COLLOQUE: Pogroms: Collective Anti-Jewish Violence in the Polish Lands in the 19th and 20th Centuries

Pogroms: Collective Anti-Jewish Violence in the Polish Lands in the 19th and 20th Centuries

10 JUNE 2015 (WEDNESDAY), INSTITUTE OF HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW

(9.30 AM Formal opening of the conference (translated into English

Prof. Alojzy Nowak, Vice-Rector of the University of Warsaw •

Prof. Kazimierz Lewartowski, Vice-Dean of the Institute of History, University of Warsaw •

Prof. Dariusz Stola, Director of POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews •

Prof. Dariusz Kołodziejczyk, Director of the Institute of History, University of Warsaw •

Prof. Stanisław Buryła, representative of the Organizational Committee •

10.15 AM Keynote lectures

(10.15 AM Prof. David Engel, Typologies of Violence in Jewish History (EN

(10.45 AM Prof. Joanna Tokarska-Bakir, Men in Uniforms (PL

11.15 AM Discussion

(11.45 AM – 12.00 PM Coffee break (Sala Kolumnowa and room 108

Panels

Section I, Sala Kolumnowa

(Sessions translated into English)

(The Uniform and Power (12.00 – 2.30 PM

Chair: Prof. Konrad Zieliński

(Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern, The Russian Army and the 1881–1883 Pogroms (EN •

(Stanisław Wiech, Gendarmerie and the Pogroms (PL •

Jerzy Pająk, Russian Army’s Attitude towards the Jews in Galicia in the First Year of World War I •

(1914–1915) (PL)

Commentator: Prof. Joanna Tokarska-Bakir

(2.30 – 3.30 PM Lunch (Sala Kolumnowa

(Postwar Pogroms: New Interpretations (3.30 – 5.30 PM

Chair: Dr. Audrey Kichelewski

(Bożena Szaynok, Recent Findings about the Pogrom in Kielce (PL •

Marcin Zaremba, Łukasz Krzyżanowski, “Give us back our Children”! Moral Panic and Postwar Pogroms •

(of Jews in Poland (1945–1946) (PL

Andrzej Rykała, Pogrom in Kielce in 1946 and the Rebuilding of Jewish Settlements in Poland After •

(World War II – geographical approach (PL

(Paweł Wieczorek, “Artificial Antisemitism” – Anti-Jewish Riots in the Lower Silesia in 1956 (PL •

Commentator: Dr. August Grabski

(5.30 – 7.30 PM Glass of wine (Sala Kolumnowa

Section II, Room 108

(English language sessions)

(Methodology and Views (12 – 2.30 PM

Chair: Prof. Michał Bilewicz

(Daniel Grinberg, Around the Idea of Pogroms: Definitions, Main Schools of Interpretation, Sources of Confusion (EN •

Kamil Kijek, Beyond Anti-Semitism, Poles and Jews. New Research Perspectives on the Anti-Jewish •

(Violence in Interwar Poland (EN

François Guesnet, Anti-Jewish Pogroms in Eastern Europe and Anti-Jewish Violence in Nazi Germany •

(A Reflection on Current Terminology (EN –

(Mikołaj Winiewski, The Model of Pogrom’s Violence (EN •

Commentator: Prof. David Engel

(2.30 – 3.30 PM Lunch (Sala Kolumnowa

(Press Reaction to the 1881 Warsaw Pogrom (3.30 – 5.30 PM

Chair: Dr. Artur Markowski

(Agnieszka Friedrich, Response to the Warsaw Pogrom in Jan Jeleński’s “Rola” (EN •

(Jekatarina Norkina, Anti-Jewish Pogrom in Warsaw in 1881 in Russian Periodicals (EN •

Dror Segev, The Hebrew Press in Times of Crisis: Warsaw’s 1881 Christmas Pogrom and its Aftermath •

(Reflected in Ha-Tsefira (EN

Commentator: Prof. François Guesnet

(5.30 – 7.30 PM Glass of wine (Sala Kolumnowa

11 JUNE 2015 (THURSDAY), INSTITUTE OF HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW

Section I, Sala Kolumnowa

(Sessions translated into English)

(Pogroms and Phantasm of „Żydokomuna” (9.00 – 11.00 AM

Chair: Dr. August Grabski

Łukasz Lewicki, Manifestations of Anti-Jewish Aggression of Soldiers of the Polish Army During the •

(Polish-Soviet War (1919–1921) – Few Remarks on the Issue (PL

(Piotr Kendziorek, The Left and Postwar Antisemitism (PL •

“Piotr Forecki, “They want komuna, that’s what they will get”. Using the Existing “Żydokomuna •

(Cliche in the Interpretation of Pogroms (PL

Commentator: Prof. Konrad Zieliński

(11.00 – 11.15 AM Coffee break (Sala Kolumnowa and room 108

(Imagery of Pogroms (11.30 AM – 1.00 PM

Chair: Dr. Renata Piątkowska

(Marta Koszowy, Photography of Pogroms (PL •

Katarzyna Mąka-Malatyńska, From Reporters’ Accounts to a Documentary Metaphor – Film Models of •

