The Western Institute in Poznań (Polish: Instytut Zachodni, German West-Institut, French: Institute Occidentale) is a scientific research society focusing on the Western provinces of Poland (including Greater Poland, Silesia, Pomerania), history, economy and politics of Germany, and the Polish-German relations in history and today.

Established by professor Zygmunt Wojciechowski in 1944 in Warsaw, since 1945 based in Poznań. There were branches in Warsaw (1945–53), Wrocław (1948–49) and scientific posts in Kraków and Olsztyn.

Full name: Instytut Zachodni. Instytut Naukowo-Badawczy im. Zygmunta Wojciechowskiego w Poznaniu

The directors

• 1945-1955 - prof. Zygmunt Wojciechowski
• 1956-1958 - prof. Kazimierz Piwarski
• 1959-1961 - prof. Gerard Labuda
• 1961-1964 - prof. Michał Sczaniecki
• 1964-1965 - prof. Zdzisław Kaczmarczyk
• 1966-1973 - prof. Władysław Markiewicz
• 1974-1978 - prof. Lech Trzeciakowski
• 1978-1990 - prof. Antoni Czubiński
• 1990-2004 - prof. Anna Wolff-Powęska
• since 2004 - prof. Andrzej Sakson

Main publications:

• The Western Review (Przegląd Zachodni)
• Polish Western Affairs
• La Pologne et les Affaires Occidentales

See also:

• Bureau for the Newly-Acquired Lands

External links

http://www.iz.poznan.pl/ Instytut Zachodni official site (in English and Polish)