Celebrating 40 years of publishing Polin. Studies in Polish Jewry!

Symposium

Sunday 8 November 2026

 

In 1986, and thus forty years ago, a group of scholars from Poland, North America, and Israel joined the initiative of Antony Polonsky to found Polin: a journal of Polish-Jewish Studies. Polin is sponsored by the Institute for Polish-Jewish Studies (IPJS).  

Published since 1994 as Polin. Studies in Polish Jewry by the Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, and since 2017 in cooperation with Liverpool University Press, the journal offers a venue to reflect on East European Jewish history and culture in the broadest possible terms. 

To celebrate this anniversary, the Institute for Polish-Jewish Studies will hold a one-day symposium on Sunday, 8 November 2026, at University College London. Keynote addresses will be presented by Professor Dariusz Stola, director of the Polin Museum of History of Polish Jews, and Professor Antony Polonsky, founder and co-chair of the Board of Editors of Polin. Studies in Polish Jewry. Further distinguished speakers will complement a programme of roundtables and panels.  

The event will be co-hosted by the IPJS and the UCL Institute of Jewish-Studies (IJS).  Subscribers to the IPJS newsletter will be notified when the registration page goes live. 

 

If you would like to save your place and register your interest beforehand, please write to Sara Benisaac at the UCL Institute of Jewish Studies: s.benisaac@ucl.ac.uk. Tickets are available for £ 40 (concession £ 25) including a sandwich lunch, coffee & tea breaks, and a concluding reception.

Professor François Guesnet 

(IPJS Chairman, co-chair of the Board of Editors)