Tomasz Łysak
Biographic Data
| ID | 4427457 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tomasz Łysak |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tomasz |
| FAMILY NAME | Łysak |
| SIGNATURE | ŁYSAK T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Warsaw |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5476-4917 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Modeling the Holocaust
Memorial museums frequently use models of the crematoria and death camps to help visitors visually represent aspects of the Holocaust; however, scholars in the field of Holocaust studies have often ignored or marginalized these representational strategies. This article analyzes dioramas, architectural models, maquettes, and miniatures in relation to their materiality and mediality. It historically surveys key seminal models including Mieczysław S…
The Future
The concept of the post-apocalypse, a cultural imagination of nuclear energy, the temporality of trauma, and time travel are linked herein in order to arrive at a political reading of the Dark series. This show is a commentary on the phasing out of nuclear power in Germany in response to the nuclear disaster in Fukushima. Two readings of this series are proposed: a meditation on the possible futures of the world (the possibility of reparative act…
Dead Rescuers
After their electoral victory in 2015, the Law and Justice party started a counter-revolution in historical policy, intended to undermine critical historiography on the Holocaust. As a result, “dead rescuers,” Poles who lost their lives saving Jews during the Second World War, are commemorated by a host of institutions: a government-sponsored research institute, museums, and the Catholic Church. This commemoration borrows its aesthetics from earl…
The barn is burning’
There are three important phenomena in the lyrics of popular Polish songs about the Holocaust. Firstly, there is local resistance to the conflation of the town of Oświęcim with the former Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Secondly, the memory of the Jedwabne pogrom is used as a yardstick for contemporary societal evils and to comment upon the chasm between conservative and liberal segments in Polish society. Thirdly, the Catholic pro-life mo…
Vlogging Auschwitz
Content creators on YouTube have started documenting their visits to the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in vlog form. This social media format has enabled influencers to assume the role of popular historian, endowing their trips with a sense of moral responsibility. Critical tools should be applied not only to content analysis but also to metadata and various methods of curating visibility on the platform. Additionally, mechanisms of self-promot…
"Dziennik Anne Frankenstein"
Dotychczasowe analizy związków kultury popularnej i Zagłady obejmują kilka gatunków kultury wizualnej (w szczególności komiks) z pominięciem kultury audialnej (muzyki rozrywkowej i słuchowisk radiowych). Niedostatecznie rozpoznano także praktyki związane z nowymi mediami w erze cyfrowej. Niniejszy tekst wskazuje na luki w dotychczasowych badaniach i wypełnia je, a także wyznacza nowy obszar badań nad „rozproszonymi odniesieniami do Zagłady”, to j…
Trauma i niewymowność
The female complaint: the unfinished business of sentimentality in American culture (Duke UP, 2008) i The queen of America goes to Washington City: essays on sex and citizenship (Duke UP, 1997)
Contemporary Debates on the Holocaust in Poland
Vlogging Auschwitz
Content creators on YouTube have started documenting their visits to the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in vlog form. This social media format has enabled influencers to assume the role of popular historian, endowing their trips with a sense of moral responsibility. Critical tools should be applied not only to content analysis but also to metadata and various methods of curating visibility on the platform. Additionally, mechanisms of self-promot…
Contemporary Debates on the Holocaust in Poland
Trauma i niewymowność
The female complaint: the unfinished business of sentimentality in American culture (Duke UP, 2008) i The queen of America goes to Washington City: essays on sex and citizenship (Duke UP, 1997)
"Dziennik Anne Frankenstein"
Dotychczasowe analizy związków kultury popularnej i Zagłady obejmują kilka gatunków kultury wizualnej (w szczególności komiks) z pominięciem kultury audialnej (muzyki rozrywkowej i słuchowisk radiowych). Niedostatecznie rozpoznano także praktyki związane z nowymi mediami w erze cyfrowej. Niniejszy tekst wskazuje na luki w dotychczasowych badaniach i wypełnia je, a także wyznacza nowy obszar badań nad „rozproszonymi odniesieniami do Zagłady”, to j…
Vlogging Auschwitz
Content creators on YouTube have started documenting their visits to the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in vlog form. This social media format has enabled influencers to assume the role of popular historian, endowing their trips with a sense of moral responsibility. Critical tools should be applied not only to content analysis but also to metadata and various methods of curating visibility on the platform. Additionally, mechanisms of self-promot…
The barn is burning’
There are three important phenomena in the lyrics of popular Polish songs about the Holocaust. Firstly, there is local resistance to the conflation of the town of Oświęcim with the former Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Secondly, the memory of the Jedwabne pogrom is used as a yardstick for contemporary societal evils and to comment upon the chasm between conservative and liberal segments in Polish society. Thirdly, the Catholic pro-life mo…
The Future
The concept of the post-apocalypse, a cultural imagination of nuclear energy, the temporality of trauma, and time travel are linked herein in order to arrive at a political reading of the Dark series. This show is a commentary on the phasing out of nuclear power in Germany in response to the nuclear disaster in Fukushima. Two readings of this series are proposed: a meditation on the possible futures of the world (the possibility of reparative act…
Dead Rescuers
After their electoral victory in 2015, the Law and Justice party started a counter-revolution in historical policy, intended to undermine critical historiography on the Holocaust. As a result, “dead rescuers,” Poles who lost their lives saving Jews during the Second World War, are commemorated by a host of institutions: a government-sponsored research institute, museums, and the Catholic Church. This commemoration borrows its aesthetics from earl…
Modeling the Holocaust
Memorial museums frequently use models of the crematoria and death camps to help visitors visually represent aspects of the Holocaust; however, scholars in the field of Holocaust studies have often ignored or marginalized these representational strategies. This article analyzes dioramas, architectural models, maquettes, and miniatures in relation to their materiality and mediality. It historically surveys key seminal models including Mieczysław S…
Art (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Polish-Jewish Holocaust Memory Studies (5 works) · The Holocaust (5 works) · Central European Literary Studies (4 works) · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · History (3 works)