At the conference, we will ask questions about the 'old' and 'new' faces of the Kościuszko Insurrection, as well as its traditions, particularly during the January Uprising. To what extent was the insurrection meant to save the free Commonwealth of Both Nations, and to what extent was it to create – through a nationwide uprising – a new Poland?

In the course of lively discussions and informal conversations, historians and museum professionals will share with the audience reflections on the ideological, geopolitical, military, social, and religious dimensions of the insurrectionary Commonwealth. We will start with the figure of Tadeusz Kościuszko, the iconic hero of the insurrection, and conclude with an attempt to answer the question of whether it was the year 1794 or rather 1863 that served as the bond between old and new Poland.

🔷 November 8-9, 2024.

Museum of Polish History, Gwardii 1, Warsaw

Conference room on the ground floor

📣REGISTRATION FOR THE EVENT📣

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CONFERENCE PROGRAM

📅 NOVEMBER 8, 2024

🕰️ 11:00–11:20 OPENING OF THE CONFERENCE

Prof. Marcin Napiórkowski, Director of MHP

Prof. Richard Butterwick-Pawlikowski, Chief Historian of MHP

🕰️ 11:20–12:30 DISCUSSION I

The image of Tadeusz Kościuszko

Prof. Jarosław Czubaty

Prof. Piotr Ugniewski

Prof. Małgorzata Litwinowicz-Droździel

Moderator: Prof. Aleksandra Jakóbczyk-Gola

🕰️ 12:30–14:00 DISCUSSION II

From the insurrection to the January Uprising – the Polish insurrectionary tradition

Prof. Andrzej Nowak

Prof. Ewa Hoffmann-Piotrowska

Wojciech Kalwat

Moderator: Prof. Piotr Ugniewski

🕰️ 14:00–15:00 lunch break

🕰️ 15:00–16:00 DISCUSSION III

Propaganda, discourse, ideas – the insurrection in the language of politics

Prof. Anna Grześkowiak-Krwawicz

Prof. Piotr Ugniewski

Moderator: Prof. Richard Butterwick-Pawlikowski

🕰️ 16:00–17:00 DISCUSSION IV

The insurrectionary Commonwealth on the international stage

Prof. Zofia Zielińska

Prof. Piotr Ugniewski

Moderator: Michał Bąk

🕰️ 17:00–17:30 coffee break

🕰️ 17:30–18:30

Harp concert of works from the era combined with a lecture on Karol Gröll

Prof. Anna Sikorzak-Olek

📅 NOVEMBER 9, 2024

🕰️ 9:30–10:30 DISCUSSION V

Armed struggle in the Crown, Lithuania, and Courland

Eduardas Brusokas, Michał Bąk

Moderator: Prof. Richard Butterwick-Pawlikowski

🕰️ 10:30–11:30 DISCUSSION VI

Religious issues in the insurrection

Dr. Magdalena Ślusarska, Dr. Rafał Waszczuk,

Prof. Paweł Zając OMI

Moderator: Prof. Richard Butterwick-Pawlikowski

🕰️ 11:30–12:00 coffee break

🕰️ 12:00–13:00 DISCUSSION VII

Insurrectionary capitals. Women and men from Warsaw,

women and men from Vilnius in the insurrection

Prof. Elżbieta Wichrowska, Prof. Igor Piotrowski

Moderator: Dr. hab. Aleksandra Jakóbczyk-Gola

🕰️ 13:00–14:00 DISCUSSION VIII

Free and equal citizens? Peasants in uprisings from 1794 to 1864.

Prof. Mateusz Wyżga, Prof. Michał Kopczyński

Moderator: Prof. Richard Butterwick-Pawlikowski

🕰️ 14:00–14:30 CONFERENCE SUMMARY

Prof. Richard Butterwick-Pawlikowski, Michał Bąk

Moderators: Prof. Piotr Ugniewski, Dr. hab. Aleksandra Jakóbczyk-Gola

🕰️ 14:30 lunch