Second Academic & Practical Workshop “Urban Post-COVID Recovery – in the Search for a Response Model”

Second Academic & Practical Workshop (conducted ONLINE) is an important stage of the works on creating the catalogue of the good practices in the field of the post-COVID recovery conducted by municipal self-governments in V4 countries. The event consists of three parts: 1. Academic Workshop (with the participation of academics representing applicant and partners who present the developed versions of the chapters devoted to the issue of the post-COVID recovery in V4 countries as well as the invited academics), 2. Round Table Debate (with the participation of applicant, partners and practitioners dealing with the issue of post-COVID recovery in V4 countries), 3. Young Practitioners Forum (with the participation of students and doctoral students interested in post-COVID recovery in V4 countries). The event is a public event, therefore not only the researchers representing the applicant and the partners, but also practitioners are invited to take part in. The event is also open to all academics, interest groups, local and regional authorities and media. https://politologia.uwr.edu.pl/en/granty-i-projekty-badawcze/urban-post-covid-recovery-in-the-v4-countries/

Life V4 Art Murals painting, Košice 2024

The painting of 4 large-scale paintings (murals) by renowned urban artists will help the current residents of the housing estate to find a new emotional connection to the place of life. Paintings will enhance your surroundings, prevent the spread of vousal smog, advertising and illegal graffiti. It will increase the sense of belonging of the young generation to their place of life. The paintings will be placed on the "blind walls" without windows of residential houses of the KVP housing estate. https://www.facebook.com/events/451327990665652/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[]%7D

Literature on the border

3 sections: 1. 100th anniversary of the deaths of Joseph Conrad-Korzeniowski (born in 1857, Berdyczow - then part of PL occupied by Russia, today in UA) and Franz Kafka (born in 1883, Prague) - talks about the limits of the evil that surrounds us surrounds us (one of the main themes of Conrad's works) or about human alienation in society (leitmotif of Kafka's work) and about language as a frontier (an issue common to both authors). The next two debates of the main series will be devoted to war as seen in non-fiction literature and the ethical limits of social media. All these debates will feature prominent writers from the CZ, HU, PL and SK. 2. Recalling the work of writers writers Sándor Márai (HU), Dominik Tatarka (SK) and Milan Kundera (CZ). And we will also recall the achievements of Leszek Engelking, an outstanding PL translator of CZ/SK literature and among distinguished translators consider whether there are any limits to artistic translation. 3. Conversations with writers from V4 countries about their new works and translations - such meetings, combined with book sales, contribute significantly to the promotion of V4 literature. Guests: Magdalena Grzebałkowska (PL), Tomáš Forro (SK), Jan Urban (CZ), Sándor Jászberényi (HU), Mikołaj Łoziński (PL), Alena Mornštajnová (CZ), Martin M. Šimečka (SK), Lászlo Krasznohorkai (HU), Grzegorz Jankowicz (PL), Jaroslav Rudiš (CZ), Martin Butora (SK), Gábor T. Szántó (HU) and others. https://kinonahranici.cz/cz/strana/visegrad-calling