Blanka Pela

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New Issue of Journal of European Integration to mark the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine

We invite you to read the new article of IPS PAS’ researchers  – Karolina Borońska-Hryniewiecka and Monika Sus.
📄 „The illusion of convergence? Exploring the patterns of (de-)politicisation of Russia’s war against Ukraine in the European Parliament”
The article was published in a special issue of  Journal of European Integration 48(2) „War Fatigue: The Re-Politicization of the Ukraine War”
All articles are open access — feel free to read, share, and discuss:
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Blanka PelaMar 04 , Comments Disabled

We Announce the Passing of Prof. Andrzej Paczkowski

It is with great sadness that we received the news of the death of Prof. Andrzej Paczkowski, an outstanding historian, activist of the democratic opposition during the communist era in Poland, co-founder of our institute, and long-time head of the Department of Contemporary Political History. Professor Paczkowski was the founder of the underground Solidarity Archives and the author of fundamental works on, among other things, the history of the press, the history of the security apparatus and the political system of the Polish People’s Republic, and strategies of social resistance. His studies on the background to the introduction of martial law – “The Road to the ‘Lesser Evil’” and “The Polish-Jaruzelski War” – have become part of the canon of Polish historiography; his books “The Black Book of Communism” and “The Spring Will Be Ours” brought him international renown.

In the deceased, we bid farewell to a friend, colleague, and mentor to generations of Polish historians. The death of Prof. Paczkowski is a great loss for Polish science and public debate.

 

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Blanka PelaJan 26 , , Comments Disabled

“The Rise and Fall of the Bund in Poland.1944-1949” – book discussion

Richard Pipes Laboratory of Institute of Political Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences invites you to a discussion meeting around the book “The Rise and Fall of the Bund in Poland. 1944-1949”, published by Peter Lang, 2025.

The guest of the meeting will be the author of the book, Dr Martyna Rusiniak-Karwat.

Commentary: Dr Piotr Kędziorek

Chair: Dr Bartłomiej Krzysztan

When: November 17th 2025, 12:00 am

Where: Zoom Platfor

Registration link:

https://zoom.us/meeting/register/WApwqPMdQzqkjtNsqUAtZw#/registration

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Blanka PelaNov 12 , , Comments Disabled

Bartłomiej Krzysztan’s ”Representations of Collective Memory in Georgia, Armenia, Abkhazia and Nagorno Karabakh. The Political, Memory and Power” – seminar

We invite you to participate in a seminar by PoSoCoMeS (Post-Socialist and Comparative Memory Studies).

The main guest will be PhD Bartłomiej Krzysztan (IPS PAS).

When? Monday, October 6th 2025, 5:30 pm

Where? Zoom Platform

During the meeting Bartłomiej Krzysztan will introduce and talk about his book, „Representations of Collective Memory in Georgia, Armenia, Abkhazia and Nagorno Karabakh. The Political, Memory and Power”.

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Blanka PelaOct 03 Comments Disabled

Call for papers 2026 – Game for the Arctic

CALL FOR PAPERS 2026

The editorial board of “International Affairs” invites submissions for the tematic issue Game for the Arctic.

Deadline: by June 30, 2026
Via the journal’s submission platform: https://czasopisma.isppan.waw.pl/sm/about/submissions
Information and detailed guidelines for authors: http://czasopisma.isppan.waw.pl/index.php/sm/about/submissions
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Blanka PelaSep 07Comments Disabled

Ukrainian communities in Poland: relations and discourses – conference

In partnership with KBnM PAN and Centre of Migration Research we invite you to submit your ideas for presentations at the conference:
”Ukrainian communities in Poland: relations and discourses”
Warsaw, Staszic Palace
December 3-5, 2025
We invite representative of the social sciences and humanities to submit proposals for academic papers presenting the latest knowledge on various Ukrainian communities in Poland, their mutual relations, and their relations with Polish society as a whole.
Please submit your proposals using the application form (https://forms.gle/u9e9WFPNrnA2undm7) by August 20, 2025.
The conference “Ukrainian communities in Poland: relations and discourses” is financed by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education.
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Blanka PelaJul 21Comments Disabled

Seminar – Collective Memory in Post-Soviet Kaliningrad Oblast. Discussion around the book with the Author.

Richard Pipes Laboratory at the Institute of Political Studies PAS cordially invites for the seminar:
Collective Memory in Post-Soviet Kaliningrad Oblast. Discussion around the book with the Author.

Guests:
Miłosz J. Cordes, author of the book Collective Memory in Post-Soviet Kaliningrad
Oblast, DIS Study Abroad/Danish Foreign Policy Society;
Krzysztof Żęgota, The Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Warmia and
Mazury in Olsztyn.

Chair:
Iwona Reichardt, Deputy Editor-in-Chief for New Eastern Europe.
30th June 2025
12:00 am on the Zoom Platform
Registration link:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/PBBaSO1NR3qw7PNZV7qxwA

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Blanka PelaJun 30 , Comments Disabled