Międzynarodowa Interdyscyplinarna Konferencja Naukowa - „Wojna i książka. Księgozbiory, biblioteki, wydawnictwa i twórcy podczas konfliktów zbrojnych i politycznych. Stan badań i perspektywy badawcze”
International Interdisciplinary Scientific Conference - "War and the book. Book collections, libraries, publishing houses and authors during armed and political conflicts. "State of research and research prospects"

Summary/Abstract: The 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II became an opportunity to organize the first interdisciplinary scientific conference in Poznań with a very broad title "War and Books". The conference topic, very simple in its structure, turned out to be extremely relevant and relevant, and Poznań was a perfect place to organize it. In Poznań there are institutions important for Polish science and culture, with a long tradition, such as those existing since the 19th century: the Raczyński Library, founded in 1829, the oldest existing public library in Poland, and the Kórnik Library, established in 1826 (from 1953) of the Polish Academy of Sciences, as well as the University Library in Poznań, celebrating its centenary this year, and one of the oldest Polish scientific societies, operating continuously since 1857, which is the Poznań Society of Friends of Sciences. The organizers also included, due to the topic of the conference, the Polish History Museum and the Polish Blue Shield Committee, established in 2002, which is an organization aimed at protecting cultural property threatened during armed conflicts. All these institutions jointly participated in the preparations of this very successful scientific event, which connected and integrated the scientific and library communities of Poznań. The conference partners were also the Association of Polish Librarians and the National Institute of Museums and Collections Protection. The conference was held under the honorary patronage of the President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda, whose letter to the conference organizers was read during its opening ceremony by one of the employees of the Chancellery of the President. The authorities of Poznań also held patronage over this important scientific event and contributed to the financing of this conference.

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