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Like previous听Polish听studies听events at SSEES, this event has a workshop format. Speakers will present work in progress. They look forward to receiving friendly听and听detailed feedback from colleagues united by a common interest in Poland, including听Polish听migration, but representing different academic disciplines and combinations of disciplines. The BASEES听Polish听Studies听Group is an international group which 鈥榓ims to enhance discussion on critical perspectives emerging in the field of听Polish听studies...The group seeks to foster research collaboration听and听enhance exchanges of ideas听and听expertise.鈥� Looking towards the future, one of our main aims is to support dialogue between researchers at different stages of their academic careers.听听

This year鈥檚 conference will be held online on Zoom.听If you would like to register and receive a Zoom link, email Anne White, Professor of听Polish听Studies, SSEES, at听anne.white@ucl.ac.uk听by 5 September 2022. We welcome attendees who are not affiliated to any university; however, please let Anne know why you鈥檇 like to come to the event. The conference will not be recorded, since the papers present work in progress.

Abstracts

Conference Programme

Thursday 8 September

9.30-9.40: Introduction

9.40-11.00: Unrest in partitioned Poland

Antoni Porayski-Pomsta, 鈥楶lebeian sociability and the state in the urban outskirts of Russian Poland (1880-1915)鈥�

Natalia Gromakova, 鈥楶olish public activity in the 19th century: the Galician dimension鈥�

11.10-1.10: Tatar and Polish identities

Kelsey Weber, 鈥樷�淚 do it to show my culture鈥�: dance, representation, and the body among Polish Tatars鈥�

Josef Butler, 鈥楶olsko艣膰 in Exile: Polish identity through the prism of the 茅migr茅 milieu鈥�

Micha艂 Garapich, 鈥楾ransnational populism and whiteness: what are we missing when talking about Polish immigrants鈥� post-Brexit uncertainties?鈥�

2.00-3.20:听 Jews and Jewishness in communist-era Poland and beyond

Janek Gryta, 鈥楤etween emigration and withdrawal: memory work as an example of Jewish agency in Gierek鈥檚 Poland鈥�

Rachel Moss, 鈥�Skrzypek as synecdoche: Polish-Jewishness in Fiddler on the Roof鈥�

3.40-5.00: Migration in Wielkopolska today

Izabella Main, 鈥�Medical experiences and access to healthcare of immigrants in Poznan and Wielkopolska Region鈥�

Anne White, 鈥楪ender, class and strategy in Polish return migration to smaller cities: a case study of Kalisz and Pi艂a鈥�

Friday 9 September

9.00-11.00: World War II war crimes and international justice

Wojtek听Rappak, 鈥楯an Karski: the story and the history鈥�

Michael Fleming, 鈥楶olish jurists and international justice during the Second World War鈥櫶�

Jenny Grant, '鈥漈he Least We Can Do鈥�: Gunnersbury and the weaponisation of Katyn memorials in the late Cold War鈥�

11.10-12.30:听 Language and literature in exile

Juliette Bretan, 鈥樷�漌ords beyond the life of ships dream on鈥�: Conrad, language and foreignness鈥�

Ola Sidorkiewicz 鈥楶laying Chopin backwards: Stefan Themerson鈥檚 General Piesc as an unholy 茅migr茅鈥�

1.30-3.30: Politics and law

Dominika Pszcz贸艂kowska, 鈥楢re they building a 鈥渟econd Ireland鈥� in Poland? Political remitting by Polish migrants and return migrants from Ireland鈥�

Aleks Szczerbiak, 鈥�Abandoning the 鈥渃onservative anchor鈥�? The Polish Civic Platform's changing attitude towards the religious-secular divide鈥�

Agnieszka Kubal, 鈥楺ueer Coalition? The crisis of justice in Poland and the LGBT rights before the Polish courts鈥�

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