Kazimierz Ślaski as the pioneer of historical research on Western Pomerania. Cover Image

Kazimierz Ślaski jako pionier badań historycznych nad Pomorzem Zachodnim.
Kazimierz Ślaski as the pioneer of historical research on Western Pomerania.

A contribution to the biography of a Polish historian and history of Western Studies during the years 1945-1956

Author(s): Paweł Migdalski
Subject(s): History, Oral history, Recent History (1900 till today), Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: historiography;Kazimierz Ślaski;scientific policy;Pomeranian studies;

Summary/Abstract: The paper is devoted to discussing the life and activities of Kazimierz Ślaski during the years 1945-1956. He was one of the first Polish scholars doing research on Western Pomerania after World War II. His career is traced on the basis of numerous archival sources, with special attention to expelling him from the university in Toruń in 1949 and his long lasting attempts to return to a scientific institution, which took place only in 1956, after the change of political situation in Poland.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 87
  • Page Range: 147-170
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Polish