New Directions in the History of the Jews in the Polish Lands
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This volume is made up of essays first presented as papers at the conference held in May 2015 at POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw. It is divided into two sections. The first deals with museological questionsthe voices of the curators, comments on the POLIN museum exhibitions and projects, and discussions on Jewish museums and education. The second examines the current state of the historiography of the Jews on the Polish lands from the first Jewish settlement to the present day.Making use of the leading scholars in the field from Poland, Eastern and Western Europe, North America, and Israel, the volume provides a definitive overview of the history and culture of one of the most important communities in the long history of the Jewish people.
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Dimensions: 159 x 238mm
Publication Date: 05 Dec 2019
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
Publication City/Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN13: 9788395237850
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Antony Polonsky is Emeritus Professor of Holocaust Studies at Brandeis University and Chief Historian of POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews Warsaw. Until 1991 he was Professor of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is co-chair of the editorial board of Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry. His most recent work is The Jews in Poland and Russia Volume 1 1350 to 1881; Volume 2 1881 to 1914; Volume 3 1914 to 2008 (Oxford 2010 2012) published in 2013 in an abridged version The Jews in Poland and Russia: A Short History. Hanna Wgrzynek is a chief specialist for research and historical projects at POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw. Among her books are Czarna legenda ydów: procesy mordy rytualne w dawnej Polsce (The Jewish Black Legend: Blood Libel Trials in Old Poland Warsaw 1995) and Historia i kultury ydów polskich: sownik (History and Culture of Polish Jews: A Reference Book) in cooperation with Alina Caa and Gabriela Zalewska (Warsaw 2000). Andrzej bikowski has worked at the Jewish Historical Institute since 1985. Among his books are an illustrated history entitled ydzi (Jews) in the series A to Polska wanie and U genezy Jedwabnego: ydzi na Kresach Pónocno-Wschodnich II Rzeczypospolitej : wrzesie 1939-lipiec 1941 (The Origins of Jedwabne. Jews in the North-eastern Borderlands of the Second Republic: September 1939-July 1941 Warsaw 2006).