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Presentation of the prizes for “the Count Leon Piniński award for knowledge of Roman Law”,
of which the Lanckoronski Foundation was patron.
University of Szczecin, 14 June 2022.

Piotr Piniński, president of the Lanckoronski Foundation (right),
with Professor Maciej Jońca.

Piotr Piniński, president of the Lanckoronski Foundation (left),
with Vice-Rector Professor Kinga Flaga-Gieruszyńska (right).

The diploma for 1st prize.

The promotion of the book „The Girl and the Scholar” which was financed by the Lanckoronski Foundation, took place at the Royal Castle in Warsaw on 24 May 2022.

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The cover

Od lewej: autorka Gerdien Verschoor i tłumaczka/redaktor Alicja Oczko

(from left to right) The author Gerdien Verschoor
with the translator and editor Alicja Oczko

Prezes Funcacji Lanckorońskich Piotr Piniński i prowadząca spotkanie Renata Kim

The President of the Lanckoronski Foundation Piotr Piniński
with the chairperson Renata Kim

od lewej: Prezes Funcacji Lanckorońskich Piotr Piniński, Alicja Jakubowska z Ośrodka Sztuki Zamku Królewskiego w Warszawie, wraz z autorką Gerdien Verschoor

(from left to right) The President of the Lanckoronski Foundation Piotr Piniński,
Alicja Jakubowska of the Department of Art of the Royal Castle in Warsaw,
and the book’s author Gerdien Verschoor.

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Young Researchers Take the Lead

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The centre of the Polish Academy of Science in Vienna, which for years has hosted recipients of scholarships from the Lanckoronski Foundation, this year initiated a project entitled ‘Young Researchers Take the Lead’. This is being done in co-operation with the Foundation as well as the Polish Academy of Learning in Kraków. Its aim is to show scholarship holders to a wide audience, and highlight the importance of establishing contacts with Austrian academic institutions as an important milestone on the road to realizing their scholarly ambitions. ‘Young Researchers Take the Lead’ is a cycle of filmed interviews with scholarship holders, who briefly, though with passion, humour and perspicacity, describe their current research projects, plans associated with their time spent in Vienna, and greatest ambitions in their chosen field.

The presentation may be viewed on YouTube channel:

https://youtu.be/LSPaFLYC32A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCRoWt2iieE&t=2s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0Czcu09-ms

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY6UWMGak1w&t=2s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z6tpoPUgtw&t=1s

The annual meeting of the Lanckoroński Foundation’s Scholarship Committee, held at the Polish Academy of Learning in Kraków which administers the programme

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(from left to right) Piotr Piniński president of the Lanckoronski Foundation, professor Andrzej Borowski the vice-president of the Polish Academy of Learning, and Katarzyna Dzięgło who is the committee’s secretary.

(from left to right) Professors Adam Małkiewicz (of the Polish Academy of Learning), Janusz Tandecki (of the University of Toruń), Kazimierz Lewartowski (of the University of Warsaw), and Maciej Salamon of the University of Kraków).

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† With deep sadness the Foundation regrets the loss of its long-standing member, Stanisław August Morawski, who died in Rome on December 23rd at the age of ninety seven. The funeral took place there on December 27th. His contribution to Polish culture, in particular that of the émigré Polish community in Italy, was of great significance.

Dr Olga Linkiewicz’s book “Locality and Nationalism. Rural communities in Eastern Galicia in the interwar period ” was awarded the Kazimierz Moczarski City of Warsaw History Award.

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Dr Olga Linkiewicz of the Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences received the Kazimierz Moczarski City of Warsaw History Award for her book “Locality and Nationalism. Rural communities in Eastern Galicia in the interwar period”, published with the support of the Lanckoronski Foundation (see: News – New Publications 2018).

The Kazimierz Moczarski City of Warsaw History Award, established in December 2018 by the Warsaw City Council, is a continuation of the award created in 2009 for the best book on the history of Poland. The project is coordinated by the History Meeting House – the Cultural Institution of the City of Warsaw, as well as by the Kazimierz and Zofia Moczarski Foundation. The award promotes the most important publications and best authors. It is a tribute to the memory of Kazimierz Moczarski, a journalist, lawyer and Home Army soldier who was imprisoned after the war on charges of anti-communist activity. Moczarski wrote the well-known “Rozmowy z katem” (“Conversations with an executioner”), which was translated into many languages.

Dr Olga Linkiewicz (IH PAN) odbiera z rąk Pani Ewy Malinowskiej Grupińskiej Nagrodę Historyczną m.st. Warszawy im. Kazimierza Moczarskiego. Obok: Pani Elżbieta Moczarska i Prof. Andrzej Friszke. Foto: Urząd M.St. Warszawy. Autor: Zuzanna Sosnowska.

Dr Olga Linkiewicz receiving the The Kazimierz Moczarski City of Warsaw History Award from Ewa Malinowska-Grupińska in the presence of Elżbieta Moczarska and Prof. Andrzej Friszke. Photo: City Council of Warszawy/photographer: Zuzanna Sosnowska.

