1st International Egodocumental Network Conference
Vilnius University, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, the University of Lodz, and the Egodocumental Research Group (https://egodocuments.umk.pl) organise an international conference focusing on research, development, and changing perceptions of egodocuments in the twenty-first century. The conference aims to bring together scholars from different disciplines to share their insights and to encourage interdisciplinary studies of egodocuments.
The conference will also be the first meeting of the International Egodocumental Network established in December 2023 by the Egodocumental Research Group (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń and the University of Lodz) to unite scholars from different disciplines working on egodocuments. It provides a platform for discussion, collaboration, and exchange of information between the participants, as well as online research seminars organized twice a year. In this dimension, our conference continues two editions of the Scientific Symposium "Egodocuments, Life-Writing and Autobiographical Texts..." organized at NCU in Toruń in 2022 and 2024.
Keynote speakers
Dr. Nataliia Voloshkova
Kazimierz Wielki University and Oxford Brookes University
Prof. Leona Toker
Hebrew University and Shalem Academic College
Prof. François-Joseph Ruggiu
Sorbonne Université, CNRS and Oxford University
Katarzyna Jarzyńska
University of Warsaw
“He lived the life of his library.” Egodocuments of Janusz Krajewski (1908–2000), First Former Director of Joint Libraries as a Source to Reconstruct the Development of Professional Scientific Librarianship in the Polish People’s Republic
The Joint Libraries of the Faculties of Philosophy and Sociology of the University of Warsaw, the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, and the Polish Philosophical Society were founded in the 1950s. The task of organizing them and merging three complementary book collections into Joint Libraries fell to Janusz Krajewski, who devoted nearly 20 years of his life to the library. The first former director of Joint Libraries was a person with a rich biography. He was passionate about archery, represented Poland in the national team, took part in the Warsaw Uprising, and studied philosophy. He also undertook bibliographic work in this discipline, supporting the collection of sources for the 3-volume “History of Philosophy” by W. Tatarkiewicz. Before his death, he bequeathed a rich collection of books and archival resources to his library. Its ego-documents include life diaries, CVs prepared for professional purposes, as well as small notes. All this material will be used to recreate his role in building the research workshop for scientists in the field of humanities and social sciences, and will also make a contribution to the reconstruction of the history of professionalization of scientific librarianship in the early postwar period.
