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LECTURES
THE
HISTORY, CULTURE AND TRADITION OF THE JEWS AND JEWISH CULTURE IN POLAND
This
lecture series presents the history of the Jewish presence and the activities
of Jewish communities on Polish soil. The lecturers have included Prof.
Shevah Weiss, Prof. Jerzy Wyrozumski, Jerzy Halbersztat, Rafael F. Scharf,
Prof. Anna Kuligowska-Korzeniewska, Jan Doktór, Jerzy Kichler and Konstanty
Gebert. There have also been meetings with Rabbi Sacha Pecaric on the
occasion of Jewish holidays.
HOLOCAUST
The history of the Holocaust of Polish and European Jews. The lecturers
have included Simon Wiesenthal, Jochen August, Marian Turski, Ryszard
M. Groński, Rev. Dr. Manfred Deselears, and the former Nazi concentration
camp inmates August Kowalczyk, Henryk Mandelbaum, Elisa Springer (Italy),
Prof. Józef Szajna, Dr. Edwin Opoczyński, Halina Birenbaum (Israel)
and Shlomo Venezia (Italy).
ENCOUNTERS
OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY
Lectures on what they have in common, and what differentiates them.
The speakers have included Rev. Stanisław Musiał SJ, Pastor Petra Held
(Jerusalem), Pastor Julian Hatała, Rev. Prof. Łukasz Kamykowski, Rev.
Prof. Michał Czajkowski, Stefan Wilkanowicz and Rev. Prof. John Pawlikowski
(Chicago).
THE
BIBLE AND HISTORY
A series of lectures by Jewish and Christian scholars devoted to the
Bible and the state of research on it. The lecturers have included Prof.
Adam Zertal (Israel), Andre Lemaire (France), Prof. Henry Zvi Szubin
(U.S.A.), Rev. Prof. Jerzy Chmiel and Prof. Izabela Jaruzelska.
POLES
AND JEWS - ONCE AGAIN?
In this series, Prof. Jan Woleński invites guest speakers to explore
and diagnose Polish-Jewish relations and their prospects. The idea for
this series of meetings arose as a result of the great discussion in
Poland elicited by the book Neighbors by Jan T. Gross. So far Prof.
Woleński's guests have included Rabbi Michael Schudrich, Dr. Stanisław
Krajewski, Prof. Jerzy Jedlicki, Sergiusz Kowalski, Rev. Prof. Michał
Czajkowski and Prof. Stefan Niesiołowski.
ANTI-SEMITISM
Anti-Semitism is the subject of research on many levels: historical,
cultural, religious and social. Among those who have presented their
findings, analyses and views in this area have been Rev. Stanisław Musiał
SJ, Dr. Anna Maria Orla-Bukowska, Dr. Jolanta Ambrosewicz-Jacobs, Prof.
Sławomir Kapralski and Jerzy Sławomir Mac.
MARCH
'68 ANNIVERSARY
Annually in March, meetings and lectures are devoted to the March '68
events and the resulting last wave of Jewish emigration from Poland.
Our guest speakers have included Prof. Jan Woleński, Adam Krzemiński,
Jerzy Diatłowicki, Tomasz Jastrun, Jakub Karpiński, Alina Grabowska,
Prof. Jerzy Pomianowski and Mieczysław F. Rakowski.
ISRAEL
Israel - the history of the state and people, and the challenges its
faces - is the subject of these meetings. So far the participants have
included Alex Danzig, Michał Sobelman, Ambassador Gershon Zohar, Ambassador
Shevah Weiss and Prof. Shlomo Avineri.
DEMOCRACY
AND TOLERANCE
An open civil society in Poland and abroad, free of xenophobia and prejudice
- this is the topic of this series of meetings. Guests have included
Prof. Aleksander Gieysztor, Prof. Richard Pipes (U.S.A.), Tadeusz Mazowiecki,
Rev. Arkadiusz Nowak, Prof. Andrzej Drawicz, Prof. Ewa Łętowska and
Prof. Andrzej Zoll.
KALEIDOSCOPE
OF CULTURES (IN POLAND)
The cultural landscape in Poland and its constituent elements. This
series is an effort to present other cultures present in our country
that are worth knowing. It includes lectures, concerts, film showings
and exhibitions, and takes place twice a year. We began this project
in June 2001 with a presentation of the Roma, then Polish Muslims and
Tatars in the fall of 2001, and in March 2002 we had a series of events
presenting the Ukrainians. In planned editions of this series, Armenians,
Belarussians, Lithuanians, Silesians, Masurians, Polish highlanders
and others will speak of their culture and history.
A complete
list of program events can be found in the Annual
Program Reports
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