“Between Experience and Memory: Refuge and Asylum in Polish-Jewish History, Politics, and Culture”, September 2023

Źródło: POLIN

Organizers:

• Haifa University
• Jagiellonian University

The workshop "Between Experience and Memory: Refuge and Asylum in Polish-Jewish History, Politics, and Culture" intends to track the many ways in which Polish Jews experienced refuge and asylum, and re-examine the memory of this experience and its impact on modern Polish-Jewish history, in particular politics and culture.

By complementing the discussion of refuge with the analysis of the experience of asylum, it seeks to challenge the longstanding narratives and shift the scholarly focus from persecution and victimhood to a holistic approach to the phenomenon of displacement.

Global Education Outreach Program

The mission of the Global Education Outreach Program (GEOP) is to promote Polish-Jewish studies internationally by supporting research and scholarly exchange on the history and culture of Polish Jews. It aims to bring together scholars in Poland with those in other countries and ensure the development of a new generation for Polish-Jewish studies.

Thanks to GEOP, POLIN Museum partners with universities and research institutions in Poland and worldwide. For over 6 years now the POLIN Museum has organized within GEOP 9 international conferences, 41 open lectures, 19 research workshops and 6 editions of doctoral seminars. We hosted 17 fellows and reached a total of over 150 000 viewers and participants. By subscribing to the GEOP newsletter, you will not miss any calls for proposals.

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