Tradycje badań mickiewiczowskich na Uniwersytecie Stefana Batorego w Wilnie w dwudziestoleciu międzywojennym

Abstract

The article presents the scholarly achievements of the professors of Polish Studies at Stefan Batory University in Vilnius, which are related to the life and works of Adam Mickiewicz. In the interwar period, the Vilnius scholars in Polish studies – like the ones of Warsaw, Kraków, Poznań, Lublin, and Lviv – created a strong center in which the research in Mickiewicz’s life and works occupied a significant place. The professors occupying the Polish Studies chairs at the USB influenced the direction of the development of the institution. In addition, the professors treated social service as a broadly understood popularization of science and culture, including the works of the Bard.