{"id":2293,"date":"2026-06-02T15:27:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T15:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/changelab.pl\/?p=2293"},"modified":"2026-06-02T15:35:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T15:35:05","slug":"opening-lecture-isess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/changelab.pl\/pl\/opening-lecture-isess\/","title":{"rendered":"The opening lecture for the Interdisciplinary Seminar in Empirical Social Science (ISESS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2293\" class=\"elementor elementor-2293\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e6dcb63 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2e6dcb63\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63cc45d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"63cc45d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-497ca9fa e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"497ca9fa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-982a90c e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"982a90c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-236771e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"236771e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The opening lecture for the Interdisciplinary Seminar in Empirical Social Science (ISESS) <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23550ae8 e-con-full e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"23550ae8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-710065c1 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"710065c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72ce9e99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"72ce9e99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On 8 October 2025, the opening meeting of the Interdisciplinary Seminar in Empirical Social Science (ISESS) for the 2025\/2026 academic year took place at the University of Warsaw.<\/p><p>The inaugural lecture of the academic year was delivered by Anna Potoczek from Change Lab. Her presentation, titled \u201cOn triumphs and tragedies: how societies perceive historical successes and failures\u201d, examined how societies evaluate historical victories and defeats and how narratives about the past shape perceptions of these events.<\/p><p>The research explored whether successful historical events &#8211; such as resistance movements, struggles for democracy, or campaigns for equality &#8211; are perceived as more moral, historically important, and worthy of commemoration than unsuccessful ones. Drawing on experimental data collected across multiple countries, including Poland, the United States, Norway, and several Central European states, the project investigated how perceptions of historical events are influenced by their outcomes and by national context.<\/p><p>The seminar series, affiliated with the Centre for Excellence in Social Science and organized within the framework of the Excellence Initiative \u2013 Research University (IDUB) programme, provides an interdisciplinary forum for scholars engaged in empirical social science research. 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