Vilniaus pedagoginio universiteto Istorijos fakulteto dėstytojų mokslinė veikla 1944-2000 metais

Abstract

Straipsnyje nuosekliai apžvelgiama Vilniaus pedagoginio universiteto Istorijos fakulteto dėstytojų mokslinė veikla nuo fakulteto įsikūrimo pradžios 1944 metais iki 2000 metų. Bandoma aptarti ir įvertinti dėstytojų indėlį į bendrą Lietuvos istorijos mokslą įvairiais fakulteto gyvavimo laikotarpiais. Atkreipiamas dėmesys ir į visuotinės istorijos problemų mokslinio tyrinėjimo ištakas bei pirmuosius bandymus. Išskiriami dėstytojų moksliniai interesai ir katedrose besiformuojančios mokslinių tyrimų kryptys

When the Faculty of History was reestablished at Vilnius Pedagogical Institute (VPI) in post-war Lithuania, its lecturers, in a few years' period, started publishing their research articles in the periodical press and, later, in scholarly journals. These publications proved that faculty academics, who mainly were the faculty's graduates, became mature for scientific research; on the other hand, the authorities of the Institute, faculty and departments, such as the Department of the History of the USSR, World history, etc, expressed strong opinion that every academic had to combine pedagogical and scientific research activities. The quality of researches and their results were, to a great extent, influenced by the then political situation in Lithuania and a researcher's political beliefs and positions. Only after the restoration of Independence the questions researched became more varied and interesting, and the researchers themselves acquired fairer conditions for the interpretation and evaluation of certain historical facts. It should be rightly mentioned that almost all faculty academics had their areas of research and published articles in Lithuania's, the then Soviet Union's and, later, foreign scholarly journals; they participated in scientific conferences in Lithuania and worldwide. The preparation and publication of teaching books and manuals for the students and secondary school pupils was an inalienable part of their work; in addition, they organized students' scientific conferences. Despite the fact that some people were more prolific in their scientific activities, VPI (later - Vilnius Pedagogical University (VPU)) lecturers in the scope of their researches and pedagogical activities did not yield to the history lecturers from other universities. Mention should be made that a heavy teaching load and busy schedules sometimes negatively influenced scientific researches