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EHU invites to the joint conference “What Remains of the Ideals of the 1863 Uprising?”

On 24-25 October the conference “What Remains of the Ideals of the 1863 Uprising” is organised by the Polish Institute in Vilnius, the Polish Embassy in Lithuania in cooperation with the Vytautas Magnus University and the European Humanities University (EHU) will be held. The program consists of discussions that will take place in Vilnius and Kaunas.

Within the conference, the following issues will be raised:

  • Is it necessary and how to divide the legacy of Zygmunt Serakowski and Kastus Kalinouski between Lithuanians, Poles and Belarusians;
  • Why the ideals of liberty and freedom of the 19th century are relevant today;
  • What should be the Polish and Lithuanian historical policy in the EU, and is there a place for Belarus;
  • How to honor the memory of the revolutionaries of 1863-1864, whose remains were discovered in Vilnius;
  • and others.

In the discussion on October 24 (Tuesday), at 6 pm in the Vilnius Picture Gallery (Didžioji g. 5), following speakers will take part:

  • Prof. Antanas Kulakauskas (Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas)
  • Prof. Bohdan Cywiński (Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Warsaw)
  • Dr. Tatsiana Chulitskaya (European Humanities University, Vilnius)
  • Moderator — Assoc. Prof. Andrzej Pukszto (Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas).

In the discussion on October 25 (Wednesday) at 1 pm which will be held at the Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas (Putvinskio g. 23-106), following speakers will take part:

  • Prof. Jonas Vaičenonis (University of Vytautas Magnus, Kaunas)
  • Prof. Bohdan Cywiński (Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Warsaw)
  • Dr. Tatsiana Chulitskaya (European Humanities University)
  • Moderator — Simonas Jazavita (Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas).

The discussion will take place with simultaneous interpreting into Polish and Lithuanian.

The description of the event is available on a special page in Facebook.

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