Join us on April 11 at 12:30 pm Pacific Time for the hybrid guest talk, featuring Dr. Kamil Kijek of the University of Wroclaw.
To attend online, register here via Zoom: https://ubc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__9bBZsNyR9eegogtnSkG_Q
If you wish to attend in person, please RSVP to ania.switzer@ubc.ca to reserve a spot.
This event is co-sponsored by the Holocaust Education Committee of the UBC Department of History.
Abstract
In this hybrid talk, Dr. Kamil Kijek will speak about the discussions held by the Polish Jewish communities regarding staying in or leaving post-Holocaust Poland (1945-1950).
Bio
Kamil Kijek is an Assistant Professor at the Jewish Studies Department, University of Wrocław, Poland. A former postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Jewish History in New York and at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Centre for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Museum in Washington DC, Kamil held various fellowships in Israel, Germany, and the United Kingdom. His research interests and numerous publications include themes related to Central-East European Jewish history, and social and cultural theory.
Outside of academia, Kamil dedicates much of time and effort to providing direct, tangible support to Ukraine. As a co-leader of a community-based initiative, he is involved in procuring and delivering goods to people who live in the war zones in the East and South of Ukraine. You can find out more about this project at helpuanow.pl
