"The Leszno Annual" is a periodical issued since 1977 with a break between 1989 and 2010. The first period of its existence was directly related to Leszno's administrative role as voivodeship. The journal was initiated by the academic circles of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań who supported the then provincial authorities. After the period of political transformation in 2010 the idea of the journal was brought back to life by the Leszno Society of Friends of Science, whose chief body was "The Leszno Journal" till 2023. Since 2023 the journal has been published and financed by the Stanislaw Grochowiak Town Public Library in Leszno, the State Archive in Leszno and the Regional Museum in Leszno. The annual is a space to present results of academic research, discuss and exchange information regarding history, cultural heritage and contemporary issues, especially those related to south-west Greater Poland (Wielkopolska) and the Greater Poland and Silesian border areas.
The annual is available online as PDF files in Leszno Digital Library (annuals 1-9) and on the websites of the Leszno State Archive (annuals 10-22/23).
Aims:
Since the very beginning "The Leszno Annual" has been closely connected to a wide variety of issues concerning the south-west of Greater Poland and the border areas between Greater Poland and Silesia. It is a humanistic, interdisciplinary publication reaching far beyond specific geographical areas. Other than publishing monographic and review materials the Annual also includes conference texts, source texts (such as memoirs) and translations. The periodical involves a wide spectrum of text types: articles, reviews, literary analyses, polemic, academic chronicles and lists of the latest publications regarding Leszno and the region. One of the permanent elements is also post mortem memoirs of people connected with the region.
The periodical is open to scientists and academics, PhD students, students and regionalists. The condition for the text to be accepted for publication in "The Leszno Annual" is to obtain positive opinions by at least two reviewers (the principle of "double blind"). The texts are published free of charge.
Publishers
Miejska Biblioteka Publiczna
im. Stanisława Grochowiaka w Lesznie
Archiwum Państwowe w Lesznie
Muzeum Okręgowe w Lesznie
ISSN 0137-4036
Contact the editorial office
Miejska Biblioteka Publiczna
im. Stanisława Grochowiaka
Redakcja "Rocznika Leszczyńskiego"
pl. Jana Metziga 25
64-100 Leszno
rocznik@leszno.pl