Iza Bieżuńska-Małowist
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1 January 1917
Iza Bieżuńska-Małowist | |
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| Born | Idess Bieżuńska 1 January 1917 |
| Died | 27 July 1995 (aged 78) |
| Resting place | Jewish Cemetery, Warsaw |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Years active | 20th century |
| Spouse | Marian Małowist |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Warsaw |
| Thesis | Quelques problèmes de l’esclavage dans la période héllenistique (1949) |
| Academic work | |
| Era | Classical antiquity |
| Discipline | History |
| Sub-discipline | Economic and social history |
| Notable students | |
| Main interests | Women's history |
Iza Bieżuńska-Małowist (1 January 1917 – 27 July 1995) was a Polish historian of the Ancient Era, professor at the Historical Institute of the University of Warsaw. Her husband Marian Małowist (1909–1988) was also a historian.
She was born into a Jewish family as the daughter of Eliasz and Dyna Bieżuński, who were both killed during World War Two, along with twenty-one close family members. In 1952 she took up the chair in Ancient History at the Historical Institute of the University of Warsaw, becoming the head of the ancient history department from 1969 to 1987. For many years she was a member of the editorial board of Przegląd Przegląd.[1]
Her students included Benedetto Bravo, Hanna Geremek, Maria Jaczynowska, Jerzy Kolendo, Ryszard Kulesza, Włodzimierz Lengauer, Tadeusz Łoposzko, Adam Łukaszewicz, Jan Trynkowski, Ewa Wipszycka, Małgorzata Wojciechowska and Edward Zwolski. She died in Nieborów and was buried in the Jewish Cemetery, Warsaw (quarter 2, row 1).[2][3]
