European cultural relations within the Weimar Triangle
On September 23, the University of Wrocław welcomed the participants of the international academic conference organised as part of the “European cultural relations within the Weimar Triangle” project.
As the three previous conferences (which took place in Wrocław in 2019, Montpellier in 2021 and Freiburg in 2023) proved to be an opportunity for meeting and establishing contact between researchers of varying degrees of experience, this year, a fourth conference of the cycle titled “European cultural relations within the Weimar Triangle” will be held at the University of Wrocław during September 23–25.
During the conference, participants will look into desideratum, chances and potential of concerted and solidary actions in the context of the history of Polish-German-French relations.
Prof. Marek Hałub welcomed the participants in Oratorium Marianum. The Rector of the University of Wrocław, prof. Robert Olkiewicz, delivered an address: “I am pleased to welcome the participants and guests of the international academic conference organised as a part of the “European cultural relations within the Weimar Triangle” project, which was first held at and coordinated by the University of Wrocław in 2019. After two conferences, which took place in Montpellier and in Freiburg, Wrocław once again invites researchers from Poland, France and Germany.”
Olgierd Łukaszewicz, who is an actor, took part in the inauguration ceremony and spoke about the vision behind the My Obywatele UE Foundation, which he established.
The reasons behind establishing the Foundation were given in the Statute’s Preamble:
European unity and Polish independence were not given once and for all. The history over the past few centuries showed that they are intertwined. It was the tragedy of Polish history which inspired a participant of the November Uprising, Wojciech Bogumił Jastrzębowski, to correctly answer the question of what a national independence should be like — there is no secure Polish freedom without European unity. Jastrzębowski is the author of one of the most incredible projects of European unity in history, titled “A Constitution for Europe” (1831).
The musical setting was organised by Agnieszka Drożdżewska, a soprano (from the UWr Institute of Musicology), Agnieszka Ostapowicz, who played the violin, and Adam Jezierzański, who played the grand piano.
The conference was organised by the Institute of German Studies at the University of Wrocław, the University of Education Freiburg (Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg), Institut d’études germaniques de l’Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3 (CREG: Centre de Recherches et d’Études Germaniques), and Bundesinstitut für Kultur und Geschichte des östlichen Europa Oldenburg, in cooperation with the European Network Remembrance and Solidarity.
More information about the conference can be found at Zaproszenie na miedzynarodową konferencję „Europejskie relacje kulturowe w ramach Trójkąta Weimarskiego. Dezyderaty – Szanse – Potencjały”. Wrocław, 23-25.09.2025. – Instytut Filologii Germańskiej Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
See also: Sieć Nauka i Kultura w ramach Trójkąta Weimarskiego – Uniwersytet Wrocławski
Translated by Aleksandra Wysoczańska (student of English Studies at the University of Wrocław) as part of the translation practice.
Written by: kg
Date of publication: 23.09.2025.
Added by: M.J.
