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Ukrainians, Jews and Poles. The Ukrainian Triangle in Historical Perspective

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Recorded and edited by www.komorowski.co.uk Ukrainians, Jews and Poles: The Ukrainian Triangle in Historical Perspective FEATURING A FULL TIMOTHY SNYDER'S TALK One-Day Conference of the Institute for Polish-Jewish Studies in association with the Polish Cultural Institute London and the Institute of Jewish Studies, University College London. January 16th 2014, 9.30am to 8.00pm at the Embassy of the Republic of Poland 47 Portland Place, London W1B 6JH This conference, held in the thirtieth year since the establishment of the Institute for Polish-Jewish Studies, aims to provide an overview of the millennium-long history of Jews in the Ukraine setting out the background to issues that have generated much conflict. With contributions from Jewish, Polish and Ukrainian scholars and other experts on these complex and highly controversial topics, it will attempt to provide a broader historical context that can move the discussion beyond the old paradigms of conflict and hostility. 9.30am Registration 10.00am Welcome Chair: Mr Ben Helfgott, Chairman of the Institute of Polish-Jewish Studies H.E. Mr Witold Sobków Ambassador of the Republic of Poland Sir Sigmund Sternberg President of the Institute of Polish-Jewish Studies Session 1 -The Medieval and Early Modern Period Chair: Dr François Guesnet (University College London) 10.15am What We Know About the Khazars and What We Do Not Know Professor Dan Shapira (Bar-Ilan University) The Khmelnytsky Uprising: The Implications for Jews of Their Links With the Polish Nobility Professor Adam Kaźmierczyk (Jagiellonian University, Kraków) 11.35amCoffee Break Session II -Jews in the Towns and Shtetls of Ukraine Chair: Professor Antony Polonsky (Brandeis University) 12.00 The Shtetl in Ukraine: a Triangle of Power noon Professor Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern (Northwestern University, Chicago) Bukovina: A Different Story? Dr David Rechter (Oxford Center for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Oxford) 1.15pm Buffet Lunch (courtesy of the Polish Cultural Institute) Session II(continued) 2.15pmKiev, Kyiv, Kijów, Kiyov: Imperial City on an Ethnic Fault Line Professor Natan Meir (Portland State University) Lauterpacht, Lemkin, Lemberg and Lwów: A Tale of One City, Two Lawyers and Two Crimes Professor Philippe Sands (University College London) 3.35pm Tea/Coffee Break Session III-The Second World War in Ukraine Chair: Professor David Cesarani (Royal Holloway, University of London) 4.00pm The Polish-Ukrainian Conflict in Volynia and East Galicia During World War II and Its Aftermath Dr Łukasz Adamski (Centre for Polish-Russian Dialogue, Warsaw) Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky and the Holocaust Professor John-Paul Himka (University of Alberta) The Holocaust in Ukraine: Placing Women in the Killing Fields and the Machinery of Destruction Professor Wendy Lower (Claremont McKenna College) Ukraine Under Nazi Occupation - Problems of Interpretation and Evaluation Professor Timothy Snyder (Yale University) 6.30pm Wine Reception (courtesy of H.E. the Ambassador of the Republic of Poland), followed by a Piano Concert by Oxana Petrovsky (Chicago, Illinois)