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Uniwersytet czterech początków i wielu tradycji
University of Four Beginnings and Many Traditions

Author(s): Lucyna Harc
Subject(s): Historical Geography, Higher Education
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Nakladatelství Karolinum
Keywords: University of Wrocław (Breslau); jubilee; celebrations of anniversaries; tradition; identity

Summary/Abstract: Between 2002 and 2015, the University of Wrocław (Breslau) had organised celebrations commemorating the anniversary of 300 years, 500 years, 200 years, and 75 years of its existence and activities. This range of anniversaries is the results of this university’s complicated history and the fact that it was established and re-established four times: in 1505, 1702, 1811, and 1945. The origins of particular traditions and identities of the academic community with reference to one or more beginnings is a process one can trace from the second half of the 19th century until the present day.

  • Issue Year: 56/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 99-110
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish