The ENRS has the pleasure to be the partner of the event, which will take place in Cracow on 25-27 October.
Events from the past, most often related to wars, violence and violation of rights of some social groups by others, are sometimes used in present times as an instrument of international conflicts. By looking at contemporary international relations one may get the impression that the number of conflicts in which a specific historical narrative is employed has been increasing. Accordingly, the convenors of this conference are convinced that by raising this subject-matter one has to resort to methods and acquis of a number of disciplines like political sciences, history, international relations, sociology, social anthropology, social psychology etc.
The programme of the conference inlcudes the keynote lecture "Historical Memory as a Variable: Memory, Identity and Conflict" by Prof. Zheng Wang and seven presentation sessions, as well as a visit to the former German Nazi extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Read the full programme here
Supporting Institutions
• Pedagogical University of Cracow
• Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO), Leipzig
• European Network Remembrance and Solidarity
• Paweł Włodkowic Institute, Wrocław
• German-Polish Science Foundation, Frankfurt/Oder
Convenors
Professor Jan Rydel, Ph.D. (Pedagogical University of Cracow);
Professor Stefan Troebst, Dr. phil. habil., Professor of East European Cultural History,
Leipzig University; Deputy Director, Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of
Eastern Europe, Leipzig
Łukasz Kamiński, Ph.D. (University of Wrocław, the President of the Paweł
Włodkowic Institute)
Organizational Committee
Professor Kazimierz Karolczak, Ph.D. (Rector of the Pedagogical University of
Cracow);
Professor Mariusz Wołos, Ph.D. (Vice-Rector for Research of the Pedagogical
University of Cracow);
Professor Andrzej Kozera, Ph.D. (Dean of the Faculty of Political Science of the
Pedagogical University of Cracow);
Professor Andrzej Jaeschke, Ph.D. (the Head of the Institute of Political Science of the
Faculty of Political Science of the Pedagogical University of Cracow);
Professor Jan Rydel, Ph.D. (Pedagogical University of Cracow);
Professor of the Pedagogical University of Cracow Stefan Bielański, Ph.D.
Professor Stefan Troebst, Dr. phil. habil., Professor of East European Cultural History,
Leipzig University; Deputy Director, Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of
Eastern Europe, Leipzig
Rafał Rogulski (the Head of the Institute of the European Network Remembrance and
Solidarity)
Łukasz Kamiński, Ph.D. (University of Wrocław, the President of the Paweł
Włodkowic Institute)
Secretary of the Organizational Committee of the Conference Przemysław Furgacz, Ph.D.