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.