9. ACADEMIC CONFERENCE IN SERIES ‘POLAND’S SECURITY IN THE 20TH AND 21ST CENTURIES: INTELLIGENCE SERVICES AND UNIFORMED SERVICES IN THE NATIONAL SECURITY SYSTEM’

The 9th Academic Conference in the series ‘Poland’s Security in the 20th and 21st Centuries’, entitled ‘Intelligence Services and Uniformed Services in the National Security System’, will be held at Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa on 4-5 November 2026.

The event is organised by the Department of Security Studies at JDU’s Faculty of Social Sciences, in cooperation with: Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce; the Faculty of National Security of the War Studies University in Warsaw; the Central School of the State Fire Service in Czestochowa; the Association of the Defence Communities Movement in Warsaw.

The conference is held under the honorary patronage of:
- Professor Bogusław Przywora - Acting Rector of Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa and Vice-Rector for Research;
- Senior Brigadier Jarosław Jankowski, MSc Eng - Commandant of the Central School of the State Fire Service in Czestochowa.

The aim of the conference is to explore the origins, development and significance of the activities of the intelligence and counter-intelligence services of the Republic of Poland, as well as uniformed services within the country's broadly understood national security system, from both historical and contemporary perspectives. The organisers seek to provide a forum for the exchange of views and the presentation of research findings relating to these issues.

The conference will take place at the Faculty of Social Sciences building of JDU, 2/4 Zbierskiego St., Czestochowa. The official opening ceremony is scheduled for 4 November at 9.30 am in Lecture Hall 1.05. Registration will begin at 9.00 am.

Researchers, practitioners, doctoral students, undergraduates and all those interested in issues relating to Poland's national security are warmly invited to attend.

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