The Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Dublin and the Institute of National Remembrance have organised a conference entitled "Poland and Ireland: Ways to Independence" organized on the occasion of the 150^th anniversary of the January1863 Uprising. It took take place on 8 October 2013 in Dublin at Auditorium of the John Hume Insitute for Globar Irish Studies (University College, Dublin, Belfield).

PROGRAM

13.00–13.15 – Opening of the conference: Marcin Nawrot – the Ambassador of the Republic of Poland in Dublin, Dr. Łukasz Kamiński – the President of the Institute of National Remembrance

13.15-14.30 – Session I

Chair – Dr. Łukasz  Kamiński

·         Prof. Marek Kornat (Institute of History, Polish Academy of Science / Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw) – The Polish Aspirations for Independence in the Nineteenth Century against an European Background

·         Dr. Bożena Cierlik (School of History, University College Cork) – The Irish and the Issue of Independence in the Nineteenth Century

·         Dr. John Borgonovo (School of History, University College Cork) – The Irish War of Independence

·         Discussion

14.30–14.45 – Coffee break

14.45–16.00 – Session II

Chair – Dr. Łukasz  Kamiński

·         Prof. Andrzej Chwalba (Institute of History, Jagiellonian University) – The Polish Underground State During the January 1863 Uprising

·         Prof. Gabriel Doherty (School of History, University College Cork)  – The Irish Underground State During the War for Independence

·         Prof. Rafał Wnuk (Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk / Institute of History, Catholic University of Lublin) – The Polish Underground State During the Second World War and the European Resistance Movement

·         Discussion

16.00–16.15 – Coffee break

16.15–17.15 – Session III

Chair – Dr Łukasz  Kamiński

·         Prof Jerzy Eisler (Institute of National Remembrance / Institute of History, Polish Academy of Science) – "Black Thursday" 1970 and  "Bloody Sunday" 1972

·         Prof. Gabriel Doherty – Ireland and the Irish People to the "Solidarity"

·         Discussion

17.15–17.30 – Coffee break

17.30–19.00 – Panel discussion "Polish and Irish Ways to Independence in the 19^th and 20^th Century in the Comparative Perspective"

Chair: Prof. Jerzy Eisler

Participants: Prof. Andrzej Chwalba, Prof. Gabriel Doherty, Dr. Jacqueline Hayden (Trinity College Dublin), Dr. Łukasz Kamiński, Prof. Marek Kornat