SSEES 100: A Sociologist Abroad - Understanding Poland Under Communism聽
26 March 2015, 6:00 pm鈥8:00 pm
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Bentham B31 Denys Holland LT, 果冻影院, 1-2 Endsleigh Street, London WC1H 0DS
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A Centenary M B Grabowski Memorial Lecture 2015 presented by Professor George聽Kolankiewicz
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Over the last few years, there has emerged a growing publishing industry aimed at providing images and insights in what life was like in Poland under communism for those who were barely touched by it.
This does not conceal the discomfort expressed by Polish sociologists as to their own lack of foresight of the sudden collapse of that type of system, in part brought about by 聽within which many of them were embedded.
The lecture will argue that from the point of view of someone who travelled in and out of Poland over the last 45 years, a sociological 鈥渙utsider鈥, this reflexive guilt is misplaced and that the very survival of Polish sociology during these years provided an important resource for understanding People鈥檚 Poland with all its absurdities and achievements. Furthermore it was well placed to engage in the building of the new Poland when it eventually emerged contributing to the undoubted success story.
George Kolankiewicz is an Emeritus Professor of Sociology and former Director of 果冻影院 SSEES.聽