On 6th September in Cieszyn, Professor Jacek Purchla, Vice-President of Europa Nostra, took part in the ceremony honouring the Serfenta Association with the prestigious European Heritage Award / Europa Nostra Award. As part of the event, a Medal was also unveiled and embedded in the wall of Serfenta’s headquarters, located in Cieszyn’s old town.
read moreThe project, jointly undertaken by the Jagiellonian University and Europa Nostra Heritage Hub, aims to draw attention to the need to save Ukrainian cultural heritage in the post-migration area of south-eastern Poland (Polish-Ukrainian, Polish-Slovak, Polish-Belarusian borderlands) and to take actions that would contribute to the integration and opening of this hermetic minority environment, experienced by historical traumas, rootlessness and exclusion.
read moreOn 19 June, the Kraków Heritage Forum met for the last time before the summer break. Over 40 representatives from Kraków’s NGOs, informal groups, institutions, and the City Council gathered at the Guild of Food Crafts to continue their work on protecting and promoting Kraków’s culinary heritage by developing a set of recommendations for the city authorities and the Provincial Marshal’s Office.
read moreIn the 12th episode of the podcast “Ukraine Heritage Spotlight", we travel to Lviv, where we speak with Bozhena Pelenska, the Executive Director of Jam Factory Art Center. This venue, a popular hub for artists from Ukraine and abroad, aspires to become the leading exhibition space in the country.
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