We cordially invite you to our public lecture series entitled “Space and Society - Urban History in East Central Europe”. Venue is the Syrena Cinema of the Warsaw Museum (Rynek Starego Miasta 42).
Dr. Vladyslava Moskalets will start. The Ukrainian historian will talk about the city of Lviv at the end of the 19th century, which was growing rapidly at that time. Its population consisted of people from different social and ethnic groups. On March 4, the lecturer will examine how these dividing lines were reflected in the living habits of the citizens.
In our April lecture, Prof. Karl Schlögel will focus on the history of cities in Central and Eastern Europe. Urban landscapes are like textures and documents that allow us to explore the diverse layers of urban space in the past and present. The lecture will illustrate this approach through practical explorations in a number of cities in Eastern and Central Europe.
On May 6, Prof. Martina Löw will show that spaces are changing fundamentally on an urban scale. She argues that since the 1960s we have witnessed a refiguration of spaces, which is often experienced as uncertainty leading to conflicts and tensions in many societies. In her lecture, she will describe forms and effects of urban spatial refiguration, using examples from Berlin and Seoul.
In June, Dr. Florian Urban will be our guest. He will present postmodernism as a socio-cultural movement that underpinned many debates of the time, including debates about dense, functionally mixed urban planning, visible historicity or national identity. In his lecture, he will discuss these examples of Polish postmodernism in an international context.
All lectures start at 18:00, admission is free.
Please find the full program here.
