Half of the century of historical education at the University of Silesia in Katowice. From the history of the Institute of History, University of Silesia (1969–2019)

The text is dedicated to the Institute of History at the University of Silesia. It describes a half of the century of its existence in a very synthetic way. It shows its origins reaching the time when the Departament of History of High Pedagogical School (1957–1968) and the Team Departament of History of the University of Silesia (1968–1969) functioned. It also introduces the next stages of Institute activity: since the time it was created in 1969, through  he realities of two decades of People’s Republic of Poland (1970’s, and 1980’s) and “the new beginning” at the time of birth of III Republic of Poland, until the contemporary times (2018). The text attempts to distinguish internal censorship, deals with the changing personnel situation, research activity and the presence of representatives of History Institute on the Polish Historical research ground.

The text is dedicated to the Institute of History at the University of Silesia. It describes a half of the century of its existence in a very synthetic way. It shows its origins reaching the time when the Departament of History of High Pedagogical School (1957–1968) and the Team Departament of History of the University of Silesia (1968–1969) functioned. It also introduces the next stages of Institute activity: since the time it was created in 1969, through  he realities of two decades of People’s Republic of Poland (1970’s, and 1980’s) and “the new beginning” at the time of birth of III Republic of Poland, until the contemporary times (2018). The text attempts to distinguish internal censorship, deals with the changing personnel situation, research activity and the presence of representatives of History Institute on the Polish Historical research ground.