Problematyka badawcza i środowiska naukowe demografii historycznej na łamach Przeszłości Demograficznej Polski 1967–2016

Abstract

The article presents research problems and changes in the thematic extension of the works published in the 38 volumes of Poland’s Demographic Past (Przeszłość Demograficzna Polski, PDP) for the last 50 years. At the same time the author attempts to depict academic centres that have conducted research into the state, vital events and migrations of populations and defines research profiles typical of them. The article also indicates Polish territories and neighbouring regions, as well as chronological periods, which have been the most popular fields of research for the last fifty years.

Keywords

• research topics of historical demography
• academic centres of historical demography
• Poland
• the 20th and 21st centuries
• Poland’s Demographic Past