(Showing Antisemitic Pogroms (PL

(Bartosz Kwieciński, “You Have to Kill the Man Who Betrayed”. A Pogrom in Polish Feature Films (PL •

(Agnieszka Dulęba, Pogrom in Jedwabne in the Works of Polish Artists after 2001 (PL •

Commentator: Prof. Tomasz Majewski

(1.00 – 2.00 PM Lunch (Sala Kolumnowa

(Opinions, attitudes, reactions (2.00 – 4.00 PM

Chair: Dr. Małgorzata Pakier

Magdalena Piekara, Opinions on Pogroms in the Russian Empire in Selected Jewish Journals from the •

(Austrian Partition (“Jedność” and “Izraelita”) (PL

Misha Mitsel, Pogroms in Poland (1918–1920) and Response of the American Jewish Joint Distribution •

(Committee (EN

Przemysław Różański, Anti-Jewish Violence in Poland and its Perception in the United States of America •

(1881–1939) (PL)

(Audrey Kichelewski, Public Opinion in France Facing Anti-Jewish Violence (1918–1946) (EN •

Commentator: Prof. Daniel Grinberg

(4.15 – 4.30 PM Coffee break (Sala Kolumnowa and room 108

(Case Studies (4.30 – 7.00 PM

Chair: Prof. Krzysztof Makowski

(Michał Szulc, Citizens of Danzig Motivations for Anti-Jewish Riots in 1819 and 1821 (PL •

(Anna Magdzińska, Anti-Jewish Riots in Chojnice in 1900 (PL •

(Szymon Rudnicki, Pogrom in Siedlce in 1906 (PL •

(Wiesław Paszkowski, Incidents of 27 May 1919 in Częstochowa: Case Study (PL •

Commentator: Prof. Ruth Leiserowitz

Section II, Room 108

(English language sessions)

(Comparative Approach (9.00 – 11.00 AM

Chair: Prof. David Engel

Hanna Węgrzynek, Anti-Jewish Pogroms in the Early Modern and Modern Periods – Similarities and •

(Differences (EN

(Victoria Khiterer, Jewish Pogroms in Bialystok and Siedlce in the Summer of 1906 (EN •

(Anna Cichopek-Gajraj, Comparative Approach in the Studies of Post –1945 Pogroms in Eastern Europe (EN •

Commentator: Prof. Krzysztof Makowski

(11.00 – 11.15 AM Coffee break (Sala Kolumnowa and room 108

(Galician Pogroms (11.30 AM – 1.00 PM

Chair: Dr. Natalia Aleksiun

(Marcin Soboń, „Hurra, chłopcy!” – Antisemitic Riots in the Nowy Sącz Region, 19–25.06.1898 (EN •

(Daniel Unowsky, Political Moblization, Catholic Antisemitism, and March 1898 Violence in Wieliczka (EN •

(Wacław Wierzbieniec, Anti-Jewish Incidents in Galicia in 1898 – Example of the Strzyżów County (EN •

(Leszek Hońdo, Die Quellen zu den Judenpogromen im nuenzehnten Jahrhundert in Galizien (PL •

Commentator: Prof. Kai Struve

(1.00 – 2.00 PM Lunch (Sala Kolumnowa

(Pogroms during the Holocaust (2.00 – 4.00 PM

Chair: Dr. Katarzyna Person

(Krzysztof Buchowski, Vilnius, October 1939 (EN •

(Sara Bender, Not only in Jedwabne (EN •

?Jason Wittenberg, Why Do Pogroms Occur in Some Localities But Not in Others •

(Evidence from Poland, 1941 (EN

(Marcin Urynowicz, Pogroms against the Jews in „Biuletyn Informacyjny”. Facts and Interpretations (EN •

Commentator: Prof. Grzegorz Berendt

(4.15 – 4.30 PM Coffee break (Sala Kolumnowa and room 108

(Pogroms in Ukraine and Polesie (4.30 – 7.00 PM

Chair: Prof. François Guesnet

(Gur Alroey, Gender Perspective of the Pogroms in Ukraine During the Civil War, 1918–1920 (EN •

Kai Struve German Rule, Ukrainian Nationalism, and Anti-Jewish Violence in Summer 1941 in Eastern •

(Galicia (EN

(Grzegorz Berendt, Jews and their Neighbours in Polesie in the Weeks Following 22 June 1941 (EN •

Commentator: Prof. Victoria Khiterer

Section III, room 125

(Polish language sessions)

(Literature and Pogroms, part I (9.00 – 11.00 AM

Chair: Prof. Sławomir Buryła

(Zuzanna Kołodziejska, Echoes of the Bialystok Pogrom in the Integrationist Literature (PL •

