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Musical Meetings at the Borderlands. Symphony Space / April 5th, 2018»
We are reaching out to let you know about a special event involving Krzysztof Czyżewski, co-director of the Borderlands Foundation in Sejny, Poland, and leading musicians David Krakauer and Kathleen Tagg.
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Krzysztof Czyżewski in Sofia»
Lecture in Panitza Library in Sofia / March 21, 2018. 1-3pm
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Two programs dedicated to children in Borderland»
2018 is the time of continuation of two very important programs dedicated to children - the Little Center of the World - for children from elementary school - and Small Discoverers of Sejny for pre-school children.
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A working session of "New Agora” 19-21 March 2018»
The “New Agora’ Wandering Academy returns to the Balkans. Initiated by the Borderland Foundation in Sarajevo in 2006, the Academy has been devoted to reflection and practices aimed at overcoming the crisis of a multicultural society in the modern world.
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Ateliers

New exhibition in Borderland House in Sejny »
"books, books, little books" - have always accompanied our work, the history of the Art Studio is as long as the history of Borderland in Sejny.
Musical Meetings at the Borderlands. Symphony Space / April 5th, 2018 »
We are reaching out to let you know about a special event involving Krzysztof Czyżewski, co-director of the Borderlands Foundation in Sejny, Poland ,  and leading musicians David Krakauer and Kathleen Tagg.
Two programs dedicated to children in Borderland. »
April and May are the time of continuation of two very important programs dedicated to children - the Little Center of the World - for children from elementary school - and Small Discoverers of Sejny for pre-school children.  
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Academy

Borderland Centre in the United States »
Cooperation, presentations and reinterpretations. From its very foundation, one of the aims of the Borderland Center in Sejny and the International Center for Dialogue in Krasnogruda has been sharing its everyday practices in a way that could be translated it into other cultural contexts.
A working session of "New Agora” 19-21 March 2018 »
The “New Agora’ Wandering Academy returns to the Balkans. Initiated by the Borderland Foundation in Sarajevo in 2006, the Academy has been devoted to reflection and practices aimed at overcoming the crisis of a multicultural society in the modern world.  
Krzysztof Czyżewski in Sofia »
Lecture in Panitza Library in Sofia / March 21, 2018. 1-3pm
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Manor

Silva Rerum / Home Book »
The Silva Rerum (Home Book) is composed of multi-generational, interdisciplinary activities bringing together inhabitants of four villages adjacent to the International Center for Dialogue: Krasnogruda, Dusznica, Żegary and Ogrodniki.
Borderland Foundation has been awarded European Cultural Foundation Princess Margriet Award for Culture 2018. »
On 16 May, the European Cultural Foundation will present two laureates with the 2018 ECF Princess Margriet Award for Culture:  cultural centre  Borderland (PL)  and  multidisciplinary research agency Forensic Architecture (UK).
IN BETWEEN? SEARCHING FOR LOCAL HISTORIES IN POLISH LITHUANIAN BORDERLAND »
In July 2017 young generation of Europeans explored history of Polish-Lithuanian borderland and 7 other European regions. As a part of In Between? project, launched and organised by European Network Remembrance and Solidarity, students visited Sejny and Krasnogruda in Poland, as well as Vilnus,...
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Publishing House

Poems by Sandor Márai »
Sandor Márai for the first time in Poland as a... poet.  Sandor Márai's career is a phenomenon it its own right.  
Zuzanna Ginczanka "Collected poems" in Borderland Publishing House »
Ginczanka second time - a long awaited book available again!
Irena Grudzińska-Gross about Zuzanna Ginczanka »
SOMETHING OR OTHER: THE PORTRAIT OF ZUZANNA GINCZANKA  BY IRENA GRUDZIŃSKA-GROSS. The irony is caused also by the contrast with another poem on which ‘Non omnis moriar’ is modeled. That model poem was very well known to Ginczanka’s generation: it was ‘My Testament’ by...
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Scriptorium

"Lithuanian Paths to Modernity" Egidijus Aleksandravičius »
                                         " Here is the country called the Republic of Lithuania, once erased from the map of Europe, small and...
Book - "Miłosz - Dialogue - Borderland", PDF »
Foreword. 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 the outside world....
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.
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Town

Died Arnold Markowitz »
 Arnold L. Markowitz, 87, died Thursday, July 7, 2016, following a brief illness. Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, Arnold attended St. John's College of Annapolis, MD, and received master's degrees from Columbia University, Hunter College and City College of New York. He served at New Yourk University and vice...
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.
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Dialogue

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...
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The Tales of Coexistence

MYSTERY OF THE BRIDGE 2017, 22 August, h. 20.30 »
Musical-theatrical mysterium in the amphitheater of the International Center for Dialogue prepared by the Borderland team and the Invisible Bridge Orchestra.
Latin America Inside Out Blog. Colombia: Will the people say Yes to peace? »
Colombia: Will the people say Yes to peace?  Author: Gwen Burnyeat.  Published on: Mon Aug 29, 2016 With the entire final agreement finally signed in Havana, the peace accords must now be submitted to a national referendum on October 2. The outcome remains uncertain.
Workshop in Heddal, Norway »
 Workshop in Fyrileivstugo in Norway with the participation of Krzysztof Czyżewski. 2016.08.29 - 10 a.m.
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Films

  Irena Klepfisz - poet of the borderland

  KATHLEEN TAGG AND DAVID KRAKAUER - music of the borderland

  Frank London i Orkiestra Klezmerska Teatru Sejneńskiego | 

 

October 11th, 2017 | Sejny 

 

 

   

 THE VILLAGE OF BRIDGE BUILDERS / PHOTO GALLERY 

THE VILLAGE OF BRIDGE BUILDERS / DIARY 


Irena Sendler Memorial Award was presented to Krzysztof Czyzewski

 

 Article about the Sendler Award

 

   

 

Leonidas Donskis

 

 

Borderland School 2013 - blog

 

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