
Academic work
DisciplineArt history

Andrzej Tadeusz Betlej (born 26 October 1971) is an art historian, from 2016 to 2020 director of the National Museum in Kraków, from 2020 director of the Wawel Royal Castle National Art Collection.[1]

Biography

In 1995 he graduated with a master's degree in art history from the Jagiellonian University.[2] In 1999 he obtained doctorate at the Jagiellonian University[2] upon dissertation supervised by Jan Ostrowski.[1] In 2011 he obtained habilitation.[1][2]

From 2012 to 2015 he was director of the Institute of Art History of the Jagiellonian University.[1] Since 2012, he has been the editor-in-chief of the journal Modus. Works on the History of Art.[1] He was chosen a member of Stowarzyszenie Historyków Sztuki and Polskie Towarzystwo Badań nad Wiekiem Osiemnastym.[1] In the years 2015–2018 he was a member of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences.[1] He supervised four doctoral dissertations.[2]

He joined the Support Committee for Andrzej Duda before the second presidential elections in Poland in 2020.[3]

Accolades

In December 2010, he received Kraków Book of the Month Award for the book Sibi, Deo, Posteritati: Jabłonowscy a sztuka w XVIII wieku.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Andrzej Betlej". ihs.uj.edu.pl. Archived from the original on 18 June 2026. Retrieved 18 June 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Prof. dr hab. Andrzej Betlej". ludzie.nauka.gov.pl. Retrieved 18 June 2026.
  3. ↑ "W Krakowie zawiązał się Komitet Poparcia dla Andrzeja Dudy. "To człowiek wysokiej kultury"". Gazeta Wyborcza Kraków. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  4. ↑ Kietlińska-Kamińska, Maria (2014). "Krakowska Książka Miesiąca. Laureaci 1995–2016" (PDF). Bibliotekarz. Biblioteki Publiczne z Bliska i Daleka nr 2. 9: 6–8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.