Title:

The Polish Preparatory Institute as a political project. The activities of the Lambert Hotel in 1846–1849 in support of the establishment of the first Polish higher education institution in exile

Creator:

Pugacewicz, Iwona H.

Publisher:

Instytut Historii Nauki im. Ludwika i Aleksandra Birkenmajerów Polskiej Akademii Nauk ; Polska Akademia Nauk

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

2025

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

new emigration ; education ; France ; Paris ; high schools ; Montparnasse ; Spring of Nations (Revolutions of 1848-1849) ; Hotel Lambert ; Polish affair ; Polish Preparatory Institution

Abstract:

The article aims to present the unknown origins of the first Polish higher education institution established in exile in the second half of the 1840s. The establishment of the so called Preparatory Institution, also known as the Montparnasse Higher School, coincided with a period of significant socio-political transformation in France, and was also part of the cultural and educational landscape and achievements of the Polish Great Emigration that arrived in France in the 1830s. The presentation of the grassroots educational initiative of a handful of Galician youth, and the response of the older diaspora established in Paris, constitute the main focus of this discussion. This discussion is accompanied by a description of the second wave of Polish emigration that arrived in France between 1846 and 1848, and the attitudes of the French public and the central authorities of the Second Republic towards it. An analysis of the actual educational needs of the entire Polish emigration in the new cultural and scientific reality of the late 1840s is also undertaken, with particular emphasis on the diplomatic efforts of the Hotel Lambert.

Relation:

Rozprawy z Dziejów Oświaty

Volume:

62

Start page:

249

End page:

267

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article : original article

Format:

PDF

Resource Identifier:

0080-4754

Language:

pol

Language of abstract:

eng

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY-NC-ND 4.0 license

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] May be used within the scope specified in Creative Commons Attribution BY-NC-ND 4.0 license, full text available at:

Copyright holder:

Instytut Historii Nauki im. Ludwika i Aleksandra Birkenmajerów PAN

Original in:

Library of the Institute for the History of Science PAS

Access:

Open