October 2008
We’re the posting the Agenda for the ‘New Agora’ Symposium organised by Borderland Foundation, in November 20-22 , Sejny-Wigry, Poland, followed by a list of the participants.
A background document - The Pedagogical Province of Bridge Builders - outlining the rational of the symposium can be downloaded here.
November 19 (Wednesday)
Arrival and accommodation of the participants at the RAC Wigry (’Wigry Monastery’)
November 20 (Thursday)
8.00-9.00 – breakfast
Transfer to Sejny by bus
10.00 – 12.00 Presentation of the Borderland of Arts, Cultures, and Nations Centre in Sejny
12.00 – 12.30 - coffee break
13.00 – 15.00 Transfer to Krasnogruda and presentation of the future International Dialogue Centre in Krasnogruda
15.00 – 16.00 – lunch
Afternoon: Discussion about current situation in Georgia
19.00. – Opening of the exhibit devoted to Georgia
Transfer to Wigry
21.00 – dinner
November 21 (Friday)
8.00-9.00 – breakfast
Transfer to Sejny by bus
10.00 – 12.00 - Symposium, session 1
12.00 – 12.30 – coffee break
12.30 – 14.30 - Symposium, session 2
15.00 – 16.00 – lunch
16.30-18.30 – Symposium, session 3
19.00. – Concert: ‘Vertical’ ensemble, Vilnius, Lithuania
Transfer to Wigry
21.00 – dinner
November 22 (Saturday)
8.00-9.00 – breakfast
Transfer to Sejny
10.00 – 12.00 - Symposium, session 4
12.00 – 12.30 – coffee break
12.30 – 14.30 - Symposium, session 5
15.00 – 16.00 – lunch
16.30-18.30 – Symposium, session 6
19.00. – Concert: ‘Bornus Consort’ ensemble, Poland
Transfer to Wigry
21.00 – dinner
November 23 (Sunday)
Departure of the participants
The venue of the symposium is White Synagogue building in Sejny, along with the Borderland Centre:
Borderland of Arts, Cultures, and Nations Centre in Sejny:
Piłsudskiego 37, 16-500 Sejny, Poland
www.pogranicze.sejny.pl
The participants are accommodated at: The Residential Arts Centre in Wigry:
16-412 Stary Folwark
Podlaskie Voivodship, Poland
e-mail: dom@wigry.org
www.wigry.org
The contact persons at the Borderland Foundation/Borderland Centre are:
Ksenija Konopek: ksenija@pogranicze.sejny.pl
Anna Wróbel: anna@pogranicze.sejny.pl
List of Participants
1. Prof. Ejgidijus Aleksandravičius, historian, lecturer of the Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas, Lithuania
2. Leila Alijeva, Center for National and International Studies, Baku, Azerbaijan
3. Natia Archuadze, teacher, founder of the youth initiative group ‘Tamarasheni’, Tbilisi, Georgia
4. Mariana Assenova, journalist, Sofia, Bulgaria
5. Lasha Bakradze, Georgian National Film Centre, Tbilisi, Georgia
6. Chris Baldwin, founder and artistic director of the theatre project ‘Spiral’, La Rioja, Spain
7. Prof. Tadeusz Bartoś, philospher, teologian, publicist, lecturer at the Pultusk Academy of Humanities, Poland
8. Edwin Bendyk, journalist and writer, columnist for the ‘Polityka’ magazine, Warsaw, Poland
9. Piotr Bogalecki, Ph.D. candidate and instructor at the, Chair of Comparative Literature of the University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
10. Dr Elżbieta Chromiec, Lower Silesia University of Civil Service, Wrocław, Poland
11. Krzysztof Czyżewski, Chairman of the Borderland Foundation, Sejny, Poland
12. Olga Dorokhina, programme manager, South Caucasus Institute of Regional Security, Tbilisi, Georgia
13. Marina Elbaqidze, psychologist, expert of the Caucasus Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development, Tbilisi, Georgia
14. Dani Erice, director of the theatre project ‘Spiral’, La Rioja, Spain
15. Thea Galdava, project co-ordinator, Caucasian House NGO, Tbilisi, Georgia
16. Łukasz Galusek, architect dealing with phenomenae of cultural space of the Central and Eastern Europe, Poland
17. Dr Grzegorz Godlewski, culturologist, lecturer at the Institute of Polish Culture of the University of Warsaw, Poland
18. Prof. Aldona Jawłowska, sociologist, Institute of Applied Social Sciences, University of Warsaw, Poland
19. Dr Monika Jaworska-Witkowska, Chair of the Philosophy of Education and Pedagogy of Culture, University of Bydgoszcz
20. Levan Khetaguri, chairman of the Stichting Caucasus Foundation, rector of the Shota Rustaveli State University,Tbilisi, Georgia
21. Dariusz Korbański, artist, lecturer at the Academy of Humanities and Journalism, Poznań, Poland
22. Dr Małgorzata Litwinowicz-Droździel, culturologist, Institute of Polish Culture of the University of Warsaw, Poland
23. Urszula Markowska-Manista, Katedra UNESCO im. Janusza Korczaka, Academy of Special Education, Warsaw, Poland
24. Prof. Juri Mgebriszwili, lecturer at the Department of Cultural Management of the Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film University, coordinator of the Caucasian Arts Managers Network, Tbilisi, Georgia
25. Ashot Mirzoyan, Administrative Manager, City Research Center NGO, Gyumri, Armenia
26. Huso Oručević, Youth Cultural Centre ‘Abrašević’ Mostar, Bośnia
27. Attila Pato, philosopher, editor of ‘Ex Symposion’ magazine, lecturer at the University of Szeged, Hungary
28. Giorgi Pkhakadze, Dean of the Department of Management of the Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film University, Tbilisi, Georgia
29. Rasa Rimickaite, translator, Warsaw, Poland
30. Beata Samojłowicz, head of the Borussia Cultural Community Association, Olsztyn, Poland
31. Dr Dorota Sieroń-Galusek, Department of Ethnology and Educational Sciences, University of Silesia, Cieszyn, Poland
32. Tadeusz Sławek, Professor of comparative literature at the University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
33. Dick Terdiman, Professor of Literature and the History of Consciousness at the University of California, Santa Cruz, US
34. Prof. Lech Witkowski, philosopher, pedagogue, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
35. Prof. Cezary Wodziński, philosopher, historian of ideas, translator; Institute of Applied Psychology of the Jagiellonian University in Cracow/Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Science, Poland
36. Renata Wojciechowska, student of the Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania
37. Prof. Anna Wyka, head of the specialisation of Cultural Anthropology at the Chair of Sociology of Collegium Civitas, Warsaw, Poland
