Higher education and national identity

Titel: Higher education and national identity : Polish student activism in Russia 1832 - 1863 / Johannes Remy
Verfasser:
Veröffentlicht: Helsinki : Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, 2000
Umfang: 380 S.
Format: Buch
Sprache: Englisch
Schriftenreihe/
mehrbändiges Werk:
Bibliotheca historica ; 57
Hochschulschrift: Teilw. zugl.: Helsinki, Univ., Diss., 1997
RVK-Notation:
ISBN: 9517461852

This study focuses on the conflicting aims and deeds of the Russian government and Polish nationally-minded student youth in the situation which emerged after the closure of the universities of Warsaw and Wilno (Vilnius) in 1832. Thousands of Poles studied in Russian universities, constituting a considerable proportion of the whole student body. The Poles formed conspiracies, student unions and study circles. Their relations with Russian fellow students entailed both enmity and co-operation. Apart from analyzing the question what it meant for students to be a Pole, the book reveals secret disagreements between government politicians concerning the Polish question at the universities.