EUROPE WITH A VIEW TO THE FUTURE program

Monday, 28th May
ECS, workshop studio 4 (3rd floor)

14.00–16.30
How to approach narratives discussion on European inte gration in Poland | seminar
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Introduction
/ Basil Kerski, director of the European Solidarity Centre

17.00–19.00
Gdańsk 1918-2018
guided tour with Dr Ewa Barylewska-Szymańska, deputy director of cultural heritage protection at the Gdańsk Museum
→ closed event, contact: europe@ecs.gda.pl

Tuesday, 29th May
ECS, Temporary Exhibition Hall

10.00–12.00
The opening → registration
Keynote
/ Basil Kerski, director of the European Solidarity Centre
/ Jarosław Sellin, Secretary of State in the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage

Panel I

Europe 1918 – 1989 - 2018. Tradition. Identity. Values
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• 1918, 1989–1991 – The long process of (re)gaining independence, different experiences and results?
• 100 years after the end of the First World War, 100 years of independence of Poland and other Central and Eastern European nations
• Various perceptions in Europe and their consequences for the future
• How do these processes influence the dynamics of European politics today?
• Is it possible to build a common historical narrative on these processes?

Panelists
/ Daniel Beauvois, historian, scholar of Slavic studies, writer, translator
/ Olga Irisova, political analyst, Editor-in-Chief of Riddle online magazine
/ Konrad Knoch, historian, lecturer at the University of Gdańsk, employee of the Historical  Department of the ECS

Host
/ Michał Wójcik, historian, journalist, former editor-in-chief of Focus and Focus Historia magazines

12.00–13.00
coffee break

13:00–14.30
Panel II

Political and cultural heritage of 1968
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• How has 1968 influenced European history?
• Generational change, Cold War tensions, cultural rebellion
• Different cultural meanings of 1968

Panelists

/ Mieczysław Abramowicz, writer and theatrologist, theater director
/ Bogdan Borusewicz, politician, historian, activist of the democratic opposition in the years of the Polish People’s Republic, deputy speaker of the Senate (the ninth term)
/ Georges Mink, historian, French Academy of Sciences, College
of Europe
/ Eugeniusz Smolar, journalist, opposition activist in the communist period, participant in the demonstration in March 1968 in Warsaw
/ Gabriela Svarovska, deputy Director at Prague Civil Society Centre, former Director of Human Rights and Transition Policy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Czech Republic

Host

/ Marcin Żyła, deputy editor-in-chief of Tygodnik Powszechny

18.00–20.00
AMBASSADOR OF NEW EUROPE 2017  → registration
award presentation and discussion with the laureate
musical performance | Marcin Kozioł Quintet, Balkan Music for World Peace

Wednesday, 30th May
ECS, Temporary Exhibition Room

10.00–11.30
Panel III

European economy after the crisis – lessons learnt?
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• What did we learn about market economy from the economy crisis?
• Do we understand the economic crisis and its political and social effects? Do we have a new economic scenario?
• Is solidarity between Europeans a realistic policy?

Panelists
/ Eoin Drea, economist and Economic Historian, Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies
/ Dariusz Filar, economist, academic teacher, writer, member of the Monetary Policy Council in 2004-2010
/ Sebastian Płóciennik, economist and lawyer, head of the Weimar Triangle programme at the Polish Institute of International Affairs

Host
/ Irene Hahn-Fuhr, political scientist, director of the Warsaw office of the Heinrich Böll Foundation

11.30–12.30
coffee break

12.30–14.00
Panel IV

No changes in the East? Russia after presidential elections
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• The challenges of president Vladimir Putin’s fourth presidential term
• How has Russia changed and what aspirations have been revealed?
• Where is the real opposition in Russia?
• Is Europe able to build a common policy on Russia?

Panelists
/ Andrei Yurov, human rights defender, philosopher and trainer, International School of Human Rights and Civic Activities
/ Natalia Kurdyukova, journalist, activist, Nakipelo.ua
/ Wacław Radziwinowicz, journalist, correspondent of “Gazeta Wyborcza”
/ Paulina Siegień, columnist, journalist, “Gazeta Wyborcza”

Host
/ Adam Reichardt, journalist, publicist, editor-in-chief of New Eastern Europe

16.00–18.00
Panel V

Europe with a view to the future. Tradition. Identity. Values
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• What is European identity?
• What threatens the idea of the European community?
• Europe is not just the European Union. How to be politically responsible for the whole Europe?
• How can culture bring Europeans closer together?
• What kind of Europe do we want to live in?

Keynote
/ Robert Alagjozovski, philosopher, Minister of Culture of Macedonia

Panelists
/ Paweł Kowal, historian, columnist, Polish Academy of Science
/ Mykola Riabchuk, literary critic, writer
/ Beata Stasińska, editor, cultural activist

Host
/ Agnieszka Lichnerowicz, journalist, Radio TOK FM