Krzysztof Jan Stopka (born 1958) is a historian and armenologist, professor at the Jagiellonian University, since 2011 director of the Jagiellonian University Museum.
Biography In 1982 he graduated in history from Jagiellonian University. In 1992 he obtained doctorate upon dissertation Szkoły katedralne metropolii gnieźnieńskiej w średniowieczu na tle europejskim supervised by Jerzy Wyrozumski. In 2003 he obtained habilitation. He supervised six doctoral dissertations.
From 2004 to 2011 he was the director of the . From 2011 he is the director of the Jagiellonian University Museum. His research interests include the history of education, culture and the Church in the Middle Ages and modern times, as well as the history of the Armenians. He was co-founder and first editor-in-chief of the journal Lehahayer.
Works Co-authored with , A. Artwich and M. Agopsowicz. Co-authored with Andrzej A. Zięba. Translated by Teresa Bałuk-Ulewiczowa. Co-authored with Andrzej A. Zięba. Co-authored with J. Osiecki, K. Siekierski.
Editions
Co-edited with Tomasz Pudłocki. Co-edited with U. Perkowska. Co-edited with Andrzej A. Zięba.
Source editions
With M. Majewski.
Accolades for the book Ormiańska Warszawa (2013) Silver Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture (2017) Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2022)
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