Latest news

Krasnogruda Art Workshops»
In April we have started to work with children and young people from Krasnogruda, Sejny and nearby villages. Several Workshops have been established: Music, Film Animation, Nature, Multimedia, Archaeological and Art Workshops work on weekly basis in the International Center of Dialogue in Krasnogruda. The end of the work is planned for December.
19 May 2013 - Neighbours Meetings in Krasnogruda»
On May 19, Sunday, Neighbours Meeting took place at Krasnogruda Manor House. Children and their parents could take part in various activities, have some fun and learn something new. In the evening a theatre play had been shown in the International Center for Dialogue interiors.
22 May 2013 - Krzysztof Czyżewski at "F(o)unding Culture" symposium»
Krzysztof Czyżewski, one of Poland’s leading thinkers about the idea of “deep culture” and its relationship to regional identity, at a one-day symposium on the role of culture in diplomacy and on how to support Central European culture on the international stage, entitled F(o)unding Culture: The Experience of Central Europe and the USA.
10 - 12 May 2013 - Symposium “Eastern Partnership as a Cultural Project”»
 We had the honor to invite you to the symposium “Eastern Partnership as a Cultural Project”, which took place between the 10th and the 12th of May in the International Centre for Dialogue in Krasnogruda, Poland. The meeting was organized by the East Poland House in Brussels in partnership with the Borderland Foundation. The symposium, that was be...
Third Fairy Tales Film Collection - "Borderland Tales" - a word from participants »
Our work on the third part of the Tale Collection was special in its character. And for several reasons.  Extraordinary experience was for us the meeting with Daria Kopiec, animator we has worked with us for the first time. She showed us how to animate the puppets and revealed to us the mysteries of light used...
Third Fairy Tales Film Collection - "Borderland Tales" - the Masters »
Wiesław Szumiński – a graphic artist, and animator of the cultural life in Suwałki. Born in 1958 in Krasnopol. Graduate of the Culture Studies Department of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (1978-1982),  and Academy of Fine Arts  in Poznań (1982-1986). He has authored numerous paintings,...
11.02 - Premiere of the Fairy Tale Film Collection "Songs of Borderland" »
The second collection of the borderland fairy tales had its premiere on February 11th, in White Synagogue in Sejny.
The Borderland School 2013 - Call for proposals »
"The Borderland School is a unique training programme for leaders of integrative activities in multicultural communities that will equip them with theoretical knowledge and practical skills in the domain of conducting a dialogue between social groups, religions and nations."
Warburg Colony disappears from Brest landscape »
Felix M. Warburg, President of the Joint Distribution Committee of American Funds for Jewish War Sufferers, visited Central Europe in the Fall of 1919. After returning to the United States of America, in an interview for the New York Times, he revealed that 6 million Jews living in Central Europe were suffering...
What is unusual about the Borderland »
An article by Mayhill Fowler.
Krzysztof Czyżewski - Line of Return »
When I have finished reading the book "Linia powrotu" ("Line of Return"), I recalled a quotation from the essay of Gabriel Marcel about Rilkem - "A witness is not only the one who watches and cerifies, but the one who gives a testimony, but that testimony is not an ordinary echo, but...
Dragan nous a quittés… »
Dragan was lecturing in the European Diploma for many years; he was also an active member of the European Diploma Orientation Board. I phoned him in June to see if he could join us in magical Delphi for the yearly evaluation phase we hold there, and that he liked so much.   We talked, unexpectedly a long...
Brian Porter-Szűcs - "Gdy nacjonalizm zaczął nienawidzić. Wyobrażenia nowoczesnej polityki w dziewiętnastowiecznej Polsce." »
 seria ORNAMENTY HISTORII,  rok wyd. 2011,  ISBN 978-83-61388-29-6 stron 364,  oprawa twarda,  Cena: 45 PLN W księgarni online
Juozas Vaina »
Juozas Vaina was born on October 17, 1916 in Widugiery, a pedagogue, educator, ethnographer, collector, founder of the traditional culture museum in Puńsk in 1977. He studied physics in Vilnius and architecture in Gdańsk. From 1948 he taught in Pedagogical Secondary School in Suwałki, in 1950-1951 he was a...
Olgierd Skrypko (76 years old) tells his story »
In family - I was the youngest, so you know, I had to pasture the gees at first, and then the cows. When you pasture the cows, you are a man, so I pastured our cows and of the neighbor. And the neighbor - his name was Paszkiewicz - had some small accordion.
Birutė Jonuškaitė »
Debut of Birutė Jonuškaitė took place when Lithuania got back its independence. As a writer she found her place in these unquiet, but critical times: today she is appreciated author of stories and novels, journal articles, and distinguished translator from Polish language.
Introduction »
Czesław Miłosz’s life and thought are enclosed by the circle of return.  It was  apokatastasis,  rendered in poetry and heading for existence. The exile shared the fate of fugitives, emigrants, and  others deprived of their roots, those displaced by the winds of history, thrown into...
Krasnogruda - January 2012 »
Photos: Marcin Pawlukiewicz
In Search of a Homeland »
In Search of a Homeland - Czesław Miłosz in conversation with Krzysztof Czyżewski.
Responsibility for the Europe's Borderland »
In the newest, special issue of the THINKTANK magazine, you can find a text - "Responsibility for the Europe's Borderland" written by Krzysztof Czyżewski.
Usage »
The resources of the Documentation Center of Borderland Cultures can be used on the premises only. You are welcome to visit the Center and use our collection. All you have to do is to contact our staff and register in our database.
Informations on BCDC »
The Borderland Cultures Documentation Center comprises a rich multilingual collection. There are publications in Polish and English, but also books and magazines in Lithuanian, Estonian, Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, German, Jidysz, Georgian, and in various Balkan and Asian...
Living In Diversity »
'Living in Diversity' is a website of the Forum of Concerned Citizens of Europe, which was created in March 2010 by a small group of people concerned about the increasingly illiberal and exclusionary politics of fear that pervades European public sphere, about the growing influence of rightwing...
Tblisi - program »
JUNE 16, THURSDAY  16:15 – 17:00 -  Practices of Intercultural Dialogue: Caucasian House, Presentation by Naira Gelashvili, Director  Cultural Relations Center of Georgia 'Caucasian House' is an educational and peace-making non-profit organization. The mission of the...
Dushanbe - program »
OCTOBER 6th, WEDNESDAY    18:30 - 19:00 - Welcome speech and introduction - Krzysztof Czyżewski  19:00 - 20:00 - Welcome dinner  20:15 - 21.30 - Film Session:  Musician's Raft Between New York and Sejny (documentary on the Borderland...

Newest comments: