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August Zaleski Memorial Lecture in Modern Polish History

Confronting a Hostile State: Scholars of the Holocaust in Poland

March 25, 2021
11:00am - 12:00pm
Virtual/RSVP Required
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August Zaleski Memorial Lecture in Modern Polish History

Confronting a Hostile State: Scholars of the Holocaust in Poland

March 25, 2021
11:00am - 12:00pm
Virtual/RSVP Required
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Barbara Engelking
Speaker
Barbara Engelking
Founder and Director, Polish Center of Holocaust Research, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences
Jan Grabowski
Speaker
Jan Grabowski
Professor of History, University of Ottawa
Derek J. Penslar
Discussant
Derek J. Penslar
William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Seminar Chair, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University; Director, The Center for Jewish Studies, Harvard University; Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of History, Harvard University

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Grzegorz Ekiert
Grzegorz Ekiert
Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Government, Harvard University; Resident Faculty & Director (2012-2023), Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University
 
March 25, 2021
11:00am - 12:00pm
Virtual/RSVP Required
Video recording 1h:26m

Barbara Engelking and Jan Grabowski will discuss their book Night Without an End: The Fate of Jews in Selected Counties of Occupied Poland (Polish Center for Holocaust Research, 2018) and the reasons why their research triggered a hostile reaction from the Polish state. They will discuss the challenges facing scholars of the Holocaust in today’s Poland and the details of the court case which triggered international interest.

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