POLAND AS A SUBJECT OF STUDIES IN THE FRG (Polska jako przedmiot badan w Republice Federalnej Niemiec)

The article presents the key issues discussed at a conference organized by the Deutsches Polen-Institut in Darmstadt and other institutions in February 2009. The meeting was devoted to the directions of German scientific studies on Poland. Hitherto achievements and shortcomings as well as plans for the future were presented. Current endeavors towards expanding the network of contacts and their institutional reinforcement were also indicated.