Church and Migrations in East-Central Europe in 20th Century

Session Submission Type: Panel

Brief Description

Migration is an inherent part of global history, as well as a component of the modern world that influences politics, economics, social life, as well as religious communities. East-Central Europe’s geopolitical location between the East and the West, the periods of its independent development and experiences of many occupations have led to the fact that society and its religious communities have a rich heritage of migration-related background. The panel is discussing the phenomenon of migration and its impact on religious practices, on cultural and political identities as well as on Church architecture. The region that we are focusing on is Lithuania, Belarus, Poland on the one, and Northern America as well as Western Europe on the other hand.

Sub Unit

• History: Central and Southeast Europe, Since 1918

Chair

• Victoria Phillips, Columbia U

Papers

• The Phenomenon of Lugano Lake Artists in the Territories of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania - Rustis Kamuntavicius, Vytautas Magnus U (Lithuania)

• Migration of Orthodox Clergy during the Polish-Lithuanian Conflict - Tomasz Blaszczak, Vytautas Magnus U (Lithuania)

• Catholic Church and Polish Catholics in Exile After World War II: From Worship to Political Engagement - Sławomir Lukasiewicz, John Paul II Catholic U of Lublin (Poland)

Discussant

• Mindaugas Sapoka, Lithuanian Institute of History (Lithuania)