Klub Demokratycznej Profesury w Poznaniu w latach ( 1949 ) – 1950-1953 111
The Democratic Professors ’ Club in Poznań in the years ( 1949 ) – 1950-1953
Abstract
The article presents the organization and the activity of the Democratic Professors ’ Club in Poznań in the years 1950 – 1953 . The functioning of the Club was a part of the communist authorities ’ plan . After their rise to power in Poland after the Second World War , they aimed at subordinating universities and academic staff not only through administrative decisions , but also through the activity of various clubs , organizations and associations , which were supposed to gather lecturers and academics and educate them in the socialist spirit . Those clubs and associations were supposed to encourage the academic environment to support changes which were being introduced in the country .
The author discusses the creation of the Democratic Professors ’ Club in Poznań , the establishment of its Board , as well as various forms of the society ’ s activity : lectures , talks , seminars , workshops , meetings and discussions ( usually concerning the academic achievements of the USSR , and Marxist and Leninist methodology ) and the social activity of Club members in the period when it was headed by Stefan Błachowski and Zdzisław Kaczmarczyk , professors at Poznań University .