The Institute of National Remembrance is currently chairing the European Network of Official Authorities in Charge of the Secret Police Files. On this occasion, we would like to invite you to participate in the international scientific conference entitled. “Archives and Remembrance: Contemporary Uses of the Archival Heritage of Former Communist Security Services”.

As part of the events related to the chairmanship of the Institute of National Remembrance of the European Network of Official Authorities in Charge of the Secret Police Files, the IPN Archive would like to invite you to the international scientific conference: Archives and Remembrance: Contemporary Uses of the Archival Heritage of Former Communist Security Services”

The aim of the conference is to present various areas of activity of institutions belonging to the Network and to exchange experiences in the scope of key aspects of their current work. Moreover, the participants will have the opportunity to discuss challenges related to the management of archives of former communist services, as well as to share experiences in the scope of, among others, the digitization, sharing and popularization of these collections.

The intention of the organizers is not only to expand knowledge about the historical and social significance of these types of archival holdings, but also to strengthen international cooperation in the field of research and the commemoration of significant figures and events.

Below, please find the agenda of the conference:

Official Opening

• 10:00–10:15 – Official Opening of the Conference
• 10:15–10:45 – Filip Musiał, Inaugural Lecture
• 10:45–11:00 – Break

Panel I – Moderator: Dr. Rafał Leśkiewicz

Part 1

• 11:00–11:20 – Marzena Kruk (The Archive, Institute of National Remembrance), Making Collections Accessible: Twenty-five Years of Activity by the Institute of National Remembrance Archive
• 11:20–11:40 – Alexandra Titze (Stasi Records Archive – Federal Archives
  of Germany), Dictatorship, Files, Reappraisal: The Archive as a Pillar of Democracy
• 11:40–12:00 – Dr. Bendegúz Gergő Cseh (Historical Archives of the Hungarian State Security), Lessons from Strategy
• 12:00–12:20 – Panel Discussion
• 12:20–12:40 – Break

Part 2

• 12:40–13:00 – Dr. Laura Cornea (National Council for the Study of the Securitate Archives, Romania), The Archive of the Former Romanian Securitate: Reconstruction, Conservation, Types of Artifacts, and Preservation through Digitization
• 13:00–13:20 – Dr. Radoslav Ragač (Nation’s Memory Institute, Slovakia), The Archival Heritage of Communist State Security in the Contemporary Slovak Context
• 13:20–13:40 – Dr. Rusłana Martseniuk (Sectoral State Archive of the Security Service of Ukraine, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń), What the Former Archives of Soviet Security Services Conceal and How to Use Them to Promote History
• 13:40–14:00 – Dr. Albert Nikolla (Authority for Information on Former State Security Documents, Albania), The Role of the Authority for Information on Former State Security Documents
• 14:00–14:20 – Panel Discussion
• 14:20–15:15 – Lunch

Panel II – Moderator: Dr. habil. Rafał Reczek

• 15:15–15:30 – Prosecutor Andrzej Pozorski (Chief Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation, Institute of National Remembrance), The Use of the Archival Resources of the Institute of National Remembrance in Criminal Proceedings
• 15:30–15:45 – Dr. habil. Krzysztof Szwagrzyk (Office of Search and Identification, Institute of National Remembrance), Searching for and Identifying Victims
  of Totalitarian Regimes in Poland
• 15:45–16:00 – Dr. Sebastian Pilarski (Historical Research Office, Institute
  of National Remembrance), The Significance of Communist Secret Service Documentation for Research on Poland’s Contemporary History
• 16:00–16:15 – Artur Napióra (Vetting Office, Institute of National Remembrance), Archival Documents of Communist State Security Organs as a Source for the Tasks
  of the Vetting Office of the Institute of National Remembrance
• 16:15–16:30 – Dr. Maciej Korkuć (Office for the Commemoration of the Struggle and Martyrdom, Institute of National Remembrance), The Decommunization
  of Public Space in the Context of Contemporary Challenges
• 16:30–16:45 – Cezary Gmyz (TV Republika), Documents of the Communist Special Services as a Journalistic Informational Source
• 16:45–17:15 – Panel Discussion

Closing

• 17:15–17:30 – Conference Summary
• 17:30–18:30 – Dinner

source: https://eng.ipn.gov.pl/