In defence of learning. The plight, persecution, and placement of academic refugees, 1933-1980s
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SYSNO ASEP
0366446
Document Type
M - Monograph Chapter
R&D Document Type
Monograph Chapter
Title
Czech scholars in exile, 1948-1989
Author(s)
Kostlán, Antonín (USD-C) Štrbáňová, Soňa (USD-C)
Source Title
In defence of learning. The plight, persecution, and placement of academic refugees, 1933-1980s, Reversing the gaze. - Oxford : Oxford university press, 2011 / Marks S. ; Weindling P. ; Wintour Laura
- ISBN 978-0-19-726481-2
Pages
s. 239-256
Number of pages
18 s.
Number of pages
320
Publication form
Print - P
Language
eng - English
Country
GB - United Kingdom
Keywords
Czech history ; exile ; science
Subject RIV
AB - History
R&D Projects
IAAX00630801 GA AV ČR - Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (AV ČR)
CEZ
AV0Z80630520 - USD-C (2005-2011)
Annotation
This chapter focuses on the escape of scholars from Czechoslovakia in the years between 1948 and 1989, when the country was part of the Soviet power bloc. In this way, Czech science is slowly overcoming the disastrous loss caused by the emigration of its finest scholars.
