Maks Samec and his adapting to academic standards after World War II

Authors

  • Željko Oset Univerze v Novi Gorici

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51663/pnz.58.3.03

Abstract

The paper at hand deals with the academic career of Maks Samec (1881-1964) after World War II. Samec lost his habilitation upon the »purge« at the University of Ljubljana in August of 1945, but was offered a second chance as an irreplaceable scientist – he became the founder of the newly established Institute of Chemistry at the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SASA). He has earned numerous recognitions and state decorations for his work. At the institute, he strived to apply his academic standards, but was not entirely successful, which was also a consequence of administrative reforms and changes to research policy in the 1950s.

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Published

2018-12-20

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Vol. 58 No. 3 (2018): Dissidents and Culture of Dissent

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