The Mieroszewski Centre conducts research that combats historiographical manipulation and promotes accurate knowledge. more
One of the basic statutory tasks imposed on the Mieroszewski Centre is to initiate, conduct and supervise sound scientific research and to present its results.
The aim is to arrive at objective historical truth based on reliable sources and to present a truthful interpretation of them to the public
How the Mieroszewski Centre conducts its research?
The Mieroszewski Centre's research activities focus on the history, sociology, international relations and international law of Central and Eastern Europe. It results in up-to-date scientific publications, which contribute to a better understanding between Poles and other nations of Central and Eastern Europe, i.e. to the mission behind the Mieroszewski Centre's existence and activities.
Mieroszewski Centre's research Its role and key tasks
The research undertaken contributes to the presentation of knowledge on the history of the peoples of Central and Eastern Europe to a wider audience and its deepening among those interested in learning more about it. Thanks to the Mieroszewski Centre's research activities, historical awareness in these countries has a chance to grow and, importantly, to be based on reliable, historically accurate knowledge.
In addition, the research activities are aimed at combating historical manipulation and the excessively free interpretation of historical sources, which has occurred in the past and is still practised in some countries and circles. Indeed, the Centre's mission, to which all the research it conducts, commissions and supervises is subject, is to present the historical truth in relation to the history of Central Europe without hypocrisy, over-interpretation or duplication of myths.
The Mieroszewski Centre carries out research projects on various historical issues. It is interested both in contemporary events, which deserve to be interpreted in full accordance with the facts, and in events from the distant past, which need to be rewritten and reinterpreted on the basis of the latest discoveries and previously unavailable source documents.
