Soviet nationalities policy—Stalin’s policy towards one of the minorities living on the territory of the USSR, the Jews—has generated and continues to engender growing interest among researchers, including historians and political scientists.  Research into the period of the Second World War enjoys particular popularity.  That interest includes not just Jews who were Soviet citizens but likewise those who, prior to 1939, were citizens of other countries but as a result of the turmoil of the war found themselves on the territory of the USSR.
    We wish to invite speakers to the conference who are involved with various aspects of Soviet nationality policy, who come from academic centers in Poland, Israel, Germany, Ukraine, and Lithuania, in order to present a view spectrum of research on the complex problem of the fate of the Jews inhabiting lands that came under Soviet rule. 

The following fields and research themes should be covered in the conference:
1. Jews and the Revolution of 1917
2. The Influence of Jews on the Development of Education and the Economy in the USSR
3. The Policies of Repression towards Jewish Activists, Members of Political Groups (Communists, Bundists, Zionists), and Representatives of the Intellectual Elite
4. "A Plan for Creating a Jewish Autonomous Region: Birobidzhan."  
5.  The Complexity of the Fate of Polish Jews on Soviet Territory during World War II (Exiles, Political Prisoners)
6. The Jewish Antifascist Committee (1952)
7. Soviet Jews and Jewish fugitives on the Territory of the USSR (Identity, Religion)
8. The Jewish Question in the USSR and the Emergence of the State of Israel
9. Jewish Culture at the Service of the Ruling Powers.

Place of the Conference: The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland.    Dates: October 19-20, 2017
The organizers of the conference will provide overnight lodging and meals during the time of the conference.  The organizers also assure the publication of post-conference proceedings.

Organizational Committee:
Dr. hab. Sabina BOBER (The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Faculty of Humanities: sabinabober@interia.pl)

Dr. MartynaRusiniak-Karway (The Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Political Studies: mrusiniak@isppan.waw.pl)