Richard Pipes Laboratory

“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

5th Conference of the Richard Pipes Laboratory of the Institute of Political Studies PAS “Imperialism, Decolonization, Agency. Historical and Political Discourses of Power in the Global East”.

The Conference will be held on 13-14 November 2025 in Staszic Palace, Warsaw (on-site format).

The theme of this year’s conference centers on imperialism, decolonization, and the agency of the postsocialist/postcolonial Global East. We understand the Global East primarily as the space of the former Cold War Second World together with border areas, for example, the former Yugoslavia.

Building on the traditions of Sovietology and Eastern Studies, while strongly encouraging the historical and research experiences of this part of the world, we aim to reflect on the current state and prospects of Global East research and studies.

Conference fees:
● Full fee: 100 euro/500 PLN
● Partial fee (for PhD students, and independent researchers): 50 euro/250 PLN

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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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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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Russia and Ukraine: Entangled Histories, Diverging States. Discussion Around the Book with Authors

Richard Pipes Laboratory IPS PAS invites you to the meeting: „Russia and Ukraine: Entangled Histories, Diverging States. Discussion Around the Book with Authors”.

When? March 25th 2025, 2:00 pm

Where? Zoom Platform

Registration link: : https://zoom.us/meeting/register/sAl1cV7-RoK7LgIFcfeoiQ#/registration

The discussion will be held in English.

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Aleksander Etkind – Russia versus Modernity – discussion

Richard Pipes Laboratory IPS PAS invites you to a discussion with Aleksander Etkind. It will be focused on his book, „Russia versus Modernity” (published by Krytyka Polityczna).

When? February 27th 2025, 5:30 pm

Where? Oleandrów 2/4 Street, IPS PAS Library and Zoom Platform

Registration link: https://tiny.pl/v-r0b9wv

Facebook event: https://tiny.pl/h3sm3jkp

The discussion will be held in English and transmited live on the IPS PAS YouTube channel.

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Hegemonic or Heterogeneous? Turkish Politics of Memory – meeting

On behalf of the Richard Pipes Laboratory at the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences, we cordially invite you to a meeting entitled: “Hegemonic or Heterogeneous? Turkish Politics of Memory.”

When? December 16, 4:00 p.m.

Where? Zoom platform

Registration link: https://tiny.pl/h_rj85n4

The meeting will be held in English.

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