Student Scientific Circle Conference "Union and Secession, Incorporation and Homage Through the Ages"

Student Scientific Circle Conference "Union and Secession, Incorporation and Homage Through the Ages"

Student and PhD Students' Historical Scientific Circle of UKSW invites participation in the nationwide scientific conference titled “Ad unionem velut membrum corpori Regni”. The conference aims to reflect on manifestations of changing concepts of international relations and arrangements (homages, unions, secessions, incorporations) through selected examples.

Papers and discussions will address issues such as the limits of sovereignty, integrative and disintegrative mechanisms, and the political and social consequences of these processes.

Proposed topics (examples):

• the phenomenon of personal and real unions, relationships between states and their heritage;
• uprisings, rebellions and mechanisms leading to secession and their socio-political consequences;
• mechanisms, legitimization and social reception of incorporations of lands and societies;
• the phenomenon of homage as a political tool;
• policies of rulers and leaders in establishing international relations;
• territorial and demographic changes through history;
• economic and financial transformations through history.

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20–21 April 2026.
Venue: Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw (Wóycicki campus).

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Applications with abstracts: until 12 December 2025.

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Applications (abstracts) should be sent to: kolohistoria.uksw@gmail.com

• name and surname of the speaker;
• affiliation and possible year of study;
• abstract of the presentation (up to 2000 characters);
• basic bibliography (min. 1 source and 5–10 studies).

Notification of acceptance will be sent by e-mail by the end of December 2025. The list of speakers and the conference schedule will be distributed in January 2026.

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Conference fee: 50 PLN for speakers. External listeners may attend free of charge.

The Organizing Committee reserves the right to select submitted abstracts. The conference is nationwide and interdisciplinary — students, PhD candidates and early-career researchers from various disciplines are welcome.

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A collective monograph thematically linked to the conference is also planned. Finished scientific articles should be sent to publikacja.knsidh@gmail.com by 1 March 2026. Publishing guidelines available on request at that e-mail address.

We cordially encourage participation!