Poland in the Heart of European History

Professional Training for History Teachers and Educators

Institute of National Remembrance (IPN)

Radziejowice, 8th – 12th of September 2014

Programme

Sunday 7thof September

15:00 – 18:00 Arrivals and registration

18:00 Dinner

Presentation of the exhibition “Phenomenon of Solidarity. Pictures from the History of Poland, 1980–1981”

Monday 8thof September

8:00 – 8:30 / Breakfast
8:30 – 10:00 / Welcome to Poland. Unique place of Polish history and culture. Overview of XXth century history. (lecture) / professorAndrzej Paczkowski
10:15 – 11:45 / Educational activity of IPN. Aims, forms and crucial issues. Introduction. / Olga Tumińska, Head of Educational Department IPN
11:45 – 12:15 / Coffee break
12:15 – 13:45 / It all started in Poland. Three great anniversaries of 2014. (lecture) / Łukasz KamińskiPhD, President of The Institute of National Remembrance
13:45 – 14:30 / Lunch
14:30 – 16:00 / Guided tour of the RadziejowicePalace. The life and work of Jozef Chelmonski
16:15 – 17:45 / Ice-breaking activities / Olga Tumińska
18:30 – 19:00 / Dinner
19:00 / The Piano recital

Tuesday 9thof September

8:00 – 8:30 / Breakfast
8:30 – 10:00 / The Polish perspective onthe Second World War,the greatest conflict of all times (Presentation of Museum of The Second World War) / Piotr MajewskiPhD, Deputy Director of Museum of The Second World War
10:15 – 11:45 / The phenomenon of the PolishUndergroundState and the Home Army. (lecture) / PawełRokickiPhD
11:45 – 12:15 / Coffee break
12:15 – 13:45 / The Katyn Massacre. How to teach about it? (lecture) / Łukasz MichalskiPhD
13:45 – 14:30 / Lunch
14:30 – 16:00 / Stereotypes and myths in the modern history of European nations: communism, Holocaust, anti-semitism etc. (lecture) / Professor Tomasz Szarota
16:15 – 17:45 / Witold Pilecki – volunteer toAuschwitz – an undiscovered world hero (lecture) / Jacek Pawłowicz
18:30 – 19:00 / Dinner
19:00 / Movie presentation

Wednesday 10thof September

8:00 – 8:30 / Breakfast
8:30 - 13:00 / The WarsawRisingMuseum
Guided tour
workshop / Karol MazurPhD, Head of Teaching Section of The WarsawRisingMuseum
13:00 – 13:30 / Lunch
13:30 – 14:30 / Guided tour around historical places in Warsaw / przewodnicy.warszawa.pl
14:30 – 16:00 / The exhumation at PowazkiCemetery in Warsaw, at the quarter called "Ł" in frame of "The search for unknown burial places ofcommunist terror victimsin the years 1944-1956" project (lecture) / Professor Krzysztof Szwagrzyk PhD
16:00 – 19:00 / Free time in Warsaw
19:30 / Dinner

Thursday 11thof September

8:00 – 8:30 / Breakfast
8:30 – 10:00 / Polish-Jewish relations at the time of Holocaust / Professor Jan Żaryn
10:15 – 11:45 / How could we tell the history of Jews in Poland before the Second World War? (Workshop) / Wiesława Młynarczyk, Head of Janusz Kurtyka IPN Educational Center
11:45 – 12:15 / Coffee break
12:15 – 13:45 / Volhynia Massacre (lecture) / Ewa Siemaszko
13:45 – 14:30 / Lunch
14:30 – 16:00 / “Not only 303 Squadron” / Tomasz GinterPhD
16:15 – 17:45 / Historical educational games / Tomasz Ginter PhD, KarolMadaj
18:30 – 19:00 / Dinner
19:00 / Game tournament / Tomasz Ginter PhD, Karol Madaj

Friday 12thof September

8:00 – 8:30 / Breakfast
8:30 – 10:00 / The Cursed Soldiers. Who were they? (lecture) / Tomasz Łabuszewski PhD, Head of Public EducationBranch Office in Warsaw
10:15 – 11:45 / IPN archives study visit and workshop / Kornelia BanaśPhD
11:45 – 12:15 / Coffee break
12:15 – 13:45 / The 4th of June 1989 elections.
(lecture) / Professor Antoni Dudek
13:45 – 14:30 / Lunch
14:30 – 16:00 / Polish Genetic Baseof Totalitarianism Victims / Andrzej Ossowski PhD, Milena Bykowska
16:15 – 17:45 / The People’s Republic ofPoland as a form of totalitarian regime (lecture) / Krzysztof Persak PhD
18:00 – 19:00 / Summing up / Anna Brojer
19:30 / Dinner