The Accidental Metropolis? Jewish Łódź from 1800 to present

From POLIN:

The history of Łódź is inextricably linked with that of its Jewish community, one of the most important in Eastern Europe before World War II.

• August 25-27, 2024 (Sunday – Tuesday), POLIN Museum in Warsaw, Poland
• Featuring a keynote address by Natalia Aleksiun (University of Florida), 
  "Between Shtetl and Metropolis: Writing Jewish Urban History in East Central Europe"
• Registration is mandatory. Register →
• Program in PDF →
• Accesible version of conference program below
• More information: geop@polin.pl

In commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the liquidation of the Litzmannstadt Ghetto, POLIN Museum and its partners are organizing a groundbreaking event for scholarly discussion and collaboration. This conference featuring seven panels and a keynote address will take place on August 25-27 at POLIN Museum in Warsaw. The event will feature the newest research from an interdisciplinary perspective on the history of the Jewish community in Łódź before, during, and after the Holocaust, drawing on such fields as history, memory studies, cultural studies, urban studies, economics, and the arts.

Conference program →

The conference will be audio and video recorded.

More information about the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the liquidation of Litzmannstadt Ghetto.