Mateusz Jeleń

Mateusz Jeleń is a Researcher at the Department of Archival Science and Auxiliary Historical Sciences, Faculty of History and Archaeology, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University. He holds two master's degrees: one in History (2024) and another in Archival Science and Modern Information Record Management (2025), specializing in teacher training and Contemporary Documentation Management.

• PhD in History (2025) – ongoing
• MA in Archival Science (2025)
• MA in History (2024)
• BA in Archival Science (2023)
• BA in History (2022)

His research focuses on 19th-century Polish-Russian historical dynamics, emphasizing landed estates, clerical property, and international politics. He explores bureaucratic systems in Polish territories, local Lubelszczyzna history (1795-1918), and the Alaska Purchase of 1867 through archival analysis and interdisciplinary methods.

Recent publications highlight diplomatic history (Alaska Purchase), landownership transitions (Bystrzejowice estates), and monumental heritage studies (Lublin cemetery). His work bridges archival science with socio-political history.

• Grant: Metaversum – perspektywy i wyzwania dla humanistyki (2023, UMCS Rector’s Grant)
• Grant: Zabytki heraldyczne i dawnej fotografii na cmentarzu rzymskokatolickim w Lublinie (2024, UMCS Rector’s Grant)

Contact: mateusz.jelen@mail.umcs.pl, Room 219 SH, Consultations: Tuesday 10:00-10:30, Wednesday 14:00-15:00.