28.10.2025, 18.00

“Republika pobożnych. Chasydzka historia Polski” (“The Republic of the Pious. The Hasidic History of Poland”) – meeting with Dorota Bidzińska, author of the book

Led by: Jan Grabowski Dorota Bidzińska goes on a journey through Hasidic Poland – once a spiritual center of Europe, today a map of cemeteries and a bunch of almost forgotten stories. She visits places which were once marked by the presence of famous mystics, and searches for the traces of the most important leaders

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22.10.2025, 18.00

New Perspectives. A Contemporary Reading of History: The Shoah. A Meeting with Prof. B. Engelking and Prof. J. Tokarska-Bakir

We would like to invite you to a discussion from the series “New Perspectives. A Contemporary Reading of History”. The panellists of this debate will be Prof. Barbara Engelking and Prof. Joanna Tokarska-Bakir. Led by: Prof. Roma Sendyka Prof. Barbara Engelking – psychologist and sociologist, head of the Center for Holocaust Research at the Institute

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20-22.10.2025

“Jews in Galicia. Histories, Topographies, and Texts”. IV International Conference

From 1772 to 1918, Galicia played a significant role in the history of the Jewish Diaspora, emerging as a vibrant and diverse center of Jewish life within a multicultural environment. The fourth International Conference “Jews in Galicia” will explore three key dimensions of contemporary Galician Jewry: historical, topographical, and textual. The program will

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