Polish-German Workshop for Young Scholars

October 2018

From October 24th to 28th 2018 for the third time a workshop for young scholars (M.A. and PhD) in Jewish history, religion and culture took place at Campus Neues Palais.

The workshop was organized by the Leo Baeck Foundation, the School of Jewish Theology (Potsdam University), the Department of Jewish Studies and Religious Studies (Potsdam University), the Department of Slavic Studies (Potsdam University), as well as the Department of Jewish Studies at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow.

The opening lecture was held by Prof. François Guesnet, PhD (University College London) on the topic "Religion, State, and Society: The Jews of Poland at the Watershed of World War One".