Higher Education and National Identity

The last piece. Attention. The publication may have minor cosmetic defects (marks, wears, cuts, bends, crushes, label mark) on the cover and spine. The publication is otherwise in good condition and it’s unused. 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. ( FT Johannes Remyn väitöskirja Higher Education and National Identity. Polish Student Activism in Russia 1832-1863 hyväksyttiin humanistisessa tiedekunnassa arvosanalla laudatur. Tutkimus käsittelee Puolan lisäksi Liettuan, Ukrainan ja Valko-Venäjän kansallisten liikkeiden syntyä ja kehitystä. Tutkimuksen yleisenä viitekehyksenä on Miroslav Hrochin typologia nationalismin kehitysvaiheista. Tutkimuksen aineiston keruu lukuisista arkistoista Moskovassa, Pietarissa, Kiovassa ja Tartossa on ollut varsin työlästä. Se on edellyttänyt myös poikkeuksellista slaavilaisten kielten taitoa.