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Summary/Abstract: On 22–24 November 2023, the Tadeusz Manteuffel Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences hosted the conference ‘Innowacje przeszłości: 70 lat historiografii polskiej’ [Innovations of the Past: 70 Years of Polish Historiography], both in person and virtually. The three-day event featured nine sessions, over 20 papers, and a panel discussion on social history. In celebration of the Institute’s 70th anniversary, the organisers aimed to explore the development of historiography in post-war Poland through the lens of innovation. The rather intriguing and paradoxical name of the academic event, which at first sight combined the seemingly contradictory concepts of ‘past’ and ‘innovation’, proved highly pertinent and reflected the spirit in which most of the participants conducted their deliberations. It also reflected the point of view of the participants, which was to perceive the nature of historiography as quite dynamic and open: it is not only loyalty to tradition but also admiration for new trends and the desire for innovation that have characterised the development of Polish historiography over the past 70 years.

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