Chair in Philological Studies ‘East – West’
Center for the Education of Citizens ‘Poland – Israel’
Department of Philology, the University of Białystok
Learned Association ‘Oikoumene’
kindly invite for
The 5th International Conference
JEWS OF EASTERN POLAND
The Conference will take place at the Department of Philology, the University of
Białystok, from 20 to 21 June 2016, and will be accompanied by
The 9th Festival of Jewish Culture ‘ZACHOR – Colour and Sound’ (17 – 21 June)
As usual, for the conference participants admission to all festival events is free.
The 2016 conference will honour
RABBI SAMUEL MOHYLEWER
a distinguished representative of the Jewish community from Białystok.
The conference presentations and discussions will focus predominantly on
JUDAISM IN CENTRAL AND ESTERN EUROPE
The organizers invite papers related to
– Judaism in eastern parts of Poland, as well as in central and eastern Europe;
– Renunciations of Judaism and returns to Judaism as elements of the life of European
Jews;
– Distinguished representatives of Jewish religion: their lives and achievements;
– Representations of Judaism, synagogues and religious life in literature and visual arts;
– Jewish literature and religious art; Jewish architecture;
– Perception of the Jewish life in eastern Europe;
– Relations between language and religion in Judaism;
– Judaism as compared with other religions, nations and identities in eastern Europe;
– History of Judaism;
– Movements and sects in the development of Judaism in central and eastern Europe.
We kindly invite you to deliver papers and take part in panel discussions. The equipment
for audio-visual presentations will be provided by the organizers.
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The conference fee includes accommodation and meals from 19 to 21 June 2016.
The conference fee is 400 PLN [the bank account number is to be announced later]. The
conference fee for the scholars from Białystok is 300 PLN.
Each participant is guaranteed to receive of a copy the volume collecting papers from the
2015 edition of the conference. The proceedings of the 2016 edition are to be collected in the
Scholarly Series ‘Colloquia Orientalia Bialostocensia’ [as the 5th volume of Jewish Studies],
published by Książnica Podlaska Library and Chair in Philological Studies ‘East – West’, the
University of Białystok.
The deadline for submissions is 15 March 2016. The proposals need to be sent either via
‘snail mail’ to the address given below, or via e-mail to: jlawski@wp.pl
We look forward to seeing you in Białystok!
Professor Jarosław Ławski, Chair in Philological Studies ‘East – West’, the University
of Białystok, Head of the Conference Committee
Mrs Lucy Lisowska, Jewish Community of Warsaw, Local Representative in
Białystok, Center for the Education of Citizens ‘Poland – Israel’
Committee of the Scholarly Project JEWS OF EASTERN POLAND
– Prof. Grażyna Borkowska – Institute of Literary Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences
– Prof. Sławomir Buryła – the University of Warmia and Mazury
– Dr Anna Frajlich-Zając – New York, the USA
– Dr Anna Janicka – the University of Białystok
– Prof. Alicja Kisielewska – the University of Białystok
– Prof. Jerzy Kopania – The A. Zelwerowicz Theatre Academy in Warsaw
– Prof. Jacek Leociak – Institute of Literary Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences
– Mrs Lucy Lisowska – Center for the Education of Citizens Poland – Israel
– Pan Ryszard Löw – Tel-Aviv, Israel
– Prof. Jarosław Ławski – the University of Białystok
– Dr Barbara Olech – the University of Białystok
– Dr hab. Dariusz Konrad Sikorski – the University of Gdańsk
The Organizing Committee of the 5th International Conference ‘Jews of Eastern Poland’
Series 5: JUDAISM IN CENTRAL AND ESTERN EUROPE:
Chair in Philological Studies ‘East – West’
Department of Philology, the University of Białystok
Plac Uniwersytecki 1, 15-420 Białystok
Tel. + 48 664 057 370 or + 48 85 745 74 68,
jlawski@wp.pl