‘Remembering the Neoliberal Turn: Economic Change and Collective Memory in Eastern Europe after 1989’

How are the post-1989 economic reforms remembered today in Central and Eastern Europe? How do these memories differ and to what extent do they contribute to the current political climate? How do they affect our current understanding of the post-1989 period, and what counter-memories have they triggered?  All these questions will serve as a starting…


13th Genealogies of Memory. Pandemics, famines and industrial disasters of the 20th and 21st centuries

How individuals cope with the memory of traumatic large-scale events (such as wars, famines, pandemics, natural or industrial disasters) has long been of great interest to social sciences such as psychology, psychotraumatology or sociology. But how are the memory and reality of dramatic past events experienced and worked through at a collective level. Why do…


The Mieroszewski Scholarship Programme "Research in Poland"

The Mieroszewski Scholarship Programme “Research in Poland” provides financial support to foreigners engaged in scientific research activities related to the history, political situation, culture and heritage of the peoples of Central and Eastern Europe. Research activities in these areas are an important pillar of contemporary knowledge and cultural identity formation. Developing research in these areas…


Against the Holocaust: Jewish Resistance. Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and examples from the Vilnius region

We invite you to the webinar “Against the Holocaust: Jewish Resistance. Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and examples from the Vilnius region”. The webinar dedicated to Jewish resistance to the Holocaust as exemplified by the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and various forms of Jewish resistance in the Vilnius region (Lithuania) will be held online on 29 March 2023,…



Secret Agents and Secret Codes: The Polish Factor in WWII

Who was Krystyna Skarbek and why was she called Churchill’s favourite female secret agent? How was Enigma broken and how did the Poles manage to do something the English and French could not? We invite you to the event “Secret Agents and Secret Codes: The Polish Factor in WWII”! The event organised by Ognisko Polskie,…


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