Title:

Roman Pollak : initiator and guardian of the Institute of Polish Culture at the University of Turin (1930–1987)

Creator:

Piskurewicz, Jan (1953– )

Publisher:

Instytut Historii Nauki im. Ludwika i Aleksandra Birkenmajerów Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

2022

Date on-line publ.:

2022.12.31

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

Roman Pollak ; Institute of Polish Culture in Turin ; Polish-Italian cultural and scientific relations

Abstract:

The article discusses the life and work of the outstanding scholar and Polish patriot Roman Pollak in the field of Polish-Italian cultural and scientific relations. It focuses on his role in the establishment and operation of the Institute of Polish Culture at the University of Turin. For many years, the Institute functioned as the most important source of information on Polish science and culture in Italy. It emerged as a result of long-standing ties between the Polonophilic milieu in Turin and the idea, present in the 19th and early 20th century, of Poland regaining independence. The most prominent representative of this milieu was Attilio Begey, who was the patron of the Institute. The article also delves into various forms of the Institute’s activity in more than half a century of its existence, and its links with the University of Turin.

Relation:

Rozprawy z Dziejów Oświaty

Volume:

59

Start page:

189

End page:

221

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article : original article

Format:

pdf

Resource Identifier:

0080-4754

Language:

pol

Language of abstract:

eng

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY-NC-ND 4.0 license

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] May be used within the scope specified in Creative Commons Attribution BY-NC-ND 4.0 license, full text available at:

Copyright holder:

Instytut Historii Nauki im. Ludwika i Aleksandra Birkenmajerów PAN

Original in:

Library of the Institute for the History of Science PAS

Access:

Open