Justyna Rogińska, PhD, Assistant Professor
15.02.2021 | 25.08.2026
Assistant Professor
History of Exact Sciences Research UnitRoom: A02Phone: +48 22 65 72 836Office hours: Wednesday, 10am–12pme-mail: jroginska@ihnpan.plORCID: 0000-0002-7152-4851 |
Academic interests
- History of astronomy and meteorology in the 17th and 18th centuries
- Early modern German calendariography
- Women in the history of science
Education, academic degrees and titles
- 2020 PhD in the Humanities (specialisation in History) at the Institute of History, University of Zielona Góra
- 2018 BA in German Philology at the Institute of German Philology, University of Zielona Góra
- 2015–2016 PhD studies in History at the Dresden University of Technology (Erasmus+)
- 2014–2015 BA studies in German philology at the Dresden University of Technology (Erasmus+)
- 2013 MA in History at the Institute of History, University of Zielona Góra
- 2012–2013 MA studies in History at the University of Potsdam (Erasmus)
Employment
- 2020– Assistant Professor at the Institute for the History of Science, Polish Academy of Sciences
Participation in national and international research projects
- 2023–2025 Team member in the NPRH research project UMO-0333/NPRH7/H11/86/2018: Słowniki biograficzne uczonych polskich [Biographical Dictionaries of Polish Scientists]. Principal Investigators: Prof. Andrzej Kajetan Wróblewski and Prof. Dr Hab. Piotr Köhler. Preparation of biographical entries for Słownik biograficzny astronomów polskich [Biographical Dictionary of Polish Astronomers], edited by Prof. Jarosław Włodarczyk and Prof. Michał Tomczak.
- 2017–2018 Team member in the Polish-German research project NR 0274/NPRH4/H2b/83/2016: Halle i Sulechów jako ośrodki pietyzmu i edukacji. Przepływ myśli pedagogicznej i wydawniczej. Rodowody społeczne wychowanków i kadry pedagogicznej oraz ich kariery zawodowe [Halle and Züllichau as pietistic and educational centres. Exchange of pedagogical and publishing ideas. Social background of pupils and teachers and their professional careers]. Principal Investigator: Dr hab. Bogumiła Burda, Associate Professor at University of Zielona Góra
Scholarships and prizes
- 2016–2017 The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) scholarship for a research stay in Potsdam (University of Potsdam) and Berlin (Archive of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences)
- 2015 3rd prize – The Stanisław Herbst Award for the best MA thesis
- 2014 The Sorbian Institute scholarship for a research stay in Budziszyn
Selected publications
Chapters in edited volumes:
- (2025) ‘Działalność wydawnicza’, in: Włodarczyk, J. (ed.) 200 lat Obserwatorium Astronomicznego Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Warsaw: Wydawnictwa UW, pp. 177–208.
Articles
- (2025) ‘Działalność wydawnicza Obserwatorium Astronomicznego Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego w latach 1925–1939. Wprowadzenie do badań’, Kwartalnik Historii Nauki i Techniki, 70(4), pp. 419–446, DOI: 4467/0023589XKHNT.25.001.22791.
- (2024) ‘Jedna do teleskopu, druga do zegara. Udział sióstr Kirch w obserwacjach astronomicznych w 1. poł. XVIII w.’, Kwartalnik Historii Nauki i Techniki, 69(4), pp. 67–91, DOI: 10.4467/0023589XKHNT.24.035.20685.
- (2022) ‘Zainteresowania obserwacjami astronomicznymi Braci Polskich na początku XVIII w. W świetle źródeł rodziny Kirchów’, Kwartalnik Historii Nauki i Techniki, 67(4), pp. 61–78, DOI: 10.4467/0023589XKHNT.22.035.16966.
- (2021) ‘Między statusem pomocnicy a figurą samodzielnej badaczki. Obserwacje astronomiczne Marii Margarethy Kirch (1670–1720)’, Analecta. Studia i Materiały z Dziejów Nauki, 30(2), pp. 195–221. PDF
- (2021) ‘Śladami ojca. Edukacja i kariera astronomiczna Christfrieda Kircha (1694–1740)’, Kwartalnik Historii Nauki i Techniki, 66(4), pp. 157–170, DOI: 10.4467/0023589XKHNT.21.032.14796.
- (2021) ‘Mikrometr śrubowy Gottfrieda Kircha – historia, konstrukcja i upowszechnienie w 1. poł. XVIII w.’, Kwartalnik Historii Nauki i Techniki, 66(3), pp. 185–196, DOI: 10.4467/0023589XKHNT.21.025.14186.
- (2021) ‘Gottfried Kirch (1639–1710), życie i działalność pierwszego astronoma Królewskiego Pruskiego Towarzystwa Nauk’, Kwartalnik Historii Nauki i Techniki, 66(3), pp. 105–121, DOI: 10.4467/0023589XKHNT.21.021.14182.
Review essays and reviews
- (2025) ‘Pierwsza biografia gubińskiego astronoma. Kilka uwag na marginesie książki <Gottfried Kirch (1639–1710) – Astronom, Kalendermacher, Pietist, Frühaufklärer>’, Kwartalnik Historii Nauki i Techniki, 70(1), pp. 167–192, DOI 10.4467/0023589XKHNT.25.001.21326
- (2021) ‘Kompendium wiedzy o autorach kalendarzy i ich dziełach’, Kwartalnik Historii Nauki i Techniki, 66(4), pp. 247–256, DOI: 10.4467/0023589XKHNT.21.037.14801.
Conference and seminar papers
- ‘Christina Kirch (1697–1782) and the Visibility of Women’s Astronomical Observations in the Eighteenth Century’, Scientiae, CRINI, Humanities Center at Nantes University, research group Scientiae, Nantes, 9–12 June 2026
- ‘Gottfried Kirch’s Observational Journals (1677–1710) and the Secrets of Early Modern Astronomical Observations’, Scientiae, Istanbul University, Faculty of Letters, research group Scientiae, Istanbul, 16–19 September 2025
- ‘Maria Margaretha Kirch and the Royal Prussian Society of Sciences (1710–1712): The Untold Story’, 27th International Congress of History of Science and Technology, Division for the History of Science and Technology (IUHPST), Dunedin (New Zealand), 29 June–5 July 2025
- ‘Christina Kirch and the Silesian Calendar Monopoly (1745–1765): Examining Calendar Types, Their Circulation, and Revenue’, online seminar History of Scholarship and the Global Imagination, research group Scientiae, Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 9 December 2024
- ‘How much did a woman calendar-maker earn? Christina Kirch (1697–1782) and her work for the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences’, Scientiae, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, research group Scientiae, Brussels, 11–14 June 2024
Other
2021 – Secretary of the Jan Jędrzejewicz Award


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