Marian Surdacki

Prof. Marian Surdacki serves as Head of the Department of the History of Education and Social Welfare at the Catholic University of Lublin's Faculty of Social Sciences. A historian specializing in early modern social history, his work bridges Polish and Italian archival studies, with 200+ publications including 7 monographs.

• PhD: History (KUL, 1987)
• Habilitation: Modern Social History (1998)
• Full Professor: 2008

His research spans child welfare systems, charitable institutions, and urban development, exemplified by works on Rome's Hospital of the Holy Spirit and Urzędów's 400-year history. He has directed 18 Ministry of Science publishing grants and mentored 8 PhD graduates.

Key article themes include:

• Foundling homes in Enlightenment Europe
• Polish-Lithuanian hospital networks
• Religious charity in Catholic/Protestant contexts
• Regional governance in pre-partition Poland

Scientific Recognition:

• Recipient of Silver Cross of Merit (2006)
• Multiple Rectoral Awards for monographs
• International publications in Italian/French journals

Active in regional revitalization, he co-founded cross-border collaborations with Hungarian/Ukrainian towns and led Urzędów's 600th anniversary celebrations that restored its city status (2015).