Events / Program: Jerzy Giedroyc Fellowship

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers
	Literature Without Borders. Reconsidering the Polish-language Legacy of Belarus	Mon, 09.03.2026	Seminars and Colloquia	Hanna Yankuta Ludger Hagedorn	Literature Without Borders. Reconsidering the Polish-language Legacy of Belarus Mon, 09.03.2026 Speakers: Hanna Yankuta Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia There is a long tradition of Polish-language literature in Belarus, yet to date only a small number of authors have been incorporated into the Belarusian literary canon. Most of them are classified as Polish writers from the Kresy Wschodnie (Eastern Borderlands), the outskirts of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Second Polish Republic. Yet to date only a small number of authors have been incorporated into the Belarusian literary canon. In this presentation, Hanna Yankuta will attempt to reinterpret the works of émigré writers from Eastern Belarus in relation to the region’s multilingual legacy. Read more
Literature Without Borders. Reconsidering the Polish-language Legacy of Belarus Mon, 09.03.2026 Speakers: Hanna Yankuta Ludger Hagedorn Series: Seminars and Colloquia There is a long tradition of Polish-language literature in Belarus, yet to date only a small number of authors have been incorporated into the Belarusian literary canon. Most of them are classified as Polish writers from the Kresy Wschodnie (Eastern Borderlands), the outskirts of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Second Polish Republic. Yet to date only a small number of authors have been incorporated into the Belarusian literary canon. In this presentation, Hanna Yankuta will attempt to reinterpret the works of émigré writers from Eastern Belarus in relation to the region’s multilingual legacy. Read more
	Ketman: the Rise and Fall of an Idea	Mon, 02.03.2026	Seminars and Colloquia	Jacob Mikanowski Taras Fedirko	Ketman: the Rise and Fall of an Idea Mon, 02.03.2026 Speakers: Jacob Mikanowski Taras Fedirko Series: Seminars and Colloquia When Czesław Miłosz published The Captive Mind in 1953, it caused an immediate firestorm. One concept in the book proved to be especially compelling for this first cohort of readers: the idea of ketman, or ideological disguise. In this talk, Jacob Mikanowski will tell the story of ketman’s rise and fall in order to identify an overlooked current in mid-century thought, and as a way to reflect on the current terms of our relationship to ideology and power. Read more
Ketman: the Rise and Fall of an Idea Mon, 02.03.2026 Speakers: Jacob Mikanowski Taras Fedirko Series: Seminars and Colloquia When Czesław Miłosz published The Captive Mind in 1953, it caused an immediate firestorm. One concept in the book proved to be especially compelling for this first cohort of readers: the idea of ketman, or ideological disguise. In this talk, Jacob Mikanowski will tell the story of ketman’s rise and fall in order to identify an overlooked current in mid-century thought, and as a way to reflect on the current terms of our relationship to ideology and power. Read more