Contemporary Activity
Currently PAU consists - as mentioned above - of six Classes, each of which had its Executive Board, with a Director, Deputy Director, and a Secretary; in some cases, there is also a Deputy Secretary. Within each Class there are Commissions and Committees, the latter standing or temporary, which, though, must be headed by a regular member of the PAU (with few exceptions), may include persons who are not PAU members. The Classes hold monthly scientific meeting, where papers are read and discussed. The PAU's activities are described and documented in the "PAU Annual". Each of the Classes issues its own "Papers" or other publication series, where they publish works that fall within the scientific purview of the Class or other texts of scientific or scholarly value, especially historical sources. The Commissions have their own series of "Works" or periodicals, according to their respective specialities. As of June 2009, the PAU had 476 members, including 146 regular members, 148 corresponding members and 182 foreign members, each of whom maintains active contacts with Polish science and learning.
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