Mondays with WUWr #10
There’s a lot going on at the University of Wrocław Press and we want to keep you informed!
In our series #MondayswithWUWr, we keep you up to date with the most important events, book news and issues important to the Publishing House! We also encourage you to follow the wuwr.eu website and the Publishing House’s social media – Fb, LinkedIn and Instagram.
Polski Toxophilus – premiere on 15 June in Osobowicki Forest
Quite a few events of the University of Wrocław Press are taking place this week, but we especially encourage you to take part in an unusual premiere – this Saturday, during the III Memorial of Piotr Gonet in the Osobowicki Forest, WUWr will show the first Polish translation of the 16th-century work Toxophilus. The School of Archery in Two Books (the first treatise on archery and one of the first didactic texts in English!). Beautifully produced, in a cloth binding, the book is an interesting item for all those who would like to discover how the galloping times and customs of Renaissance Europe can be commented on using the example of the bow. Roger Ascham, an English courtier and humanist, created it at a time when archery as a craft of war was being supplanted by firearms. Thanks to Toxophilos, it became a noble sport, popular first among the aristocracy and then permeating all social classes. At the same time, the tales of Robin Hood of Sherwood were already widespread! The Polish edition translated by dr Michał Surma and dr Katarzyna Byłów is dedicated to the memory of Piotr Gonet – an outstanding archer and social activist, creator of the Wrocław Traditional Archery Centre. Ascham’s practical tips are enriched with contemporary illustrations by Andrzej Graniak. The content is accompanied by necessary footnotes and explanatory notes and in the 21st century it still remains one of the most interesting archery manuals.
The book is a grassroots initiative, and is published with the support of sklepluczniczy.pl, and the W Czarnym Lesie studio, and thanks to the initiative’s many donors at the drop!
Details and pre-sale coming soon at www.wuwr.eu
Książka i biblioteka w wybranych pracach Umberta Eco – a conversation between Jacek Antczak and Anna Lubińska
Anyone broadly interested in the subject of books and libraries and fascinated by the person and work of Umberto Eco is invited to Wednesday’s author meeting around the book ‘Książka i biblioteka w wybranych pracach Umberta Eco.’ Who is waiting for this item? It is worth taking a look at the webinar, there is a surprise waiting for participants! Anna Lubinska will be interviewed by editor Jacek Antczak. The meeting will take place online, 12.06.2024 at 10:00 a.m. Registration is required:
https://goodbooks.clickmeeting.com/571914831/register
Wrocław, which did not manage to disappear: Centrum Południowe – a lecture by PhD student Adam Pacholak, co-author of ‘Czyj sen Wrocław śni?’
On Thursday at 6 p.m. in Barbara, ul. Świdnicka, there will be a lecture entitled ‘Wrocław, który nie zdążył zniknąć: Centrum Południowe’ by PhD student Adam Pacholak from the Institute of Art History.
He is co-editor of the book ‘Czyj sen Wrocław śni? Od Wilhelmstadt do Centrum Południowego’ will talk about the Centre’s projects: from modernist estates and international style skyscrapers, to the neoplastic interpretation of the Müllers, the postmodern volte-face of the Modlingers and Szukała, the deconstructivist explosion of Jarząbek and Lach, the minimalist surprise of Vasconi, the Wrocław “Manhattan” of the beginning of the new millennium and the recent vision of the “compact city”. Details on the event page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1129479798133088
