IPS PAS

“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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5th Conference of the Richard Pipes Laboratory of the IPS, PAS – Imperialism, Decolonization, Agency. Historical and Political Discourses of Power in the Global East – guests

We already know the plenary guests of the V Conference by Richard Pipes’ Laboratory IPS PAS: „5th Conference of the Richard Pipes Laboratory of the IPS, PAS – Imperialism, Decolonization, Agency. Historical and Political Discourses of Power in the Global East”.

Prof. Jie-Hyun Lim of Sogang University in Seul, a historian specializing in studies about memory, nationalism, and history in the transnational aspect.

Prof. Madina Tiostanova of Linköping University in Sweden, specializing in postcolonialism, feminism and decolonialism.

Prof. Jonathan Daly of University Of Ilinois Chicago, a historian specializing in history of Russia and in ideas of civilization.

Mykoła Riabczuk, a Ukrainian intellectualist, essayist and literary critic. Award winner of the POLKUL Foundation for promoting good relations between Poland and Ukraine (1999) and the Polish-Ukrainian Reconciliation Award (2002).

You can find more about the plenar guests and conference here: https://tiny.pl/7nkw01rh

Deadline for the individual applications is prolonged until April 20th.

Conference co-financed from the state budget, allocated by the Minister of Science as part of the Excellent Science II Program.

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Russia and Ukraine: Entangled Histories, Diverging States – seminar

Richard Pipes Laboratory at the Institute of Political Studies PAS cordially invites for the seminar:
Russia and Ukraine: Entangled Histories, Diverging States

Discussion around the book with Authors.

Guests:
Prof. Maria Popova, McGill University
Prof. Oxana Shevel, Tufts University

Chair:
dr Aleksandra Spalińska, Institute of Political Studies PAS

March 25th 2025
2pm CET, 1pm GMT, 9am EST
on the Zoom Platform

Registration link:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/sAl1cV7-RoK7LglFcfeoiQ

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