Events
We aim to develop the Halle-Jena-Leipzig university network into an internationally visible centre of Polish studies. This is to be achieved in particular through interdisciplinary events, but also through subject-specific discussions. In addition, some of our activities are aimed at the interested public, to whom we would like to bring Polish history, language, society and culture closer.
The academic events include regular colloquia, conferences, workshops and lecture series, and in the long term also summer schools. For students we offer block seminars, which are an integral part of the Interdisciplinary Polish Studies programme, as well as excursions to Poland.
A Polish film series in cooperation with the Polish Institute Leipzig, the Imre Kertész Kolleg Jena, the Puschkino in Halle, the German-Polish Society Saxony-Anhalt and the Saxony-Anhalt State Centre for Political Education has a broader public impact. The films in these series as well as future readings of Polish literature are thematically related to the research fields of the centre.
Colloquia
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Zbigniew Greń (Warsaw): The Emergence of Ethnic Identity in Contemporary Central Europe – The Silesian Example
Online Lecture, 24/11, 18:00 (s.t.), via Zoom
In the lecture I shall consider the process of constructing an identity on a mass scale, with respect to different levels of group identification, using Silesia as an example. The purpose of this research is not to attempt to answer the question of whether the group that specifies itself as Silesian is an ethnic, regional or national group in the light of the prevailing law and socio-political criteria. Responses to this question depend largely on the convictions of the researchers themselves because the conditions to be met by a group aspiring to nationality status are quite arbitrary and depend on the historical situation.
In my opinion in the social sense, the Silesian identity is a mixed ethno-regional identity (with national aspirations), in an individual sense, however, it is an identity in flux, with a greater or lesser degree of consolidation.
Registration to attend the lecture online (via Zoom): johann(dot)wiede(at)uni-jena(dot)de
The lecture is part of the series "Poland and its language(s)". More information on the lecture series: https://www.aleksander-brueckner-zentrum.org/veranstaltungen/vortraege
Lecture Series
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Zbigniew Greń (Warsaw): The Emergence of Ethnic Identity in Contemporary Central Europe – The Silesian Example
Online Lecture, 24/11, 18:00 (s.t.), via Zoom
In the lecture I shall consider the process of constructing an identity on a mass scale, with respect to different levels of group identification, using Silesia as an example. The purpose of this research is not to attempt to answer the question of whether the group that specifies itself as Silesian is an ethnic, regional or national group in the light of the prevailing law and socio-political criteria. Responses to this question depend largely on the convictions of the researchers themselves because the conditions to be met by a group aspiring to nationality status are quite arbitrary and depend on the historical situation.
In my opinion in the social sense, the Silesian identity is a mixed ethno-regional identity (with national aspirations), in an individual sense, however, it is an identity in flux, with a greater or lesser degree of consolidation.
Registration to attend the lecture online (via Zoom): johann(dot)wiede(at)uni-jena(dot)de
The lecture is part of the series "Poland and its language(s)". More information on the lecture series: https://www.aleksander-brueckner-zentrum.org/veranstaltungen/vortraege
Lectures
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Zbigniew Greń (Warsaw): The Emergence of Ethnic Identity in Contemporary Central Europe – The Silesian Example
Online Lecture, 24/11, 18:00 (s.t.), via Zoom
In the lecture I shall consider the process of constructing an identity on a mass scale, with respect to different levels of group identification, using Silesia as an example. The purpose of this research is not to attempt to answer the question of whether the group that specifies itself as Silesian is an ethnic, regional or national group in the light of the prevailing law and socio-political criteria. Responses to this question depend largely on the convictions of the researchers themselves because the conditions to be met by a group aspiring to nationality status are quite arbitrary and depend on the historical situation.
In my opinion in the social sense, the Silesian identity is a mixed ethno-regional identity (with national aspirations), in an individual sense, however, it is an identity in flux, with a greater or lesser degree of consolidation.
Registration to attend the lecture online (via Zoom): johann(dot)wiede(at)uni-jena(dot)de
The lecture is part of the series "Poland and its language(s)". More information on the lecture series: https://www.aleksander-brueckner-zentrum.org/veranstaltungen/vortraege
Polish Studies
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Zbigniew Greń (Warsaw): The Emergence of Ethnic Identity in Contemporary Central Europe – The Silesian Example
Online Lecture, 24/11, 18:00 (s.t.), via Zoom
In the lecture I shall consider the process of constructing an identity on a mass scale, with respect to different levels of group identification, using Silesia as an example. The purpose of this research is not to attempt to answer the question of whether the group that specifies itself as Silesian is an ethnic, regional or national group in the light of the prevailing law and socio-political criteria. Responses to this question depend largely on the convictions of the researchers themselves because the conditions to be met by a group aspiring to nationality status are quite arbitrary and depend on the historical situation.
In my opinion in the social sense, the Silesian identity is a mixed ethno-regional identity (with national aspirations), in an individual sense, however, it is an identity in flux, with a greater or lesser degree of consolidation.
Registration to attend the lecture online (via Zoom): johann(dot)wiede(at)uni-jena(dot)de
The lecture is part of the series "Poland and its language(s)". More information on the lecture series: https://www.aleksander-brueckner-zentrum.org/veranstaltungen/vortraege
Conferences & Workshops
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Zbigniew Greń (Warsaw): The Emergence of Ethnic Identity in Contemporary Central Europe – The Silesian Example
Online Lecture, 24/11, 18:00 (s.t.), via Zoom
In the lecture I shall consider the process of constructing an identity on a mass scale, with respect to different levels of group identification, using Silesia as an example. The purpose of this research is not to attempt to answer the question of whether the group that specifies itself as Silesian is an ethnic, regional or national group in the light of the prevailing law and socio-political criteria. Responses to this question depend largely on the convictions of the researchers themselves because the conditions to be met by a group aspiring to nationality status are quite arbitrary and depend on the historical situation.
In my opinion in the social sense, the Silesian identity is a mixed ethno-regional identity (with national aspirations), in an individual sense, however, it is an identity in flux, with a greater or lesser degree of consolidation.
Registration to attend the lecture online (via Zoom): johann(dot)wiede(at)uni-jena(dot)de
The lecture is part of the series "Poland and its language(s)". More information on the lecture series: https://www.aleksander-brueckner-zentrum.org/veranstaltungen/vortraege
Film series & Readings
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Zbigniew Greń (Warsaw): The Emergence of Ethnic Identity in Contemporary Central Europe – The Silesian Example
Online Lecture, 24/11, 18:00 (s.t.), via Zoom
In the lecture I shall consider the process of constructing an identity on a mass scale, with respect to different levels of group identification, using Silesia as an example. The purpose of this research is not to attempt to answer the question of whether the group that specifies itself as Silesian is an ethnic, regional or national group in the light of the prevailing law and socio-political criteria. Responses to this question depend largely on the convictions of the researchers themselves because the conditions to be met by a group aspiring to nationality status are quite arbitrary and depend on the historical situation.
In my opinion in the social sense, the Silesian identity is a mixed ethno-regional identity (with national aspirations), in an individual sense, however, it is an identity in flux, with a greater or lesser degree of consolidation.
Registration to attend the lecture online (via Zoom): johann(dot)wiede(at)uni-jena(dot)de
The lecture is part of the series "Poland and its language(s)". More information on the lecture series: https://www.aleksander-brueckner-zentrum.org/veranstaltungen/vortraege