Dr Olga Linkiewicz, Elżbieta Moczarska and Piotr Piniński, President of The Lanckoronski Foundation. Photo by courtesy of Zuzanna Sosnowska.

The opening of the exhibition at the Royal Castle in Warsaw, entitled “36 x Rembrandt”, took place on 4 October 2019, the centrepieces of which are the paintings “Girl in a Window frame” and “Scholar at a Lectern”. Both works of art were donated to the Royal Castle in 1994 as part of Professor Karolina Lanckorońska’s gift to the Polish Nation and are usually on display in the Castle’s Lanckoroński Gallery. The exhibition also provides the occasion to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of that exceptional donation. Also on show are drawings and prints lent by the Print Section of the University of Warsaw’s Library as well as the Polish Academy of Learning in Kraków.

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Jakub Borawski, a member of the Council of the Lanckoronski Foundation, speaking during the opening of the exhibition entitled “36 x Rembrandt”.

Jakub Borawski, as the representative of the Lanckoronski Foundation, during the opening of the exhibition “36 x Rembrandt”. To his right are the Minister of Culture Professor Piotr Gliński as well as the Director of the Royal Castle in Warsaw Professor Wojciech Fałkowski.

The Lanckoronski Foundation was the honorary patron of the celebrations entitled “The Year of Maria Clementina Sobieska in Oława”, which on September 26-27 commemorated the three hundredth anniversary of the wedding of the granddaughter of King Jan III who was brought up at the Castle of Oława (formerly Ohlau), to King James III, the exiled Stuart King of Great Britain. The festivities, in which Piotr Piniński as president of the Lanckoronski Foundation took part, were organized by the Starosta of Oława Zdzisław Brezdeń and lasted two days, comprising, amongst other events, the celebration of Holy Mass, various speeches and lectures as well as the unveiling of a memorial plaque.

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The president of the Lanckoronski Foundation Piotr Piniński during the event to celebrate the anniversary of the marriage of Maria Clementine Sobieska to the exiled King James III of Great Britain.

Professor Aleksandra Skrzypietz of the University of Silesia in Katowice during her lecture on Maria Clementine Sobieska.

The Starosta of Oława Zdzisław Brezdeń and Piotr Piniński unveil the memorial in the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Oława which commemorates the three hundredth anniversary of the marriage of Maria Clementine Sobieska and the exiled King James III of Great Britain.

The Lanckoronski Foundation was the patron of the international conference entitled “Private Collections of Ancient Books”, which was organized by the Ossolineum and held in Wrocław on 18-19 June 2019. The aim of the conference was to gather together and publicize information about former private collections of the Polish-Lithuanian Republic, Silesia and Pomerania, which are presently, in whole or in part, maintained in Polish libraries, archives and museums as well as those abroad. This conference was designed to constitute a further step towards reaching a deeper knowledge and academic historical reconstruction of book collections throughout the ages. 26 June 2019

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Website: Private Collections of Ancient Books

(from left) Dr Dorota Sidorowicz-Mulak of the Ossolineum and Piotr Piniński, president of the Lanckoronski Foundation.

(1st row) Professor Arvydas Pacevičius from the University of Wilno; (2nd row) Dr Iryna Kachur from the National Library of the Ukraine in Lwów and Irena Ciborowska-Rymarowicz from the National Library of the Ukraine in Kiev.

(from left) The director of the Ossolineum Dr Adolf Juzwenko with Professor Jacek Soszyński of the Polish Academy of Science.

(facing, from left) Dr Jolanta Gwioździk, Professor Paulina Buchwald-Pelcowa and Dr Urszula Paszkiewicz during the accompanying exhibition entitled “Rare Manuscripts from the Ossolineum’s Collections, XV – XVIII c.”

At the Bristol Hotel in Warsaw on the 18th of October the inauguration of the Book of a Century of Independence was held, of which the Lanckoronski Foundation was the principal sponsor. As part of the occasion a debate took place entitled Poland on the Road of Democracy 1918-2018. It was introduced by a speech given by Professor Andrzej Rottermund, former director of the Royal Castle in Warsaw and president of the Ciechanowiecki and Teresa Sahakian Foundations, whilst the debate itself was hosted by Zbigniew Gluza, president of the Karta publishing house. The participants were Filip Bajon, Professor Andrzej Bordziej, Janina Ochojska and Andrzej Pągowski and Kazimiera Szczuka

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Warsaw 18/10/18. Hotel Bristol. Piotr Piniński, president of the Lanckoronski Foundation, (middle) talks with Zbigniew Gluza (on the right) president of the Ośrodek Karta.

The inauguration of the Book of a Century of Independence

(from left) Piotr Piniński, president of the Lanckoronski Foundation, Maria Bliźniak, Dominik Radziwiłł, member of the Lanckoronski Foundation Council, professor Andrzej Rottermund, president of the Collection Foundation Ciechanowiecki and the Teresa Sahakian Foundation.

Dominik Radziwiłł, member of the Council of the Lanckoronski Foundation, (on the left), talks with Michał Szułdrzyński, deputy editor-in-chief of the Rzeczpospolita newspaper.