Event programme:
(all events will take place at 16 Foksal St, Warsaw unless a separate address is explicitly mentioned, times are in CET, which is an hour ahead of GMT and an hour behind EET)
Direct links to event dates:
22.05 / 25.05 / 28.05 / 29.05 / 31.05 / 01.06 / 02.06 / 03.06 / 08.06 / 09.06 / 10.06 / 11.06 / throughout /
(the biographies are currently being updated and more information will continue to appear)
(DEBATE/ Interpretation: PL-EN)
Is there any space for solidarity within a capitalist system?
Prof. Richard Sennet, The London School of Economics and Columbia University
Prof. Saskia Sassen, Columbia University
Moderation: Sławomir Sierakowski, Krytyka Polityczna
(DEBATE/Interpretation: DE-PL)
Different, equal, in solidarity
Prof. Thomas Meyer, The Friedrich Ebert Foundation and editor-in-chief of the Neue Gesellschaft Frankfurter Hefte
Robert Biedroń, president of the city of Słupsk
Barbara Nowacka, politician, member of the Twój Ruch [Your Movement] party
Joanna Wowrzeczka, Krytyka Polityczna Cieszyn
Moderation: Agnieszka Wiśniewska, Krytyka Polityczna
(OPEN SEMINAR/Language: PL)
No decisions about us without us
A discussion about student protests in Warsaw and the concept of the engaged university.
Guests: representatives of diverse student movements and Dr Maciej Gdula, Warsaw University
Moderation: Mikołaj Syska, Krytyka Polityczna
(CHILDREN’S WORKSHOP/Language: PL)
MaMa Cafe, 27b Wilcza St
Trust – workshops for children
Trust and cooperation are important in many spheres of life: in families, in schools, at work and in public. And, it’s not just humans are able to work in teams; bees, ants, fish and elephants – all these animals work together. Following the Krytyka Polityczna publications Trust. A Children’s Guide and Cooperation. A Chlldren’s Guide, Anna and Agnieszka examine why, in the long run, solidarity and communal cooperation are better strategies than reclusiveness and societal isolation.
Moderation: Anna Cieplak and Agnieszka Muras
18:00 Friday 29th May
(DEBATE/Language: PL)
Komandosi, KOR, Solidarność – from smaller organisations through to social movements
Prof. Karol Modzelewski
Moderation: Agata Szczęśniak, Krytyka Polityczna
(WALK OF DISCOVERY/Language: PL)
This walk will start at the Wilson Square entrance to Stefan Żeromski Park
Walk – Following in the footsteps of Jacek Kuroń’s ideas
Krytyka Polityczna invite the inhabitants of Warsaw to join a walk around the sites connected with Jacek Kuroń and of importance to opposition activities and socially engaged movements during the transition. This walk is designed to outline Kuroń’s biography, his figure and social background, his visions and socio-political postulates.
(OPEN SEMINAR/Language: PL)
Reflections on Violence
A discussion based upon Georges Sorel’s book Reflections on Violence, with a particular focus on the chapters about class, struggle and violence and the decline of the bourgeoisie and violence.
Guests: Prof. Andrzej Leder and Sławomir Sierakowski
(DEBATE/Interpretation: PL-EN-DE)
Precariat of the world…
Prof. Guy Standing, The University of London (related article)
Prof. Klaus Dörre, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Moderation: Dr Dorota Szelewa
(DEBATE/Interpretation: EN-PL)
Finance and banking in the 21st century – an introduction
Prof. Ha Joon Chang, Cambridge University
Prof. Marek Belka, head of the Polish National Bank
Moderation: Prof. Jerzy Osiatyński, member of the Monetary Policy Council and The Institute for Advanced Study
(DEBATE/Language: PL)
On the barricades in Lemminggrad – middle class solidarity?
Prof. Andrzej Leder, The Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study
Dr Przemysław Sadura, Warsaw University
Moderation: Dr Agnieszka Graff, Krytyka Polityczna, Institute for Advanced Study
(DEBATE/Interpretation: EN-PL)
In the absence of solidarity: Ukraine, Russia and the West
Prof. Timothy Snyder, Yale University
Masha Gessen, journalist, publicist and author
Moderation: Sławomir Sierakowski, Krytyka Polityczna
(FILM SCREENING/Language: PL)
Screening of Independence without Censorship, dir. Agnieszka Arnold
(OPEN SEMINAR/Language: PL)
Phenomenology of the Maidan
Guest: Prof. Marci Shore
Moderation: Michał Sutowski
21:00 Thursday 11th June
(FILM SCREENING/Language: PL)
The Palace of Culture, Defilad Square
Screening of Ursus znaczy niedźwiedź [Bear Means Hope], dir. Jaśmina Wójcik
The film’s director Jaśmina Wójcik will be present to talk about her film.
From the 22nd May to the 30th June
(ARTISTIC INTERVENTION)
Artists: Marta Frej and Joanna Wowrzeczka
In their work, Marta Frej and Joanna Wowrzeczka explore the issue of deeply rooted social inequality. Against a background of culture, economics and ethics, they show violence and defencelessness as both the results and the origins of inequality. The artists concentrate on individual and personal experiences and appeal both to the empathy of the audience, but also to the emotions evoked by humour and irony.
Event locations
Krytyka Polityczna, 16 Foksal St, Warsaw
The Palace of Culture, Defilad Square, Warsaw
Wilson Square, Warsaw
MaMa, 27b Wilcza St, Warsaw