My University

Abstract

The published text contains a lecture given at a sitting of the Poznań Chapter of the Polish Historical Society as well as answers to questions posed afterwards, coming from history students of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, who constituted the majority of the audience. The lecture was based on the initial question: “what perception of the University did you imbibe in your family home, how did you later confront this with your own practice of the University, how do you look at it from the perspective of the experience being your own and from observing the changes taking place”. Following on from this, it is divided into two main parts. The first presents the author's university experience, rooted in family tradition and then personally gained from the start of his academic studies at AMU in 1967. The second is a critical reflection on the current condition of universities in Poland. It draws abundantly on statements on the subject by prominent representatives of Polish science.