Call for Papers - Jewish elites and Jewish community leaders during the Second World War (1939-1945)

Conference venue: Krakow, Poland
Period: October 27-28, 2015
Deadline for submitting abstracts: March 15, 2015

International conference „Jewish elites and Jewish community leaders during the Second World War (1939-1945)” is organized by the Institute of National Remembrance in cooperation with the Institute of Jewish Studies at the Jagiellonian University and the Galicia Jewish Museum in Kraków. The main goal of the conference is to discuss the functioning of Jewish elites and Jewish community officials during World War II. It is an attempt to find answers to questions of the continuity of pre-war military elite patterns and changes resulting from the reality of war and occupation. The conference also seeks to define the term „Jewish elites”, as well as to review the research already carried out on this topic. One of the most important goals of the conference is to describe a comprehensive approach to the history and the role of elites and Jewish community leaders in the said period by presenting their achievements, attitudes, behavior, mentality, and the mechanisms which defined their acts.
We hope this conference will be a great opportunity to broaden the horizons of scholars by interdisciplinary research in the field. We are particularly interested in a broader comparative perspective applied to specific topics related to history, e.g. sociology, anthropology, cultural studies, law, ethics and social psychology.

We propose to adopt a comprehensive research perspective that would include the following issues:

The conference will be held in Polish and English (simultaneous translation will be provided).
Conference venue will be announced at a later date.

All interested parties are encouraged to participate. For the presenters, their accommodation, board, and travel expenses will be covered by the conference organizers. Conference participation is free of charge.
The deadline for the submitting proposals is March 15, 2015. Please attach to your proposal an abstract of your paper in Polish or English not longer than 500 words and a brief summary of your scholarly engagement. The conference program will be made available by April 30, 2015
We are planning to publish selected papers.

Submissions should be sent to:
martyna.gradzka@ipn.gov.pl
martinig@wp.pl
or:
Martyna Grądzka
Instytut Pamięci Narodowej
Biuro Edukacji Publicznej
ul. Reformacka 3
31-012 Kraków
„Jewish elites” Conference 2015
Additional information:
tel. (12) 2892063

Martyna Grądzka
Instytut Pamięci Narodowej
Biuro Edukacji Publicznej
ul. Reformacka 3
31-012 Kraków
„Jewish elites” Conference 2015
Additional information:
tel.: (12) 2892063
e-mail:martyna.gradzka@ipn.gov.pl