Save the date: 3 December 2024, 5:30 PM–7:30 PM! We invite you to a special discussion and concert “Intangible heritage of Ukrainians in Poland: What next?” with a performance by the award-winning HrayBery band. Faculty of International and Political Studies, Jagiellonian University, ul. Reymonta 4, Kraków, auditorium 3 (ground floor).
During the meeting, we will initiate a discussion among Ukrainian activists, heritage bearers, and researchers on Ukrainian intangible heritage in the post-migration areas of south-eastern Poland. The debate will be attended by representives from the three studied regions: Nadsanie, Łemkowszczyzna (Lemkovyna), and Podlasie, as well as Dr Olga Kich-Masłej from the Jagiellonian University’s Department of Polish-Ukrainian Studies. We will talk about the importance of Ukrainian heritage for local communities, their place in the public space, as well as challenges related to its preservation and future prospects. What are the future prospects for this fragile heritage?
After an hour-long discussion, we will be given a musical treat by the award-winning HrayBery band, which reconstructs and brings back to life forgotten music created at the intersection of Polish and Ukrainian cultures.
During the discussion, we will also inaugurate the Social Archive of Heritage Activism in Central and Eastern Europe, which contains interviews with all the speakers present.
The meeting will be moderated by Dr Katarzyna Jagodzińska and John Beauchamp.
The discussion will be held in Polish, while the language of almost the hour-long concert is universal.
The meeting is part of the project “Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ukrainians in Poland: Mapping and Dissemination” implemented by the Faculty of International and Political Studies of the Jagiellonian University. The project is led by Dr Olga Kich-Masłej from the Department of Polish-Ukrainian Studies, and is implemented in cooperation with Dr Katarzyna Jagodzińska from the Institute of European Studies and head of Europa Nostra Heritage Hub in Kraków, as well as the Hub team: John Beauchamp and Dr Joanna Dziadowiec-Greganić.
The project received funding from the university as part of the Excellence Initiative Strategic Programme at the Jagiellonian University.
Information about the project can be found here.
