Tadeusz Świętochowski (Polish:[taˈdɛ.uʂɕfjɛntɔˈxɔfskʲi]; 28 April 1932^[1] – 15 February 2017) was a Polish-American historian andCaucasologist,Professor Emeritus ofColumbia University andMonmouth University.^[2][3]

Świętochowski was born inFrance into a family of Polish diplomat Stanisław Świętochowski, who died in theUSSR, probably inButyrka prison.^[4] After graduating with a degree in Turkish studies from theUniversity of Warsaw, he left Poland for the Middle East, where he earned his MA in Arab Studies at theAmerican University of Beirut, and later studied Arab History at theCairo University. In 1965, he moved with his wife Marie Lukens, whom he met inIstanbul, toNew York, where he received a PhD degree from theNew York University.^[5][6]

Tadeusz Swietochowski was a Professor of Soviet and Middle East Studies at Monmouth University, New Jersey.^[7] He was a fellow at theKennan Institute,Washington, D.C.,^[8] and a Senior Fellow at theHarriman Institute, Columbia University.^[9]

Swietochowski was a specialist on the modernhistory of Azerbaijan.^[10] He was an Honorary Doctor ofKhazar University andBaku State University and Honorary Member ofCentral Eurasian Studies Society.^[11] His fields of study included the modern history of theMiddle East andAzerbaijan.

He also lectured at theWarsaw University asFulbright Senior Specialist.

• Poland between Germany and Russia (1926-1939): the theory of two enemies. (Edited by Alexander Korczyński & Tadeusz Świętochowski). Pilsudski Institute of America, New York, 1975.
• Guide to the collections of the Pilsudski Institute of America for research in the modern history of Poland. Pilsudski Institute of America, New York, 1980.
• Russian Azerbaijan (1905-1920): the shaping of a national identity in a Muslim community. Cambridge University Press, Boston, 1985, 272 pages. (Translated into Turkish: Müslüman Cemaatten Ulusal Kimliğe Rus Azerbaycanı, 1905-1920. Istanbul, Bağlam Yayınları, 1988).
• Karol Wędziagolski. Boris Savinkov: portrait of a terrorist. (Edited by Tadeusz Swietochowski, translated by Margaret Patoski). Kingston Press, Clifton NJ, 1988.
• Der Islam und die Entwicklung nationaler Identität in Aserbaidschan. Markus Verlag-Gesellschaft, Köln, 1989.
• Russia and Azerbaijan: a borderland in transition. Columbia University Press, New York, 1995, 289 pages. (Translated into Azeri:Rusiya və Azərbaycan: dəyişən sərhədlər.Khazar University Press, Baku, 2000).
• Azerbejdżan i Rosja: kolonializm, islam i narodowość w podzielonym kraju. Instytut Studiów Politycznych Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Warszawa, 1998, 302 str.
• Historical Dictionary of Azerbaijan (co-author). Scarecrow Press, Lanham MD, 1999, 130 pages.
• Azerbaijan: the hidden faces of Islam. = World Policy Journal (New York), Fall 2002, volume XIX, number 3, pages 69-76.
• Azerbejdżan. Wydawnictwo Trio, Warszawa, 2006, 303 str.

• Zmarł prof. Tadeusz Świętochowski.
• Obituary for Professor Swietochowski in Poland.
• Obituary of Professor Swietochowski in the New York Times, 20.II.2017.

• 1932 births
• 2017 deaths
• American historians
• Polish emigrants to the United States
• Monmouth University faculty
• Historians of the Caucasus

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