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Cambridge British-Polish Cultural Symposium

Symposium

The Cambridge British-Polish Cultural Symposium:

A one-day symposium exploring British-Polish cultural and historical connections over the past 100 years.

07 December 2022

9:30 - 18:00, Knox Shaw Room, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University

 

Join us for the Cambridge British-Polish Cultural Symposium on 07 December 2022.

Special guests include: 

U.K. Ambassador to Poland Anna Clunes (@AnnaClunes) and Ambassador of Poland Piotr Wilczek (@AmbWilczek)

All are welcome to join us in person or online.

Please reserve a free ticket here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cambridge-british-polish-cultural-symposium-tickets-475094519497

 

The event will also be streamed via Zoom webinar. Please register here: https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/.../WN_DQrl6DczTj6Pdz1c3eZeRg

Download the full programme here

● 9.30-9.45 - Welcome

● 9.45-11.15 - Panel 1: Nation and Exile: Historical Expressions of Identity

(Jochen Lingelbach, Matthew Kelly, Josef Butler)

● 11.15-11.30 - Coffee

● 11.30-1.00 - Panel 2: Poland in Early 20th Century British Media

(Juliette Bretan, Jenny Grant, Julia Griffin)

● 1.00-2.00 - Lunch

● 2.00-2.45 - Conversation with Clare Mulley

● 2.45-3.00 - Coffee

● 3.00-4.15 - Panel 3: Building Bridges in the 21st Century

(Jakub Krupa, Ania Mochlińska-Rakowicz, Tim Bucknall, Ren Marczak Behan)

● 4.15-4.30 - Coffee

● 4.30-5.45 - Conversation with British Ambassador to Poland Anna Clunes and Polish Ambassador to UK Piotr Wilczek

● 5.45-6.00 - Final thoughts