History and Numerology. Polish Historiography after 1989 and an Outlook for the Future
History and Numerology. Polish Historiography after 1989 and an Outlook for the Future
Author(s): Maciej GórnySubject(s): History, History of ideas, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), History of the Holocaust, Politics of History/Memory
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Masarykův ústav
Keywords: parametrization of science; Polish historiography; politics of history; Holocaust research
Summary/Abstract: The article comments on main trends in Polish historiography of the last 30 or so years. The author verifies predictions concerning said trends that had been made in the first years of the new millennium, to conclude that they proved too optimistic in some respects. Problems such as political instrumentalization of history loom large over Polish historiography and may distort its future development. Furthermore, the simplistic understanding of parametrization manifested by the last (2022) evaluation of academic institutions, further reduces freedom of research while it does nothing to eliminate political pressures on historians. In essence, the policy of science pursued by the Polish state does very little to support original research.
Journal: Střed. Časopis pro mezioborová studia Střední Evropy 19. a 20. století
- Issue Year: 14/2022
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 76-89
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English
