Dear Colleagues, The next twentieth century Polish history seminar will take place on Wednesday 23 November at 6.15pm via Zoom. Judith Vocker (University of Leicester) will give a presentation titledIn the Name of the German Nation” The German jurisdiction in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation of the General Government (1939-1944). Details of forthcoming seminars can […]
Dear Colleagues, next twentieth century Polish history seminar will take place on Wednesday 18 January at 6.15pm Dr Janek Gryta (University of Wales Trinity Saint David) will give a presentation titled Between assimilation and emigration. Identity building amongst Polish Jews in the 1950s and 1960s. The Zoom link is pasted below. Details of forthcoming seminars […]
The next Polish history seminar will take place on Wednesday 1 February at 6.15pm via Zoom.Dr Agnieszka Pasieka (University of Bayreuth) will give a presentation titledUnwanted heirs: The Solidarity movement and youth far-right activists in contemporary Poland. .Zoom meeting: Details of forthcoming seminars can be found at : https://puno.ac.uk/struktura-puno/zaklad-wspolczesnej-kultury-brytyjskiej-seminaria/ Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81774455393?pwd=NVl1Nlg1SG1HckdyZnY5WTM4eERXdz09 Meeting ID: 817 […]
The next Polish history seminar will take place on Tuesday, 28th February 2023 at 6:15 PM Piotr Paziński (author, jurnalist) will give a presentation titledDiscussion on Bird Streets. Details of forthcoming seminars can be found at : https://puno.ac.uk/struktura-puno/zaklad-wspolczesnej-kultury-brytyjskiej-seminaria/ In order to participate, please register via Eventbrite at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bird-streets-tickets-513249251327
dr Wojtek Rappak (PUNO) Some reflections in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Time: Apr 19, 2023 06:00 PM London https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88000665951?pwd=eXJVeUNFWVJlRUNkZ2hzd0pINWdrdz09 Meeting ID: 880 0066 5951 Passcode: 000007 Exactly 80 years ago, on April 19th 1943, about a thousand young Jewish fighters attacked various German positions in the Warsaw ghetto. The […]
Professor Colin Clarke (University of Oxford) Germany’s Persecution of the German Jews, Evisceration of Poland and Exploitation of the Ghettoes Time: Apr 19, 2023 06:00 PM London Topic: Polish University Abroad LONDON's Zoom Meeting - History Seminar Time: May 10, 2023 06:00 PM London Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84554589215?pwd=SGF5ajg2Vlo0MHBCSHdnZ1FyRUhEQT09 Meeting ID: 845 5458 9215 Passcode: 844502
"People's History of Poland" - methodology and reception "People's History of Poland" sold more than 70,000 copies on the Polish market and sparked a lively debate about the presence of lower classes in historical consciousness in present day Poland. In my presentation, I will talk about the ideas behind my book and its reception. Adam […]
„W naszych hałaśliwych czasach o wiele łatwiej jest przyznać się do swoich wad, przynajmniej jeśli są atrakcyjnie opakowane, niż rozpoznać własne zalety, ponieważ są one ukryte głębiej i sam w nie do końca nie wierzysz…” /W. Szymborskiej/ Ronald Reagan powiedział kiedyś: „Polska nie jest Wschodem ani Zachodem. Polska leży w centrum cywilizacji europejskiej. Wniósł ogromny […]
The next seminar in PUNO’s Polish History Seminar series will take place on Wednesday, 15 May at 6.30pm. Please find details below. On Saturday 18 May, PUNO's Unit of European History hosts an online conference titled 'The Politics of History and Memory in Poland in the 20 and 21st Century - Between Continuity and Change'. […]
19 June 2024 Professor Havi Dreifuss (University of Tel Aviv) Facing the Unthinkable: Initial Responses of Polish Jews to the Mass Murder Polish Jews were confronted with news of the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question" through various channels, eliciting diverse reactions. This lecture examines their initial responses to the systematic mass murder, with […]
The Cinema of Good Change: The Populist Politics of History and Memory on Polish Movie Screens, 2015-2023 This paper examines politics of history and memory in Polish cinema during the rule of the Law and Justice party from 2015 to 2023. First, it explores feature films that glorified the mythologised community of the ‘Accursed Soldiers’ […]
Migration Status as Ethnicity: Natives, Migrants and Refugees in Postwar Poland Poland famously became ‘ethnically homogeneous’ during and immediately after the Second World War, as its previous minority populations were either killed during the Nazi occupation, forced to emigrate, and left outside of Poland’s post-1945 frontiers. And yet, across the western half of the country, […]
