The first Oral History Seminar of the 2025/2026 academic year took place on October 22, 2025, at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw. The seminar focused on an interview with Ms. Róża Karwowska, recorded in Cieszyn by Dr. Jolanta Epstein (Tadeusz Manteuffel Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences) as part of the project “Czechoslovak-Polish Scholarly Entanglements in the Cold War Between High Politics and Individual Strategies”. This interview is part of a collection of biographical recordings conducted with the families of doctors and medical professionals associated with the Silesian Hospital in Cieszyn.
This year, the Oral History Seminars will take place in various cities across Poland. Scheduled dates are: December 3, 2025 (Wrocław), January 29, 2026 (Gdańsk), February 25, 2026 (Warsaw), March 27, 2026 (Łódź), April 22, 2026 (Kraków), May 27, 2026 (Warsaw), and June 17, 2026 (Lublin).
The Oral History Seminars are co-organized by the Qualitative Data Archive at IFiS PAN, the Faculty of Culture and Arts at the University of Warsaw, and the Polish Oral History Association. The initiative is under the patronage of the “Wrocławski Rocznik Historii Mówionej” („Wrocław Yearbook of Oral History”). More information can be obtained at: seminariumoralhistory@gmail.com.