Prof. Michael Fleming and dr Wojciech Rappak invite on 8th December 2021 at 6.15 PM GMT, as part of the seminar in cycle "Twentieth Century Polish History", for a book launch „Piętno Zagłady: Wojenna i powojenna historia oraz pamięć żydowskich dzieci ocalałych w Polsce”, by Joanna Beaty Michlic. In Piętno Zagłady Wojenna i powojenna historia […]
The seminar series on twentieth century Polish history was initiated at PUNO in 2013. It provides a forum for scholars and the wider public to engage with new historical scholarship. Scholars from a range of British and Polish universities have presented research in progress and discussed their recent publications. Details of previous seminars can be […]
The seminar series on twentieth century Polish history was initiated at PUNO in 2013. It provides a forum for scholars and the wider public to engage with new historical scholarship. Scholars from a range of British and Polish universities have presented research in progress and discussed their recent publications. Details of previous seminars can be […]
Dr Piotr Puchalski (Pedagogical University of Kraków) Poland and the Colonies: Rethinking the Inter-war Period In his talk, Puchalski will present selected findings from his book Poland in a Colonial World Order: Adjustments and Aspirations, 1918-1939. Contextualising inter-war Poland in a changing world of empires, nation-states, dominions, protectorates, mandates and colonies, the author charts how, […]
Joseph Conrad, Colonialism and Africa. Profesor Robert Hampson (University of London, Institute of English Studies). In this talk, Professor Hampson will consider Conrad’s engagement with colonialism in his African fiction. Although Conrad is associated in the popular mind with Africa, his early fiction drew on his experiences in the Malay Archipelago, and the Malay archipelago […]
Dr hab. Pawel Duber (Nottingham Trent University) Tytus Komarnicki – Dyplomata i uczony (1896-1967) In this seminar, Dr Duber will talk about his forthcoming book: a biography of Tytus Komarnicki, a Polish diplomat, lawyer, and historian. Although nowadays his name is remembered mainly for his achievements as a historian after 1945, Komarnicki was a talented […]
Dear Colleagues, The next twentieth century Polish history seminar will take place on Wednesday (26 October) at 6.15pm via Zoom. Professor Joshua Zimmerman (Yeshiva University, New York) will discuss his new book Jozef Pilsudski: Founding Father of Modern Poland. (See: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674984271 ). The Zoom link is pasted below. Details of forthcoming seminars can be found […]
