Założenia, cele i działalność Seminarium Narodowościowego przy Instytucie Badań Spraw Narodowościowych (1931–1939)

Aims and Goals of the Seminar for the Study of Nationalities in Warsaw, 1931–1939In 1931, the Institute for the Study of Nationalities (Polish: Instytut Badań Spraw Narodowościowych, IBSN) established the Seminar for the Study of Nationalities (Seminarium Narodowościowe, SN) within the framework of this institution. It was believed that starting an educational programme would make it possible to quickly create a group of young specialists, scholars and broadly defined administrative officers who would understand and be open to national minorities issues in Poland, both in the national and Promethean approach.The one-year curriculum included lectures and seminars, during which the participants were required to present papers on the results of their own inquiries carried out with support from the lecturers. In 1938, the SN Graduates’ Society was set up to enable former SN students to con­tinue their ethnic research.