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Jacek Purchla
Polish economist (born 1954)
Jacek Purchla (born 1954 in Kraków) is a Polish art historian and economist, Professor of Humanities, founder and director of the International Cultural Centre in Kraków.
He specialises in urban development, social history and art history of the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as the theory and protection of cultural heritage.
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Education and employment
Jacek Purchla graduated in Economics and Art History. He received his PhD (1983) and habilitation (second doctoral degree) from the Jagiellonian University. He has been a titular professor since 1994 and full professor of humanities (professor ordinarius) since 1997.
He is a member of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is the head of the Department of Economic and Social History and the UNESCO Chair for Heritage and Urban Studies at the Krakow University of Economics, as well as the head of the Centre of European Heritage, Institute of European Studies at the Jagiellonian