Every year since 2018, Wrocław’s Public History Summer School brings together undergraduate and graduate students from all over the world. They attend lectures, workshops, round tables and discussions, as well as present their own public history projects. The positive feedback that we received from them, as well as their suggestions in evaluation questionnaires encourage us to extend the school’s program and launch an international research seminar. As more and more doctoral students and academic historians conduct public history projects or include public history in their ongoing research, we believe that it may become an important platform for networking and exchange of information for scholars who are at the very beginning of their career.
The seminar has no specific theme. Proposals concerning all aspects of public history are welcome, as long as they relate to research - research process, results, theory, methodology, challenges, possibilities, ethical aspects, etc.
Presentations should not exceed 40 minutes for each speaker, and they will be followed by a Q&A session. Presenters will be expected to submit a long abstract (around 1,000 words) ten days before their presentation. It will be circulated among the seminar's participants beforehand.
The official language of the seminar is English.
Applications should include the following information: name and surname; affiliation; academic degree (if you are PhD, please indicate the year of the PhD award); brief description of your paper (max. 350 words); short biographical note - your education, current research, publications/major achievements and research interests. Please submit your proposal to: publichistoryseminar@gmail.com by April 15, 2022.
Preference will be given to PhD candidates and scholars who are at the beginning of their academic career (PhD or equivalent for less than six years). Except under special circumstances, MA students will not be admitted.
We will notify all applicants whether their proposal has been accepted by April 30, 2022.
Accommodation costs (Sunday night to Tuesday morning), as well as lunch and dinner on Monday will be covered in full by the organizers who will be responsible for reservations. In addition, participants will receive a travel grant in the amount of 2000 PLN (c. 430 EUR / 490 USD) to cover their transportation and other expenses, including insurance and any medical fees (paid upon arrival). They need to book their tickets themselves, but the organizers will be glad to offer advice on the best routes to and from Wrocław.