- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
Towards Modernity. Jews during the First World War and in the Interwar Period (1914-1939) 2900-JSL-ZWMW-OG
The Jewish experience between the two world wars was steeped in paradox. While the Interwar period saw a steep rise in anti-Semitism, radical politics, and violence, it was also an era of flourishing Jewish culture and politics, and a renaissance in Jewish communal and individual life. This lecture investigates how the First World War and imperial collapse, the rise of nation-states and radical politics affected Jews in Europe, the Soviet Union, and the Middle East through focus on issues of Jewish/state and Jewish/non-Jewish relations, Jewish national and socialist political orientations, the development of Jewish secular culture, the quest for authenticity, forced and voluntary migration, and the expansion of the Diaspora.
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Learning outcomes
Student:
- has deep knowledge of the history and culture of Polish Jews in 1914-1939;
- has knowledge of the factors that shaped modern Jewish society at the beginning of the twentieth century;
- has knowledge of the most important socio-cultural processes related to the Jewish population between 1914 and 1939;
- can link political events with socio-cultural processes, and explain their meaning and their milestones;
- is able to discern the relationship between the political, social and cultural factors responsible for shaping modern Jewish life;
- can assess the type and scale of changes that occurred in Jewish society between 1914-1939;
- recognizes the complexity and richness of social life in the interwar period;
- critically refers to simplified messages about this period;
- recognizes the complexity of the issue of Jewish identity.
Assessment criteria
Participation and passing the final test (min. 60%)
Bibliography
Brenner M., The Renaissance of Jewish Culture in Weimar Germany, New Haven and London 1996; Kobrin R., Żydowski Białystok i jego diaspora, tłum. A. Musiał, Białystok 2014; Kuznitz C., YIVO and the Making of Modern Jewish Culture: Scholarship for the Yiddish Nation, Cambridge 2014; Mendelsohn E., Żydzi Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej w okresie międzywojennym, tłum. A. Tomaszewska, Warszawa 1992; Shore M., Kawior i popiół. Życie i śmierć pokolenia oczarowanych i rozczarowanych marksizmem, tłum. M. Szuster, Warszawa 2008; Veidlinger J., The Moscow State Yiddish Theater: Jewish Culture on the Soviet Stage, Bloomington 2000.
Additional information
Information on level of this course, year of study and semester when the course unit is delivered, types and amount of class hours - can be found in course structure diagrams of apropriate study programmes. This course is related to the following study programmes:
- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
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