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Polish-Russians Dialogue
26 October 2012, 6 p.m. Russia and Russians in the mirror of contemporary Russian literature A lecture by Irina Prokhorowa Lectures organised in cooperation with the Centre for Polish-Russian Dialogue and Understanding are an inherent part of the tradition of debates about the culture of European countries held in the International Cultural Centre. The leading theme of the planned series of meetings is contemporary Poland and Russia, with a special emphasis on issues related to literature, culture, history and national heritage. -
Think: literature!
The Conrad Festival starts this Monday (the 22nd of October). Throughout the entire week (until Sunday, the 28th of October), brilliant writers from all over the world will visit Krakow including: Nobel Prize winner, Orhan Pamuk, Hungarian writer and essayist, Petér Esterházy, British writer and feminist, Jeanette Winterson, and Croatian writer and essayist, Dubravka Ugrešić. Among the Polish writers and reportage writers who have confirmed their participation, are: Zygmunt Miłoszewski, Mikołaj Łoziński, Eustachy Rylski, Wojciech Jagielski, Krzysztof Varga, Jacek Dehnel, Magdalena Tulli, Małgorzata Szejnert, Piotr Sommer, and NIKE Literary Award winners – Marian Pilot, Eugeniusz Tkaczyszyn-Dycki and Marek Bieńczyk. As always, the Festival Centre be located at Pałac Pod Baranami (Rynek Główny 27). -
Contemporary still temporary
W 2007 roku Christian Kerez, słabo w Polsce znany szwajcarski architekt, wygrał międzynarodowy konkurs na gmach Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej w Warszawie. W życiu publicznym zawrzało. Zamiast wymarzonego klejnotu dla centrum stolicy wybrano białe pudełko. Ruszyły protesty, spory, zmiany planów i narastające problemy. Jednym słowem: skandal. Jego apogeum przypadło na koniec kwietnia 2012 roku: miasto Warszawa zerwało umowę z architektem. Sprawa została skierowana do sądu. -
The conference „Regions of Memory. A Comparative Perspective on Eastern Europe”
The conference „Regions of Memory. A Comparative Perspective on Eastern Europe” is the second international event of the “Genealogies of Memory” project. The event will be held on Nov. 26-28, 2012 in the Warsaw University Library. During the conference we want to compare different memories, ways of forgetting and dealing with the experiences of mass violence in societies that suffered under totalitarian regimes in the 20th century. -
Emil Brix "Z powrotem w Europie Środkowej" [Central Europe re visited]
The Biblioteka Europy Środka series edited by Jacek Purchla has gained a new publication -
Le CorbusYear
Le Corbusier (1887–1965) has been often dubbed “the pope of modernism”, with both admiration and scorn. He is regarded as the most influential architect of the 20th century – or perhaps even of all time – nevertheless, our knowledge of his work and life is scarce and to a great extent indirect. We know that he was great but we don’t know exactly why. The last exhibition of Le Corbusier in Poland toured several towns in 1966, and his most recent critical monography was published in 1982. None of the 20 books that Le Corbusier wrote or co-edited have been published in Poland in their entirety, except for the samizdat edition of the “Athens Charter”, which is hardly accessible today. -
"Nations – history and memory" - 8th issue of "Herito" available soon
The eighth issue of the Herito quarterly devoted to nations in the context of history and memory brings text by Miroslav Hroch, Alexandr Lipatov, Zdzisław Najder, Robert Traba and Wojciech Wilczyk. In addition, Joanna Sanetra Szeliga talks to Krzysztof Czyżewski, the artistic director of the Wrocław European Capital of Culture 2016 project; Agnieszka Zabłocka Kos reviews the idea and competition of the Bauhaus Museum in Weimar -
Jan Karski - The Return of a Hero
Museum of the City of Lodz would like to invite for the series of events "The Week of the Courier of the Polish Secret State", which are a part of a historical education project "Jan Karski - The Return of a Hero". -
The Emilie Flöge Fabric Sample Collection
This exhibition contains 350 items from the estate of Emilie Flöge (1874–1952), the partner and muse of Gustav Klimt.