(Alina Molisak, Pogroms in the Press. The Question of Language (PL •

(Maria Antosik-Piela, Ruins of Galicia – “Tła” by Emil Tenenbaum (PL •

Commentator: Dr. Małgorzata Domagalska

(11.00 – 11.15 AM Coffee break (Sala Kolumnowa and room 108

(1.00 – 2.00 PM Lunch (Sala Kolumnowa

(Literature and Pogroms after 1939, part II (2.00 – 4.00 PM

Chair: Dr. Alina Molisak

Paweł Wolski, Jedwabne: the Place (Almost) Common. Topics of Jedwabne in Polish Contemporary •

(Literature (PL

Marta Tomczok, Drowning of Mothers and Infants as an Episode in the Accounts on the Pogrom •

(in Jedwabne and Its Literary Elaboratons and Addenda (PL

(Bartłomiej Krupa, Pogrom in Kielce in Historical and Literary Narratives (PL •

Commentator: Prof. Sławomir Buryła

(Literature and Pogroms after 1939, part III (4.30 – 7.00 PM

Chair: Dr. Alina Molisak

Małgorzata Lipska, Is “Nasza klasa” about a Pogrom? A Look at Tadeusz Słobodzianek’s Theatre Play •

(in the Context of Polish and Israeli Performances (PL

(Katarzyna Kuczyńska-Koschany, “Dry Pogrom” Poems” – March `68 and Polish Poetry (PL •

Commentator: Dr. Piotr Weiser

JUNE 12, 2015 (FRIDAY), POLIN MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF POLISH JEWS

Section I, Auditorium

(Sessions translated into English)

(Pogroms in Art (9.00 – 11.00 AM

Chair: Prof. Katarzyna Mąka-Malatyńska

Renata Piątkowska, Art And Pogroms. The Wave of 1903–1906 Pogroms in the Works of Jewish Artists •

(from Poland (PL

(Artur Tanikowski, “Palestine Bloviates”: Visual Arts and Anti-Jewish Pogroms in the Years 1914–1920 (PL •

(Małgorzata Stolarska-Fronia, Apocaliptical Shtetl – Pogroms in the Art of Jewish Expressionists (EN •

Commentator: Dr. Katarzyna Bojarska

11.00 – 11.15 AM Coffee break

(Case Studies: Interwar Poland (11.15 AM – 1.15 PM

Chair: Dr. Kamil Kijek

Natalia Aleksiun, November 1931 in Wilno: Student Riots and the Making of the Polish •

(Antisemitic Martyr (EN

(Andrei Zamoiski, The Anti-Jewish Pogrom in Grodno on June 7, 1935 (EN •

(Zofia Trębacz, National Conflict in the Border Town. Pogrom in Bielsko-Biała in 1937 (PL •

Michał Trębacz, Pogrom in Częstochowa (19 June 1937) – Schematic Development and Atypical •

(Reaction of Authorities (PL

Commentator: Prof. Wacław Wierzbieniec

Section II, Conference room

(Polish language sessions)

(Sources: Narratives on Pogroms (9.00 – 11.00 AM

Chair: Dr. Hanna Węgrzynek

Aleksandra Oniszczuk, Narrativess on What Happened in Kalisz on 23 June 1878. Searching •

(for Sources of Discrepancies (PL

(Katarzyna Person, Easter Pogrom in Warsaw 1940. Witness Accounts (PL •

(Adam Kopciowski, Pogroms in Memorial Books (PL •

Michał Majewski, Anti-Jewish Incidents in the Podlasie Region in 1941 in Light of Local Monographies •

(Publihsed in Podlasie after 1989 (PL

Commentator: Dr. Dobrochna Kałwa

11.00 – 11.15 AM Coffee break

(Pogroms and Politics (11.15 AM – 1.15 PM

Chair: Dr. Alina Cała

Ihor Wradij, Anarchists in the Russian Empire and Their Role in Pogroms of Jews at the Beginning of the •

(20th Century (PL

Alicja Gontarek, Anti-Jewish Cryptopropaganda by Stronnictwo Narodowe in the Years 1936–1937 in •

(Poland (Case Study of the Warsaw Province) (PL

.Grzegorz Krzywiec, From Exclusion to Violence Sponsored by the State •

Związek Młodej Polski (1937–1939) – Case Study of Antisemitic Eliminatory Discurse Evolving towards

(the Antisemitic Collective Violence (PL

Commentator: Prof. Szymon Rudnicki

1.15 – 2.15 PM Formal Closing of the Conference, Audytorium

Chair: Dr. Małgorzata Pakier

Szymon Rudnicki – closing remarks •

Artur Markowski – word of thanks •

Visit to the Core Exhibition

:Organising Committee

Prof. Sławomir Buryła, Professor at the University of Warmia and Mazury

Dr. August Grabski, Jewish Historical Institute

Dr. Artur Markowski, University of Warsaw

Dr. Małgorzata Pakier, POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews

Marzena Szugiero, University of Warsaw – conference secretary

:Academic Committee

Prof. François Guesnet, University College London

Prof. Szymon Rudnicki, University of Warsaw

Prof. Dariusz Stola, POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews

Prof. Bożena Szaynok, University of Wrocław

Prof. Ruth Leiserowitz, Deutsches Historisches Institut in Warschau

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