“Symbolic Orders and Social Change in Eastern Europe and Beyond”

10 October, 2025

A conference organized by Institute of Philosophy
and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IFiS PAN)

Staszic Palace, Nowy Świat 72, Warsaw, room 236, second floor

PROGRAMME

13:00-13:05 Rafał SMOCZYŃSKI (IFIS PAN) Introductory Remarks

13:05-13:25 Hrafnkell LARUSSON (The University of Iceland) Free elections or controlled voting? Icelandic parliamentary elections 1874–1903.

13:25-13:45 Katarzyna ANDREJUK (IFiS PAN) Migrant social activism as a driver of social change: experience of Ukrainians in Poland

13:45-14:05 Daniel ADDY (GSSR, IFiS PAN) Faith-Driven Entrepreneurship: Strategic Choices of African Migrants in Poland’s Informal Economy.

14:05-14:20 Discussion

14:20 – 14:40 Laszlo Attila HUBBES (Sapientia. The Hungarian University of Transylvania) Transforming Mythological Landscapes in Transylvania at the fringe or crossroads between East and West

Rafał SMOCZYŃSKI (IFiS PAN) 14:40-15:00 The impact of undercapitalization on the citizenship model in Eastern Europe

15:00-15:15 Discussion

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