First international conference organized by the Centre took place on 19th-21st of April in 2005. Its topic was „Central and East European Jews at the Crossroads of Tradition and Modernity“. Conference was organized together with The Lithuanian Institute of History. 30 speakers participated after the selection from Lithuania, Israel, United Kingdom, Germany, Poland, Russia, Belarus, Hungary, Sweden. Proceedings of the conference was published in Vilnius, 2006 (editors: J. Šiaučiūnaitė – Verbickienė, L. Lempertienė)
On 11th-12th of May in 2006, second conference „Jewish Space in Central and Eastern Europe: Day-to-Day History” was held together with The Lithuanian Institute of History. Theses of the papers and applications to participate as speakers at the conference were sent by 180 researchers. 30 speakers were selected. Proceedings of the conference was published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Newcastle, U.K.). To download sample of the book ant to purchase it, please visit www.c-s-p.org
In April, 2007, third annual international scientific conference "Jewish Politics in Central and Eastern Europe: from schtadlanut to Mass Parties" organized by the Centre and The Lithuanian Institute of History was held in Vilnius. This is a very successful event that gathers scholars from variety of countries and even continents. After success of last two conferences this year Centre had more than a hundred applicants to present their papers. Proceedings of latter conference will be published as well.
Fourth international conference “The Fourth Estate? Legal Status of the Jews in Early Modern Europe“ was held on 4-5th of March, 2008. The objective of the conference was to discuss factors which influenced the political, legal and social status of the Jews in East Central and Eastern Europe in the Early Modern period and the changes that took place in this status and in the political framework.
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