Czech Historiography from 2007 till 2010 on Czech-Polish Relations in the Twentieth Century Cover Image

Česká historiografie z let 2007–2010 k československo-polským vztahům ve 20. století
Czech Historiography from 2007 till 2010 on Czech-Polish Relations in the Twentieth Century

Author(s): Jiří Friedl, Jan Němeček
Subject(s): History, Recent History (1900 till today)
Published by: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
Keywords: 20th century; 21st century historiography;Polish-Czech relations;Czech historiography;

Summary/Abstract: The Polish history and Polish-Czech relations are one of the most popular research areas for Czech historians, at least in comparison with their studies on other neighbor nations. Also Czechoslovak-Polish relations in the twentieth century are relatively popular because of their conflictual nature and different interpretations among Polish and Czech historians. An important study aids are both bibliographic studies and attempts to critically review the state of research on the above mentioned topics, presented during international conferences or in scientific journals. In years 2007–2010 books discussing Polish history had been published in several publishing series as independent titles, e.x Dokumentů československé zahraniční politiky. Also memoirs of times witnesses present selected Polish issues. Polish-Czech relations in the Czechoslovak part of Teschen Silesia are – usually – of particular interest to historians. E.g. they publish books and papers on Polish socialists and Soviet repressions in Teschen Silesia, review the state of research on the above mentioned topics. Also Kłodzko Region is of great interest thanks to The Kłodzko Commision with its Kladským sborníkem journal that present various papers on the twentieth century history. Czechoslovakian-Polish relations were also the subject of various papers presented during international conferences and meeting in Prague. Today, just as in the past, a very popular research topic is – apart from Polish-Czechoslovak border conflict – bilateral contacts between Polish and Czechoslovak emigration during the II WW or plans of the Polish-Czechoslovak Confederation that still give rise to a great deal of discussion between Czech and Polish historians. Recently we could also observe increasing interest in Polis-Czechoslovak relations just after the II WW. Also contemporary history, Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia and contacts between Polish and Czech dissidents are of interest. Bilateral relations are also presented in Czech journals, f.e. Slezský sborník, Slovanský přehled, Těšínsko, Kladský sborník, Soudobé dějiny and Czech-Polish Historical and Pedagogical Journal, published at Masaryk Uniwersity in Brno.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 200-210
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Czech