Wkład polskiego środowiska we Lwowie w rozwój humanistyki polskiej po II wojnie światowej
Journal Title: Przegląd Wschodni - Year 2015, Vol 13, Issue 52
Abstract
As a result of the “de-polonization” of Lwów (now Lviv, in Ukraine) in the years 1945-46, the Polish humanities academic community was reduced to just a handful of members, most of them art and cultural historians. Among them, the most distinguished was Mieczysław Gębarowicz (1893–1984), a professor at Jan Kazimierz University in Lwów before the war. Among their number, there was also Wacław Olszewicz (1888-1974), Władysław Terlecki (1891–1958) and Ludwik Grajewski (1900–1987). A serious difficulty in continuing their scholarly activity in Soviet Lwów was the inaccessibility of certain types of library and archival source materials, a lack of contemporary Polish academic literature, as well as difficulties in maintaining unencumbered contact with the home country. Despite these obstacles, the Polish community in Lwów, thanks mostly to Gębarowicz, played a meaningful role in the development of Polish humanities subjects. Its main achievements include publishing many works and source materials in Poland. The publications encompassed art and cultural issues on the territory of Red Ruthenia from the 16th to the 18th century, museum and library collections in Lwów (including Studia z dziejów kultury artystycznej późnego renesansu w Polsce, Toruń 1962), the monograph Psałterz floriański i jego geneza (Wrocław 1965) dedicated to one of the most important relics of 14th–15th century Polish culture, as well as research concerning the activity of Polish libraries and collections from the times of “Old Poland” and the Renaissance. Although less in number, there were also works concerning Polish science and culture of the 19th century. Besides their publishing activity, the Poles in Lwów aided Polish scholars in their library searches, rendered valuable information concerning collections and archives in Lwow, as well as passing on “poloniks” (documents concerning Poland and Polish artifacts) to libraries in Poland. Gębarowicz was the most active in this field, “smuggling” information via visiting Polish scholars without the knowledge of the Soviet authorities. The activity of these scholars in Lwów had an immeasurable impact on popularizing the history, art and culture of Lwów amongst Poles at home and abroad.
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Maciej Matwijów
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