The records of registration and conferment procedure for a doctorate and habilitation in historical and social sciences at the Faculty Theology of Warsaw Theological Academy

Dariusz Milewski

Abstract

The article presents documentation, stored in the Archive of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, concerning registration and conferment procedure for a doctorate and habilitation in historical and social sciences: history of the Church, history of church art, patrology, Christian archaeology, musicology, sociology of religion, Catholic social teaching and social ethics at the Faculty of Theology of Warsaw Theological Academy in the years 1954-1987. These records are part of the historical fonds (archival category: A) and are a valuable source on the history of educating academic staff at Warsaw Theological Academy. The article discusses the origins of documentation, including 69 archival units referring to registration and conferment procedure for a doctorate and 14 archival units concerning habilitation. The attached tables show the most important elements of each archival unit such as a reference number, the names of PHD students and those who obtained habilitation, their supervisors and reviewers, topics and the size of their works, the name of the specialty and the date of the most important resolutions concerning the procedure awarding a degree.