GERMAN REUNIFICATION. PERSPECTIVES FROM POLAND

Seminar open to the public

28 April 2022

ON SITE
Jagiellonian University
Institute of European Studies
ul. Reymonta 4, room 08
Kraków
ONLINE
Zoom

Agenda

14:00 – 14:10 Welcoming remarks
Laurynas Vaiciunas, Chairman of the board, Jan Nowak-Jeziorański College of
Eastern Europe, Poland
dr Kinga Anna Gajda, Institute of European Studies, Jagiellonian University, Poland
14:10 – 14:45 The current EU and the reunification of Germany
Basil Kerski, Director, European Solidarity Center, Gdańsk, Poland (online)
14:45 – 15:45 Polish and German perspectives on the reunification of Germany
Speakers:
Małgorzata Kopka-Piątek, Director of Program, Institute of Public Affairs, Poland
dr Felix Ackerman, German Historical Institute Warsaw
Moderator: Adam Balcer, Program Director, College of Eastern Europe, Poland
15:45 -16:15 Coffee break
16:15 -17:15 Human dimension of reunification: Migrations between Poland and
Germany

Introduction: dr Maciej Stępka, Jagiellonian University, Poland
Speakers:
Joanna Maria Stolarek, Director, Heinrich Boll Stiftung, Warsaw office
Cornelius Ochmann, Director, Foundation for German-Polish Cooperation
Moderator: dr Iwona Reichardt, New Eastern Europe
17:15 -18:00 Student perceptions of Germany’s reunification: Presentation of
poster

Members of the Cultural Studies Section, Kraków Youth Society of Friends of
Sciences and Arts under the patronage of the Jagiellonian University, Students of the
Institute of European Studies