Workshop on Contemporary Poland

This one-day workshop is intended for scholars and students of contemporary Polish politics and society. Participants, all researchers based in the UK, will present their work in progress on a range of topical issues. The aim is to allow plenty of time for discussion.

The workshop will be held in Common Ground, South Wing, Wilkins Building, University College London.* If you would like to attend, please write to the organiser, Anne White, Professor of Polish Studies, at anne.white@ucl.ac.uk.

The workshop is funded by the Grabowski Fund. 

Programme

11:00 Coffee

11:30 Anna Gwiazda (Kings College London) ‘The effectiveness of gender quotas in Poland’

12:15 Aleks Szczerbiak (University of Susses) 'Why did Poland adopt a radical lustration law in 2006?'

13:00 Lunch

13:40 Anne White (UCL SSEES) 'The influence of migration in Polish cities: a Wrocław case study'

14:25 Aleksandra Kubica (Kings College London) 'Moving memory: POLIN's travelling project and neglected Jewish narratives in rural Poland'

3:10 Tea

3:30 Discussion about organising further events

4:15 End of workshop

* Common Ground (UCL Institute of Advanced Studies) is located on the south side of the main UCL quadrangle. Map