Seeing the Enemy in the "Other": Visions of Conspiracy and Treachery among Russians, Poles, and Jews

Session Submission Type: Panel

Brief Description

The nineteenth century was fraught with revolutions, conspiracies to preserve or overthrow existing regimes, and conspiracy theories. Certain conspiracies really existed, while others were marketable commodities that sold books and newspapers, and still others provided easy explanations for more complex problems. This panel explores visions of conspiracy involving Poles and Jews, groups that, in imperial Russia, fell under suspicion as threats to empire, social order, and Orthodox Christianity.

Sub Unit

• History: 1800-1900

Chair

• Kostas Zivas, Yale U

Papers

• Poles, the Revolutionary International, and the Berezowski Assassination Attempt - Heather Leigh Bailey, U of Illinois at Springfield

• Accidental Antisemites?: The Unwitting Authors of 'The Protocols of the Elders of Zion' - Faith C. Hillis, U of Chicago

Discussant

• Darius Staliunas, Lithuanian Institute of History (Lithuania)