Editorial note
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Category: XXw, New publications, Editorial note, News, Political history, Social history, Reviews
Return to Ukraine by Ania Savage
29 September 2014
Nearly fifty years after fleeing Ukraine during World War II, Ania Savage returned with her mother and aunttheir first trip back to their homeland. In this riveting account of the journey, she records both the changes they found in Ukraine in the early days of post Soviet existence and the...
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Category: New publications, XXw, Holocaust, Editorial note, News, 19th century, 15 th century
Jerusalem of Lithuania: A Reader in Yiddish Cultural History - book release
15 September 2014
Jerusalem of Lithuania: A Reader in Yiddish Cultural History by Jerold C. Frakes contains cultural, literary, and historical readings in Yiddish that vividly chronicle the central role Vilnius (Lithuania) played in Jewish culture throughout the past five centuries.
It includes many examples...
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Category: New publications, XXw, Meeting, Editorial note, Discussion, News, Political history, Memory studies, Historical Policy, History of political thought
A Dialogue on Cultural Memory in the Regions of Ukraine, Lithuania and Belarus - book release
21 August 2014
The new book A Dialogue on Cultural Memory in the Regions of Ukraine, Lithuania and Belarus has been published by the Polish History Museum in Warsaw. The main editors are Alvydas Nikentaitis and Michał Kopczyński, and the volume compiles results from discussions held in 2011 and 2012 during a...
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Category: New publications, Open projects - aplications, Editorial note, News, Social history, Cultural history, Memory studies
Call for Papers: Czas Kultury's "Polish Studies" issue
08 July 2014
The editors of Czas Kultury, a bi-monthly publication dedicated to topics related to contemporary issues in culture and society, founded in the 1980s., have opened a call for papers for the forthcoming issue entilted "Polish Studies", stating that:
"We give a voice to people...
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Category: New publications, XXw, Editorial note, News
Solidarity Revolution by Andrzej Friszke - press release
17 March 2014
Solidarity Revolution is a new work by Andrzej Friszke, distinguished Polish historian, active with Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Science, lecturer at Collegium Civitas, author of books about communist-era Poland: Przystosowanie i opór. Studia z dziejów PRL (2007),...
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Category: New publications, XXw, Holocaust, News, sources, Editorial note
The Open Library’s collection of Jewish authors opens today
06 February 2014
Michał Friedman’s Library of Jewish Authors, available online, is a collection of texts written in Yiddish and translated to Polish by Friedman.
The collection’s title makes reference to a famous series published in the late 20th century by Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie. The Open Library...
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Category: New publications, XXw, Editorial note, News
Entangled Protest: Transnational Approaches to the History of Dissent in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union
10 December 2013
Entangled Protest: Transnational Approaches to the History of Dissent in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, edited by Robert Brier - book preview
Starting in the late 1960s, a new form of political protest emerged in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Usually referred to as 'dssent'...
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Category: Historic Awards, Editorial note, News
Klio 2013 Awards have been announced
06 December 2013
Since 1995 the Clio Awards are presented annually at the opening of the History Book Fair in Warsaw. The awards aim to recognize and honor the Polish authors and publishers of works of history making special contributions to the popularization of the field.
In the 2013 edition, among 165...
