Germany – Cyfrowi humaniści / Digital humanists

Being up to date thanks to think tanks

agakud — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 11:10:31 +0000

A think tank, other called policy institute or research institute, is an organization that performs research and advocacy concerning topics such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, technology, and culture.

There are a lot of think tanks in every democratic country. A very important think tank in Poland is Centre for Eastern Studies (Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich im. Marka Karpia). It’s an independent public research institution monitoring the events and analysing the socio-political and economic processes taking place in Russia, Germany, Ukraine, Belarus, the Baltic states, the Visegrad Group states, the Balkan states and Turkey.

You can subscribe to its newsletter and receive the newest analysis directly into your mail-box.

Current topis of analysis are:

Local elections in Ukraine / Wybory samorządowe na Ukrainie

Apprehension of Hennadij Korban – faight against corruption or political enemies? / Zatrzymanie Hennadija Korbana – walka z korupcją czy przeciwnikami politycznymi?

Germany: conflict in the great coalition / Niemcy: konflikt w wielkiej koalicji

Moldova: Fall of government of Valeriu Streleta / Mołdawia: upadek rządu Valeriu Streleța

Secretary of State of the United States of America in Central Asia / Sekretarz stanu USA w Azji Centralnej

Parliamentary elections in the Turkey – return of the party AKP to power / Wybory parlamentarne w Turcji – powrót AKP do pełni władzy

Phobia towards Russia as a tool of the strategy of the Kremlin. Weapons of mass destruction / Rusofobia w strategii Kremla. Broń masowego rażenia

What do you think, which other think tanks are very important in East Central Europe?

Fot. Russian Council, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

New historical sources – a meeting

agakud — Sat, 24 Oct 2015 18:51:00 +0000

Community archives are archival initiatives, which are independent from the state activities. They are a new place, where you can look for unknown historical sources. You can find there e.g. family photos, private documents and diaries. Polish scientists consider sources of community archives to be very important for researches with new approaches, e.g. every day life, cultural life and social life.

On October, 24 they met in Warsaw (Museum of History of Polish Jews – Polin) at the 1st Meeting of Community Archives (www.archiwa.org).

Community archives exist also in different countries in the world. You can read about archives in Kanada, New Zeland, Italy, Germany, Great Britain and Poland here.

Photo: Warsaw University, Author: Nihil novi
Polish universities include research on community archives into study programmes and representatives of community archives are invited at universities, e.g. I was invited by a Polish professor of history to his seminar at the Warsaw University in May 2015. Beside that students chose to absolve their internships at community archives.

Memory places of the regions

agakud — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 16:52:00 +0000

Comparisions of regionals researches and finding a broader geographical context can be also very inspiring. So the conference „Regional memory places: Western Bohemia and Middle Germany – a comparision” (Regionale Erinnerungsorte: Westböhmen und Mitteldeutschland im europäischen Kontext) in November 2011 was for me a great possibility to see the bigger picture.

It was organised in Greiz by the Technische Universität Chemnitz, Professor of the European Regional History in cooperation with the Dialog mit Böhmen e.V. / Antikomplex e.V. / SOA Cheb, Greiz (Thüringen).

It was important for me to analyse the regional connotations of the monuments.

Stipend of Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education

agakud — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:26:00 +0000

The Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education supports the achievements of students at Polish universities. Not only the scientific results are here important, but also the social activities of students. More about the conditions which students should fulfiled you can read here in Polish.For the results of my study of German language and culture I received 2007 also a scholarship. The award ceremony took place in Toruń in Februar 2007.

Internships at cultural and educational institutions

agakud — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 12:25:00 +0000

Making internship while study is very important. But you should look for the best institution for you. I didn’t think at the beginning about the culture department of Polish Embassy in Berlin, but thanks to help at the Polish Embassy I made this decision and it was the best one for me at this time.

So in November 2006 I deepened my knowledge about current Polish-German relationship from the perspective of diplomats and the Polish Foreign Ministry.

I think practice is very important. Other internships I took part on were in July and August 2006 at German-Polish Youth Exhange and in September 2006 at the Highschool in Susz between Olsztyn and Gdańsk.

Team of internships at the Embassy at the last day of our internship:

Marta, Aga, Ida

Difficult neighbourhood in Alsace and Lothringen

agakud — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 19:51:00 +0000

Relationships between France and Germany are called often as „difficult”. Especially Alsace and Lothringen are the regions which caused conflicts.So Prof. Jürgen Angelow and Prof. Bernhard Kroener (University in Potsdam) organised a seminar on the „difficult neighbourhood in Alsace and Lothringen in the 19th and 20th century”. It took place at different places in Alsace and Lothringen in 2005. I gave there a lecture about cardinal Richelieu’s politics regarding other European countries.

Fot. OliBac, CC BY 2.0

Scientific background and mentors

agakud — Fri, 05 May 2006 10:57:00 +0000

My scientific background is based on study of German culture and language at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń 2002-2007 and history study at University of Potsdam 2007-2013. I recommend you to go there because of many possibilities to develop your skills and interests. I took part on many excursions to different historical regions of East Central Europe and learnt to make researches on the history and culture of the region.It all was possible only thanks to help of my mentors, Prof. Jürgen Angelow (University Potsdam), Prof. Maria Gierlak (Nikolaus-Kopernikus-University), Prof. Helmut Peitsch (University Potsdam), Prof. Włodzimierz Zientara (Nikolaus-Kopernikus-University) and Dr. Iwona Kotelnicka (Nikolaus-Kopernikus-University).