The establishment of the Faculty of History is associated with the date of July 15, 1968, and the founding of the Białystok Branch of the University of Warsaw. It consists of two departments: the Department of Cultural History and the Department of Demographic, Economic, and Religious Structures. The Center for Research on Demographic and Economic Structures of Pre-Modern Central and Eastern Europe also operates within the Faculty.
The scientific research conducted at the Faculty covers all historical periods, beginning with antiquity, with a strong emphasis on the history of the region, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the eastern borderlands of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, as well as the history of the United States, Belarus, and Ukraine, the relationship between history and the natural environment, the budgets of early modern armies, and the situation of women in the 20th century.
The Faculty is authorized to confer the academic degree of Doctor of Humanities in the field of History and the postdoctoral degree of Habilitated Doctor of Humanities in the discipline of History.
