Memory studies
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Category: XXw, Holocaust, Historic Awards, Grants, fellowships, News, Memory studies, Cultural history
Research Fellowships for Scholars and Graduate Students in the History and Culture of Polish Jews 2017-2018
27 January 2017
The Institute for the History of Polish Jewry and Israel-Poland Relations is pleased to announce that our institute is offering one research fellowship (15,000 NIS) for a scholar permanently based at a university or similar institution of higher education in Poland, who is working on various...
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Category: Conferences, XXw, Polish historiography, Holocaust, News, Political history, Social history, Memory studies
Permanent exhibition presented at Museum of Second World War in Gdańsk
23 January 2017
On Monday, 23 January, the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk hosts a presentation of the permanent exhibition and two panel discussions with historians including members of the museum’s international advisory board, in anticipation of the new institution’s much anticipated opening later...
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Category: XXw, Holocaust, Research projects, News, Social history, Military history, Political history, Memory studies, history of Polish culture
The Auschwitz Jewish Center Fellows Program is now accepting applications
12 December 2016
Since 2000, the AJC Fellows Program has provided a unique educational opportunity for graduate students to learn about the Holocaust in situ in the context of Poland's history and Jewish heritage. Through travel in Poland for three weeks, during which time Fellows visit Krakow, Warsaw, Łódź,...
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Category: Editorial notes, XXw, Polish historiography, Holocaust, sources, News, Social history, Political history, Military history, Memory studies
Witold Pilecki Center for Totalitarian Studies
10 December 2016
The Witold Pilecki Center for Totalitarian Studies, founded in 2016, pursues interdisciplinary research and reflection on the Polish experience of confronting two totalitarian regimes in the twentieth century.
The Second World War began in 1939 with a consecutive attack on Poland by Germany and...
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Category: XXw, Holocaust, News, Memory studies, Political history, Biographies
President Andrzej Duda has posthumously promoted Jan Karski to the rank of Brigadier General
07 December 2016
Jan Karski, who died in 2000 at the age of 86, was a diplomat, army officer and emissary of the Polish underground organizations during the Nazi German occupation of Poland.
"Jan Karski was a great soldier", said Polish President Andrzej Duda on Wednesday when he posthumously...
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Category: Conferences, Lectures, XXw, Holocaust, Discussion, Memory studies, News
Conceptualizations of the Holocaust in Germany, Lithuania, Poland, and Ukraine since the 1990s. Historical Research and Public Debate
28 November 2016
International Conference at the German Historical Institute in Warsaw
Venue: Aleje Ujazdowskie 39
Time: 5-7 December 2016
Program available here
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Category: XXw, Holocaust, Open projects - aplications, Research projects, Grants, fellowships, News, Memory studies
Auschwitz Jewish Center Fellows Program 2017
25 November 2016
The Auschwitz Jewish Center Fellows Program is now accepting applications.
Since 2000, the AJC Fellows Program has provided a unique educational opportunity for graduate students to learn about the Holocaust in situ in the context of Poland's history and Jewish heritage. Through travel in Poland...
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Category: XXw, Holocaust, Historic Awards, News, Social history, Political history, Economic history, Cultural history, Memory studies, Historical Policy
European Museum of the Year awards go to POLIN Museum and European Solidarity Centre
15 November 2016
The European Museum of the Year Award was awarded to the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews which was among 49 nominees from 24 countries. The Council of Europe Museum Prize 2016, awarded during the same ceremony in San Sebastian, Spain, went...
