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The main tendencies of the development of biography in Poland at the beginning of the 21st cent. are determined. The research basis is the publication of the scientific journal «Polish Biographical Studies», published in Szczecin since 2015 at the Center for Biographical Studies. The main problems raised by Polish researchers concern the biographies of Polish communists, the military, the multidisciplinary nature of biography, and the division of human science into periods. Articles contained in the publication are divided into groups by topic. Political, intellectual, collective, female and separately Jewish biographies are distinguished. Publications of biographical documents were also noted. It has been found that Polish biographers are most interested in the period of the first two thirds of the twentieth century. In particular, biographies of thinkers of the Second Rzeczpospolita, educators and statesmen. The discourse on fighting in the anti-German and anti-Soviet underground is notable. The participation in church and student organizations, as well as acquaintance with figures like Y. Pilsudski or R. Dmowski are very common in political biographies. Jewish biography is no exception — most of the people mentioned as heroes of the uprising and underground movements in the ghetto, so even though they went to Palestine, they remain «Polish» in biographical discourse. Also in «Polish Biographical Studies», most biographies are also tend to be political and they "supersede" biographies of engineers, athletes or artists. Comparing the Polish biographical publication with the «Ukrainian Biography» in 2013–2017, Ukrainians published almost twice as many theoretical works and biographies of scientists. With less difference, but also more political and collective biographies and the same number of source articles. At the same time, there are more female biographies in Polish edition, as well as biographies of Jews, while none in Ukrainian. This explains that biographies of Polish Jews are perceived by Polish ...

The main tendencies of the development of biography in Poland at the beginning of the 21st cent. are determined. The research basis is the publication of the scientific journal «Polish Biographical Studies», published in Szczecin since 2015 at the Center for Biographical Studies. The main problems raised by Polish researchers concern the biographies of Polish communists, the military, the multidisciplinary nature of biography, and the division of human science into periods. Articles contained in the publication are divided into groups by topic. Political, intellectual, collective, female and separately Jewish biographies are distinguished. Publications of biographical documents were also noted. It has been found that Polish biographers are most interested in the period of the first two thirds of the twentieth century. In particular, biographies of thinkers of the Second Rzeczpospolita, educators and statesmen. The discourse on fighting in the anti-German and anti-Soviet underground is notable. The participation in church and student organizations, as well as acquaintance with figures like Y. Pilsudski or R. Dmowski are very common in political biographies. Jewish biography is no exception — most of the people mentioned as heroes of the uprising and underground movements in the ghetto, so even though they went to Palestine, they remain «Polish» in biographical discourse. Also in «Polish Biographical Studies», most biographies are also tend to be political and they "supersede" biographies of engineers, athletes or artists. Comparing the Polish biographical publication with the «Ukrainian Biography» in 2013–2017, Ukrainians published almost twice as many theoretical works and biographies of scientists. With less difference, but also more political and collective biographies and the same number of source articles. At the same time, there are more female biographies in Polish edition, as well as biographies of Jews, while none in Ukrainian. This explains that biographies of Polish Jews are perceived by Polish scholars as the property of Polish society, when such an identification is almost non-existent in Ukraine. Keywords: biography, scientists, political figures, Polish humanities, Polish Biographical Studies, Ukrainian biography 21st cent. ; Визначено основні тенденції розвитку біографічних досліджень у Польщі на початку ХХІ ст. За основу взято публікації наукового журналу «Polish Biographical Studies», що виходить у Щецині з 2015 р. при Центрі біографічних досліджень. Серед проблем, які порушують польські науковці, найпомітнішими є біографії комуністичних функціонерів, військових та науковців різних галузей. Окрім того, дослідження стосуються постколоніального наративу в біографічних текстах і гендерних питань. Ключові слова: біографістика, науковці, політичні діячі, польська гуманітаристика, «Polish Biographical Studies», ХХІ ст.

The main tendencies of the development of biography in Poland at the beginning of the 21st cent. are determined. The research basis is the publication of the scientific journal «Polish Biographical Studies», published in Szczecin since 2015 at the Center for Biographical Studies. The main problems raised by Polish researchers concern the biographies of Polish communists, the military, the multidisciplinary nature of biography, and the division of human science into periods. Articles contained in the publication are divided into groups by topic. Political, intellectual, collective, female and separately Jewish biographies are distinguished. Publications of biographical documents were also noted. It has been found that Polish biographers are most interested in the period of the first two thirds of the twentieth century. In particular, biographies of thinkers of the Second Rzeczpospolita, educators and statesmen. The discourse on fighting in the anti-German and anti-Soviet underground is notable. The participation in church and student organizations, as well as acquaintance with figures like Y. Pilsudski or R. Dmowski are very common in political biographies. Jewish biography is no exception — most of the people mentioned as heroes of the uprising and underground movements in the ghetto, so even though they went to Palestine, they remain «Polish» in biographical discourse. Also in «Polish Biographical Studies», most biographies are also tend to be political and they "supersede" biographies of engineers, athletes or artists. Comparing the Polish biographical publication with the «Ukrainian Biography» in 2013–2017, Ukrainians published almost twice as many theoretical works and biographies of scientists. With less difference, but also more political and collective biographies and the same number of source articles. At the same time, there are more female biographies in Polish edition, as well as biographies of Jews, while none in Ukrainian. This explains that biographies of Polish Jews are perceived by Polish scholars as the property of Polish society, when such an identification is almost non-existent in Ukraine. Keywords: biography, scientists, political figures, Polish humanities, Polish Biographical Studies, Ukrainian biography 21st cent. ; Визначено основні тенденції розвитку біографічних досліджень у Польщі на початку ХХІ ст. За основу взято публікації наукового журналу «Polish Biographical Studies», що виходить у Щецині з 2015 р. при Центрі біографічних досліджень. Серед проблем, які порушують польські науковці, найпомітнішими є біографії комуністичних функціонерів, військових та науковців різних галузей. Окрім того, дослідження стосуються постколоніального наративу в біографічних текстах і гендерних питань. Ключові слова: біографістика, науковці, політичні діячі, польська гуманітаристика, «Polish Biographical Studies», ХХІ ст.