Histories of Violence in Central and Eastern Europe. A Comparative Perspective.

We invite you to attend the international conference “Histories of Violence in Central and Eastern Europe. A Comparative Perspective”, which will take place on 15–17 September 2025 at the Faculty of History, University of Warsaw (Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28, Warsaw).

The event will feature presentations by scholars from Poland and abroad, addressing the topic of violence in Central and Eastern Europe from a comparative perspective. The working language of the conference is English.

We encourage everyone to join us for the lectures and take part in the discussions. The conference offers an excellent opportunity to exchange ideas, present research findings, and build academic networks.

Keynote speakers:

Stuart Carroll
Diana Dumitru
Piotr Majewski

The conference is organized by:

Conference Board:

Organizing committee:

Faculty of History at the University of Warsaw
Museum of Polish History in Warsaw
Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw
Commission on Slavonic and East European Studies of the Committee of Historical Sciences Polish Academy of Sciences
German Historical Institute Warsaw

Philip Dwyer
Christhardt Henschel
Jeffrey Kopstein
Aneta Pieniądz
Natalia Starchenko
Michał Trębacz
Victoria Gerasimova
Tomasz Kempa
Michał Kopczyński
Artur Markowski
Marta Pawlińska

Victoria Gerasimova
Tomasz Kempa
Michał Kopczyński
Artur Markowski
Marta Pawlińska

The conference is held under the honorary patronage of the Rector of the University of Warsaw.

For more information, feel free to contact us at: historiesofviolence@uw.edu.pl

We look forward to welcoming you to Warsaw this September!

PROGRAM HISTORIES OF VIOLENCE