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Historical anniversaries as instruments of the policy of remembrance: The perspective of anniversary resolutions adopted by the Sejm and Senate of the Republic of Poland after 1989. Research conclusions1 Cover

Historical anniversaries as instruments of the policy of remembrance: The perspective of anniversary resolutions adopted by the Sejm and Senate of the Republic of Poland after 1989. Research conclusions1

Journal of Nationalism, Memory & Language Politics
Volume 19 (2025): Issue 1 (August 2025)
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|Jul 2025
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Figures & Tables

Chart 1.

Anniversary resolutions of the Sejm and Senate of the Republic of Poland (1989–2023).

Source: Own study.

Table 1:

Typology of anniversary resolutions passed by the Sejm and Senate of the Republic of Poland

Criterion
SubjectObjectTemporarySpatialGoalDecision

  • 1. Anniversary resolutions of the Polish Parliament

  • 2. Anniversary resolutions of the Senate

  • 1. Anniversary resolutions related to events

  • 2. Anniversary resolutions related to people

  • 1. Anniversary resolutions related to the period from the establishment of the Polish State until the First Republic

  • 2. Anniversary resolutions related to the First Republic

  • 3. Anniversary resolutions related to the period of the Republic under partitions

  • 4. Anniversary resolutions related to the period of the Second Republic

  • 5. Anniversary resolutions related to the Second World War

  • 6. Anniversary resolutions related to the period of the Polish People’s Republic

  • 7. Anniversary resolutions related to the period of the 3rd Republic of Poland

  • 1. National anniversary resolutions (internal)

  • 2. International anniversary resolutions (external)

  • 3. National and international anniversary resolutions (combined)

  • 1. Commemoration of events and people

  • 2. Reconstructing the past

  • 3. Restoration of memory and/or prevention of forgetting

  • 4. Settling accounts with and/or denouncing the past

  • 1. Anniversary resolutions adopted by acclamation

  • 2. Anniversary resolutions adopted by vote

[i] Source: Own compilation based on surveys conducted.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jnmlp-2025-0001 | Journal eISSN: 2570-5857
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Language: English
Page range: 21 - 42
Published on: Jul 9, 2025
Published by: Charles University, Faculty of Social Sciences
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
Historical anniversaries,
commemoration of the past,
memory politics,
anniversary resolutions,
Sejm and Senate of the Republic of Poland
Related subjects:
Cultural studies,
Cultural theory,
Political theory,
Topics in cultural studies,
Memory,
History,
Topics in history,
Political ideologies and ideas,
Social sciences,
Political science,
Political science, other

© 2025 Bartłomiej Secler, published by Charles University, Faculty of Social Sciences
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

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