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The Withered Branch: Poland's Jagiellonian University Under Partitions
Lucas and Luna explore the University of Kraków's struggle for survival during Poland's partitions. They trace its decline after the 1795 partition—when Prussia and Austria suppressed Polish intellectual life, renaming it and imposing German-language instruction. The conversation highlights the 'tajne komplety' (secret teaching) that kept Polish scholarship alive, the 1846 Kraków uprising's impact on academia, and the role of figures like Józef Szujski and the Kraków Historical School in preserving national identity through history. They also discuss the paradox of…
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