Debates

Category: XXw, Holocaust, Discussion, News, Social history, Political history, Memory studies, Cultural history, Historical Policy, workshop

"Museums and their Publics at Sites of Conflicted History." International conference, 13-15 March 2017

08 November 2017

 

Divided memories are characteristic of post-communist Europe and in other regions that have experienced totalitarian regimes, wars, mass violence (ethnic cleansing, population transfers), radical border changes, and other disruptions. The present day brings additional tensions: liberal...

Category: Conferences, Lectures, Editorial notes, XXw, Discussion, News, Social history, Political history, Cultural history, Memory studies

"An Atomics of the Self: Czeslaw Milosz's The Captive Mind Re-Revisited- a story of Milosz, communism and the atom bomb in poetry"

22 October 2017

 

The Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in New York City cordially invites you to the lecture by Prof. Christopher Caes on "An Atomics of the Self: Czeslaw Milosz's The Captive Mind Re-Revisited- a story of Milosz, communism and the atom bomb in poetry".

If you want to attend a...

Category: Conferences, Meeting, Research projects, Discussion, News, Political history, Social history, Economic history, Cultural history

Democracy beyond the nation?

04 August 2017

How can democracy be collectively shaped in today's Europe? How can it be observed beyond the concept of a nation? What dangers and challenges currently threaten democracy?

We invite 100 young people 18 years and older to participate in a European democracy project in Eisenach and work together to...

Category: Conferences, 16th - 18th century, Discussion, News, Social history, Political history, Memory studies, history of Polish culture

The III Congress of International Researchers of Polish History - October 11-14, 2017 in Kraków

28 June 2017

 

The III Congress of International Researchers of Polish History will take place on October 11-14, 2017 in Kraków. This congress occurs every five years and is a cyclical meeting of academics from throughout the world who, in their research, address not only problems associated with Polish history...

Category: XXw, Regional history, Holocaust, Discussion, News, Social history, Political history, Economic history, Cultural history, Memory studies

The Lublin Museum and its castle chapel frescos: an interview with Director Katarzyna Mieczkowska

23 June 2017

 

Director Mieczkowska discusses the remarkable Russo-Byzantine frescos in Lublin and present research being conducted on them, as well as her museum's current exhibitions and major renovation plans for 2018.

 

Alan Lockwood: It will be important to discuss your museum's history and its current...

Category: Conferences, XXw, Polish historiography, Discussion, News, Political history, Social history, Military history, Cultural history, Economic history

Program of the PIASA Conference in Kraków (16-18 June 2017)

31 May 2017

 

The Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America organizes in Kraków the Sixth World Congress on Polish Studies together with the Polska Akademia Umiejętności and the University of Gdańsk.

PIASA has organized annual conferences since 1942. Their main purpose is to convene experts from the...

Category: Lectures, XXw, Meeting, Editorial note, Research projects, Discussion, News, Economic history, Cultural history, Memory studies

Grodno: city, region, memory - talk in Kraków

31 March 2017

 

April 3, (Monday), 6:00 p.m.

A lecture by Katarzyna Konczewska in the open lectures cycle organised by the Academy of Heritage

Lecture in Polish, free entrance

 

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Category: Conferences, XXw, Research projects, Discussion, News, Military history, Social history, Memory studies, Cultural history, history of Polish culture

PIASA conference in Kraków in 2017- Call for Papers

31 March 2017

The Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America is pleased to invite proposals for its 75th Annual Conference to be held in conjunction with the Polska Akademia Umiejętności (Polish Academy of Learning) in Kraków, Poland, June 16-18, 2017.

Proposals are solicited for complete sessions or...