In our Youtube series, we present our new book series: Poland: Transnational Historie(s).
The first book is "Public Knowledge in Cold War Poland: Scholarly Battles and the Clash of Virtues, 1945-1956" by Alexej Lochmatow. It explores the public debates among scholars that took place in Early Cold War Poland. The book is a study on the history of public knowledge and scholarship under Soviet domination. Using the concept of “virtues” as the analytic framework, the author invites us to take a fresh and more nuanced look at the process of Sovietisation in Central and Eastern Europe.
- In Part 3, the author talks about “virtues” as a lens and as a framework: Alexej Lochmatow: Public Knowledge in Cold War Poland III
- How can virtues open new perspectives on the history of science and scholarship under Soviet domination? This question, the author answers in the second part of his presentation: Alexej Lochmatow: Public Knowledge in Cold War Poland II
- In part 1, the author answers the question: Why “virtues”? He explains the concept and how it became an analytical instrument for the history of science and scholarship: Alexej Lochmatow: Public Knowledge in Cold War Poland I
