O polskiej historiografii ludobójstwa Ormian. Perspektywa krytyczna w świetle międzynarodowego stanu badań. Część II

Abstract

The Armenian Genocide (1915–1917) is one of the crucial events defining the character of the final period of the Ottoman Empire existence and the southern front of World War I. It is also a core identity reference for Armenians and a matter of memory dispute with the Turkish Republic. Since the 1970s it has been a relevant research space for historians. Surprisingly, in Polish historiography, the subject is addressed only marginally, and its bibliography is puzzlingly limited. The article aims to discuss the genocide’s Polish historiography in the broader context of world research. The description of the number of Polish inputs devoted to it provides background for the main research problem – a reflection on the shape of genocide narratives created by Polish historians. This makes it possible to indicate the discursive structures determining the historical narratives on the Armenian Genocide. Hypothetically, they are the result of both the issue of the time of their creation and the axiology and worldview of the authors. In the second part of this article, quasi-historical narratives are described in order to indicate broadly how the narrative of the Armenian Genocide in Poland is shaped. There is also a critical look at the only text describing the historiography of the genocide in Poland. Most importantly, there is a critical look at the historiography of genocide, combined with an attempt to place it in the typologies created for the world’s research output. The whole concludes with a single summary and bibliography.