Polish studies: today and tomorrow (7)
7th annual conference of the UCL SSEES Polish Studies Research Group and British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies Polish Studies Group, Thursday 4 September 2025.
Polish studies: today and tomorrow (7)
04 Sep 2025, 09:30 – 17:00
Like previous Polish studies events at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES), this event has a workshop format. Speakers will present work in progress. They look forward to receiving friendly and detailed feedback from colleagues united by a common interest in Poland, including Polish migration, but representing different academic disciplines and combinations of disciplines.
The BASEES Polish Studies Group is an international group which ‘aims to enhance discussion on critical perspectives emerging in the field of Polish studies. The group seeks to foster research collaboration and enhance exchanges of ideas and expertise.’ Looking towards the future, one of our main aims is to support dialogue between researchers at different stages of their academic careers.
This year’s conference will be held online on Zoom. If you would like to register and receive a Zoom link, email Anne White, Professor of Polish Studies, SSEES, at anne.white@ucl.ac.uk by 1 September 2025. We welcome attendees who are not affiliated to any university; however, please let Anne know why you’d like to come to the event.
The conference will not be recorded, since the papers present work in progress.
Image credit: Anne White
Panel 1, 9.30-11.30: Self-representation, story-telling and migrant identities
- Annelie Bachmaier ‘Emotions as a Strategic Element of Self-Representation in Female Autobiographical Writing: Zofia Chądzyńska’s "Co mi zostało z tych lat"’
- Marta Wójtowicz ‘White Skin, Slavic Masks: From Mata to Polak GBP’
- Dorota Hrycak-Krzyżanowska ‘Synesthetic Pedagogy and Immersive Digital Storytelling: Intercultural Identity and Heritage Polish Language in the Narratives of Diaspora Youth’
Panel 2, 12.30-14.30: Poles in the United Kingdom
- Ben Dew ‘Visions of Empire: Polish Exiles and the Politics of British Imperialism’
- Lucia Morawska ‘Fighting Two Wars: Jewish Soldiers, Antisemitism, and the Polish Army in Exile’
- Gabriella Elgenius ‘Civil Society and the Mechanisms of Diaspora Framing: a longitudinal study of the Polish civil society in the UK’
Panel 3, 15.00-17.00: Class, mobility and identity in contemporary Poland
- Paweł Charasz and Krzysztof Krakowski: ‘From Nobleman to Businessman: The Enduring Legacy of Poland’s Szlachta’
- Iepke Rijcken, Piotr Goldstein and Maksymilian Awuah, ‘Visualizing Transborder Lifeworlds in the Polish-German Border Region’
- Anne White ‘Ukrainian Refugees and Economic Migrants in Poland: How Different?’
Further information
Ticketing
Pre-booking essential
Cost
Free
Open to
All
Availability
Yes