The 11th International Forum of Young Scholars on East European Jewry took place in Wrocław on July 3-7, 2022.
Taube Department of Jewish Studies of the University of Wrocław served as a host of this session.
This session of the Forum was organized in cooperation with the Harriman Institute and the Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies at Columbia University, the Leibniz Institute for Jewish History and Culture – Simon Dubnow are co-sponsors of this event and the University of Florida.
Visit Photo Gallery of the Wroclaw Forum here
Schedule of Activities
July 3, Sunday
15:45 Meeting in the Taube Department Building, 2nd floor,
Assembly hall/main lecture hall. Św. Jadwigi 3/4, Wrocław
16:00 – 16:30 Orientation at the University of Wrocław. Greetings and technical clarifications.
16:30 – 17:30 Brief introductions by Forum participants. Presentation: Jewish studies at the University of Wrocław.
17:30 – 18:00 Coffee break
18:00 - 19:30 Research presentations (Group A).
20:00 Dinner
July 4, Monday
09:00 – 10:30 Research presentations (Group B).
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11.00 - 12.30 Workshop: Grants Strategies: From Research to Post-Doc
12:30- 14:00 Lunch
14:00 -15:30 Workshop: Seeking Employment and Preparing for Job Talks
15:30 Tour: “Wrocław Past and Present”.
Free evening.
July 5, Tuesday
09:00 – 10:30 Research presentations (Group C).
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 -13.00 Workshops: Organizing Workshops and Conferences:
Conceptualization, Making it Happen, Outcomes.
Presenting Effectively at Academic Conferences.
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch
14:30 – 16:30 Consultations with senior scholars (in small groups).
16:30 Facing History in Making: War and the Refugee Crisis in Ukraine and Poland – visit the refugees center in Wrocław.
Free evening
July 6, Wednesday
9:00 – 10:30 Research presentations (Group D)
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:30 Workshop: Academic Teaching Skills
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 16:30 Tour: Wrocław Old Jewish Cemetery
16:30 – 17:00 Coffee break
17:00-18:30 Research presentations by young scholars (Group E)
19:00 Dinner
July 7, Thursday
9:00 – 10:30 Research presentations (Group F)
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:30 Workshop: Publishing Strategies – When, What and How?
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 -15:30 Discussion: Common Grounds of Scholarship on Jewish and non-Jewish Soviet/Communist – Post-Soviet/ Post-Communist History
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 Closing session (feedback, remarks, looking ahead, etc.).
19:00 Concluding dinner
List of participants and senior staff members:
|
1 |
Paula |
Ansaldo |
University of Buenos Aires |
|
2 |
Mariann |
Farkas |
Tel Aviv University |
|
3 |
Sam |
Finkelman |
University of Pennsylvania |
|
4 |
Samuel |
Glauber-Zimra |
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev |
|
5 |
Rachelle |
Grossman |
Harvard University |
|
6 |
Sylvia |
Hershcovitz |
Bar-Ilan University |
|
7 |
Aleksandra |
Jakubczak |
Columbia University |
|
8 |
Lana |
Kupiec |
ERLIS-University of Caen, Normandy |
|
9 |
Dorota |
Kurek |
University of Szczecin |
|
10 |
Ekaterina |
Oleshkevich |
Bar-Ilan University |
|
11 |
Norman |
Salusa |
Selma Stern Center for Jewish Studies at Humboldt University Berlin |
|
12 |
Andrey |
Shlyakhter |
Kennan Institute, Wilson Center |
|
13 |
Jakob |
Stürmann |
Leibniz Institute for Jewish History and Culture – Simon Dubnow |
|
14 |
Iulia-Maria |
Ticărău |
”Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu |
|
15 |
Thomas |
Varkonyi |
Universität Wien |
|
16 |
Brett |
Winestock |
Leibniz-Institut für jüdische Geschichte und Kultur - Semion Dubnow |
|
17 |
Franciszek |
Zakrzewski |
École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales |
Senior staff members:
| Prof. | Natalia | Aleksiun | University of Florida |
| Dr. | Elisabeth | Gallas | Leibniz Institute for Jewish History and Culture – Simon Dubnow |
| Dr. | Semion | Goldin | The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| Dr. | Kamil | Kijek | University of Wrocław |
| Prof. | Rebecca | Kobrin | Columbia University |
| Prof. | Eli | Lederhendler | The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| Prof. | Anna | Sternshis | University of Toronto |
| Prof. | Marcin | Wodziński | University of Wrocław |