The object of this research is the Community of historians in Lithuania during the interwar period which coincides with the beginning of professionalisation process of the historical science. The author analyses community of historians as a social-professional group. The work is divided in three chapters devoted to three important factors of the profession of historians: 1. Professional (non professional) education; 2. Qualification degrees; 3. The work in professional institutions and organisations. The author of study focuses his attention on the conditions maintaining a thesis for a degree, possibilities to be employed by professional science research institutions, also competition in ,,the Historical Field’’. In recent decade were publicated a number of works, which deals with interwar lithuanian historiography and historians. There were discussed questions about participation of historians in international historical congresses, methodological reflections, studies abroad and work in Vytautas the Great University. This work is fulfilling the breaks in this literature, as there are no special studies of scientifical competition, cultural and social capital of historians. The author of this work also uses for the first time a prosopographical method as a tool in the studies of intellectuals in Lithuania. The innovation comes from the field of so-called ,,New Social History’’ –social history of intellectuals, which also are related to the history of professions. While a... [to full text]

The aim of this diploma thesis is an analytical comparison and deconstruction of views of social historians on labouring men. The object of my interest will be views of Czech and East German historians from the period of the socialist dictatorship, and the views of Czech and German historians from the period of post-socialism. Using the methods of poststructuralist approaches, I will place the comparison and deconstructions in the contextual analysis of ideological determinations. At the same time, I will pay special attention to the changes in the determinations and epistemological breaks, with the help of which I will analyze the changes in the position of workes's research in relation to science and society. Key words: labouring men, comparison, deconstruction, historiography, ideology, epistemological break, science, socialist dictatorship, post-socialism