Lithuanian Students at Stefan Batory University: Creating New Lithuanian Elites in Interwar Vilnius
Lithuanian Students at Stefan Batory University: Creating New Lithuanian Elites in Interwar Vilnius
Author(s): Tomasz BłaszczakSubject(s): Social history, Higher Education , History of Education, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), Sociology of Education
Published by: Instytut Europy Środkowej
Keywords: Stefan Batory University; Lithuanian minority; academic organizations; interwar;
Summary/Abstract: This paper explores the position of the Lithuanian students at the Polish Stefan Batory University (SBU) during the period of 1919-1939 in Vilnius. The author analyzes the development of the Lithuanian historical narrative on this question and the activity of the Lithuanian Academic Union (LAU). The main goal of this paper is to show the activity of the Lithuanian students, and their place both in the academic community of the university and in the society of the Lithuanian national minority in interwar Poland.
Journal: Rocznik Instytutu Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej
- Issue Year: 15/2017
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 185-206
- Page Count: 22
- Language: English