Dr Tomasz Korban

In April 2025 at University of the National Education Commission, Krakow, he defended PhD thesis The Restitution of the Monetary Gold Looted by the Third Reich. Poland and the Tripartite Commission (1946–1998) (summa cum laude). Jagiellonian University graduate. His research interests include Cold War and People’s Poland diplomacy. Visiting research student in international history at London School of Economics and Political Science (2022).

Awards:

• START Scholarship from the Polish Science Foundation (2025)
• Scholarship from Polish Minister of Science and Higher Education for distinguished young scholars (2024)
• Distinction in competition “Historical Debut of the Year” organised by Insitute of National Remembrance and Institute of History Polish Academy of Sciences for best master and doctoral thesis (category: master thesis, title: Polish-British relations in the years 1971-1980 in the light of Polish diplomatic sources) (2021)
• Scholarship from Polish Minister of Science and Higher Education for distinguished students (2019)