At the Wasyl Stefanyk National Scientific Library in Lwów, on 13 December 2023, was held the 102nd “Ossolineum Meeting”, entitled “About Karolina Lanckorońska, on the 125th anniversary of her birth”.

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Dr Wiktoria Malicka,
representative of the Ossolineum for foreign cooperation.

Natalia Tkaczyk, translator into Ukrainian
of Prof. Karolina Lanckorońska’s war time memoirs

Piotr Piniński, president of the Lanckoronski Foundation.

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+Zygmunt Jan Tyszkiewicz

During the XXXI Festival of Historical Books in Kubicki’s Arcades of the Royal Castle in Warsaw, took place on 3 December 2023 in the Forum room, the promotion of “Decyzje Bora” (a biography of Gen. Bor-Komorowski) and “Irena z Lamezan-Salins Komorowska. Malarstwo” (a biography and catalogue of the paintings of Irena Komorowska, the general’s wife).

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Hosting the presentation: Karol Płatek (of the KARTA Foundation),
Adam Komorowski (son of Gen. Bor-Komorowski),
Wojciech Rodak (editor of the book “Decyzje Bora”),
Piotr Piniński (president of the Lanckoronski Foundation).

 

In the Refectory of the Ossolineum, on 23 November 2023, was held a promotion of two books co-financed by the Lanckoronski Foundation: “Decyzje Bora” (a biography of General Tadeusz Bor-Komorowski), and “Irena z Lamezan-Salins Komorowska – Malarstwo” (a biography and catalogue of the paintings of Irena Komorowska, the general’s wife).

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Photographic copyright © Mirosław Emil Koch, ZNiO.

(from left)
Dr Anna Kalinowska (co-author of the book on Irena Komorowska),
Dr Magdalena Białonowska (co-author of the book on Irena Komorowska),
Zbigniew Gluza (president of the KARTA Foundation),
Dr Dorota Sidorowicz-Mulak (vice-director of the Ossolineum),
Adam Komorowski (son of Gen. Bor-Komorowski),
Wojciech Rodak, (editor of the book “Decyzje Bora”),
Piotr Piniński (president of the Lanckoronski Foundation).

 

On 29 – 30 June 2023 a conference took place in Wrocław, organized by the Ossolineum and the Consortium of European Research Libraries (CERL); the publication of the post-conference materials will be financed by the Lanckoronski Foundation.

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The conference programme.

The conference programme.

Dr Łukasz Kamiński, dyrektor Ossolineum, i Piotr Piniński, prezes Fundacji Lanckorońskich

(from left): Dr Łukasz Kamiński, director of the Ossolineum,
and Piotr Piniński , president of the Lanckoronski Foundation.

 

3)Marian Lefferts, Executive Manager at the Consortium of European Research Libraries (CERL).

Marian Lefferts, Executive Manager
at the Consortium of European Research Libraries (CERL).

The speakers and organizers of the conference.

On 20 June 2023 the annual meeting of the Scholarship Committee took place in Kraków at the Polish Academy of Learning.

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Komisja Polskiej Akademii Umiejętności

(left, nearest): prof. Bogusław Dybaś (Nicholas Copernicus University of Toruń), Piotr Piniński (president of the Lanckoronski Foundation),
prof. Andrzej Borowski (chairman of the Scholarship Committee), Wioletta Kania (assistant secretary of the Committee).
(right, nearest): prof. Edward Dąbrowa (Jagiellonian University of Kraków),
dr Hubert Kowalski (director of the Warsaw University Museum),
prof. Marcin Fabiański (Polish Academy of Learning), prof. Leszek Ziątkowski (University of Wrocław).
(remaining members): prof. Elżbieta Wesołowska (Adam Mickiewicza University of Poznań),
prof. Kazimierz Lewartowski (Warsaw University), Katarzyna Dzięgło (secretary of the Committee).

 

 

 

Under the patronage of the Lanckoronski Foundation a conference was held on 6 June 2023 in the Pomorze Library in Szczecin entitled “Count Leon Piniński and his Passions”, together with the presentation of the Count Leon Piniński Award for Knowledge of Roman Law.

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(from right): Piotr Piniński (president of the Lanckoronski Foundation),
professor Ewelina Cała-Wacinkiewicz
(deacon of the Faculty of Law of the University of Szczecin)
with the award’s recipients: Anna Czeczun, Aleksandra Laskowska and Jakub Wojciechowski.

(1st row from left): prof. Ewelina Cała-Wacinkiewicz,
prof. Kinga Flaga-Gieruszyńska, Przemysław Wraga,
prof. Agnieszka Borysowska. dr Krzysztof Szczycielski, dr Ernest Bodura.
(2nd row from left): prof. Katarzyna Jaworska Biskup,
prof. Renata Świrgoń-Skok, dr Renata Wiaderna-Kuśnierz,
dr Wojciech Kosior.

On 19 December 2022 the square at the foot of the Wawel Castle in Kraków, at the junction of Podzamcze and Kanonicza Streets, was named after Professor Karolina Lanckorońska.

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The invitation to the ceremony.

The invitation to the ceremony.

(from the left), Unveiling the name-plate are Piotr Piniński,
Dr Andrzej Betlej, director of the Wawel Royal Castle,
and Robert Piaskowski, plenipotentiary for culture
on behalf of the president of Kraków.

Piotr Piniński, president of the Lanckoronski Foundation
speaking at the unveiling ceremony.

(from the left), Borysław Czarakcziew,
chairman of the Social Committee for the Renovation of Kraków’s Monuments,
Dr Andrzej Betlej, Piotr Piniński and Robert Piaskowski.

On 18 October 2022 the 150th anniversary of the Polish Academy of Learning took place in Kraków in the Auditorium Maximus of the Jagiellonian University.

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Professor Jan Ostrowski,
chairman of the Board of the Polish Academy of Learning.

Professor Timothy Garton Ash of Oxford University.

(1st row, left to right) Jerzy Muzyk, deputy mayor of the City of Kraków,
Artur Buszek, deputy charmain of Kraków City Council,
Jarosław Gracel, chairman of the Board of Astor plc,
Piotr Piniński, president of the Lanckoronski Foundation,
Wojciech Kolarski, secretary of state in the Chancellery of the Polish President.

Mark Brzeziński, US Ambassador to Poland.

The conference entitled
„Historical Libraries of Religious and Ethnic Minorities”
took place on 22-23 September 2022 at the Ossolineum in Wrocław.

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The conference poster

Dr Łukasz Kamiński, director of the Ossolineum.


From the left: (row 1) Piotr Piniński, president of the Lanckoronski Foundation,
Dr Dorota Sidorowicz-Mulak, vice-director of the Ossolineum,
(row 2) Professor Krzysztof Stopka, director of the Museum of the University of Kraków,
Monika Agopsowicz, member of the Board of the Foundation for the Culture and Heritage of Polish Armenians,
Father Marek Miławicki OP, vice-director of the Dominican Historical Institute in Kraków.