40 Years of Polin. Studies in Polish Jewry: Past, Present, and Future

Symposium: 40 Years of Polin.

Studies in Polish Jewry: Past, Present, and Future

University College London, 8 November 2026

A workshop hosted by the Institute for Polish–Jewish Studies in cooperation with the UCL Institute of Jewish Studies and the UCL Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies. We are grateful to the Kulczycki Family, to Nathan and Sarah Kahn, and to Slipaczek Chartered Financial Planners for their generous support of this event.

This event is offered in person at UCL (seats are limited) and hybrid - online

Doors open 9:30 am for 10 am

10 am

Welcome

Vivian Wineman (President, IPJS)

10:15-11:30 am

Roundtable

‘Polin’ and Eastern European Jewish Studies: Regional perspectives

Monika Adamczyk-Garbowska: Poland

Israel Bartal: Israel

Eliyana Adler: US/North America

Chair: Eugenia Prokop-Janiec

Coffee break

12 am

Keynote

Dariusz Stola: Outreach on Polish Jewish History: The Perspective from Warsaw’s Polin Museum

Chair: Scott Ury

1-2 pm

Light lunch

2 pm – 3:30 pm

Panel

Scholarly perspectives for Eastern European Jewish Studies

François Guesnet: Periodization: The Genealogy of a Community

Adam Teller: Am Olam? The Transregional Entaglements of Eastern European Jews

Natalia Aleksiun: Antisemitism, Anti-Jewish Violence, and the Holocaust: Integrating Histories of Hatred and Persecution

Chair: Joanna Nalewajko-Kulikov

Tea/coffee break

4 pm

Keynote

Antony Polonsky: Founding ‘Polin’: Original Objectives and Achievements

Chair: Glenn Dynner

5 pm: Reception