Lectures & debates

Interesting lectures, unique discussions and exceptional guests. Choose your favorite series of events and gain knowledge about history and society together with POLIN Museum.

Participants in the lecture sit listening to the speaker and watch a slide show in the auditorium of the Polin Museum.
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Lecture European Jews between Globalization and Deglobalization Tara Zahra's lecture will examine the history of Jewish as emblems of globalization, as a lens on both the history of Jews and...
Lecture GEOP: Distinguished Lecture Series Within GEOP, POLIN Museum invites eminent international scholars of Jewish history and culture to deliver public lectures.
Lecture A Different Kind of Courage: Jewish Civilians in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Prof. Barbara Engelking's keynote lecture will be devoted to people not usually mentioned in the history of the uprising –...
Lecture Martín Caparrós: Hunger now We encourage you to watch the broadcast of Martín Caparrós' lecture "Hunger Today".
Lecture "Aktion Reinhardt": Research in the 21st century We invite you to listen to the lecture by Prof. Dieter Pohl, opening the international conference: Operation "Reinhardt" and...
Lecture Concealed Objects: Material Culture of Jewish Life in Hiding Natalia Aleksiun's lecture will examine the experience of hiding in eastern Galicia (Western Ukraine) through the lens of...
Lecture Hideouts. The Architecture of Survival. Interdisciplinary Research Natalia Romik will talk about the research that forms the basis of her exhibition "Hideouts. The Architecture of Survival".
Lecture Falafel Nation: Food, Art and the Making of Israeli National Identity Yael Raviv's lecture moves beyond the simply territorial to divulge the role food plays in the Jewish nation
Lecture Lectures accompanying the exhibition "In King Matt’s Poland" A series of expert lectures accompanying the exhibition "In King Matt’s Poland". The 100th Anniversary of Regaining...
Lecture Series of lectures "A Dream Come True. Polish Jews and the Founding of the State of Israel" Due to 70th anniversary of the proclamation of Israel’s independence we will discuss the circumstances that made the...
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