Events organized by the Chair

Three Ukrainian Revolutions (3R) project

• International Symposium: "3R: Revolution, War and their Consequences" (16-17/3/2018)
• Debate: "Between Russian Empires. One hundred years on" (15/3/2018)
• International Symposium: "Three Revolutions – Portraits of Ukraine" (28/2-1/3/2017)
• International Conference: "The Fate of Freedom in Eastern Europe: Autocracy – Oligarchy – Anarchy?" (22-23/9/2016)
• International Conference: "Revolutions, maidans and protests in contemporary Ukraine. The current state of research and future directions" (20/6/2016)
• Seminar: "The Oral History of Ukrainian Revolutions" (19/2/2016)

Recent Events

• Workshop on European History: "Back to the future — from Europe’s rise back to China’s centrality?" by Dr Igor ROGELJA (1/3/2019)

• High-level lecture on "The Fall of the Habsburg Empire" by Professor Martyn RADY (23/10/18)

• Debate "Polish Independence Regained: One Hundred Years On" (22/10/2018)

• High-level lecture by Professor Aleks SZCZERBIAK: "Will there be Eurosceptic Backlash in Eastern Europe?" (12/10/2018)

• Award Ceremony of the Bronisław Geremek Prize (22/5/2018)

• International Conference "Rousseau, Poland and Europe: Federalism – Sovereignty – Prosperity – Patriotism" (1-3/2/2018)

• High-level lecture by Professor Simon DIXON: "The Failure of Counter-Revolution in Russia" (25/1/2018)

Past Events

• Public Debate: "Identities and Values between the EU and its Neighbours" at the Royal Łazienki Park in Warsaw (23/10/2017)

• Award Ceremony of the Bronisław Geremek Prize (16/5/2017)

• High-level lecture on "European journalism today and tomorrow" by Mr Edward LUCAS (27/1/2017)
• Book launch of "Brothers or Enemies" by Dr Johannes REMY (15/12/2016)
• Public Debate on "Security for Europe in a Time of Crisis" at the Royal Łazienki Palace in Warsaw (18/11/2016)
• Meeting with Professor Antony POLONSKY on Polish-Jewish relations and the POLIN Museum (27/9/2016)
• International Conference: "The Fate of Freedom in Eastern Europe: Autocracy – Oligarchy – Anarchy?" (22-23/9/2016)
• Symposium "Discovering William Shakespeare and His World" (30/5/2016)
• Award Ceremony of the Bronisław Geremek Prize (8/12/2015)
• Conference "Romania and its Minorities" organized by the European Civilization Chair (19/11/2015)
• Debate: "What does it mean to be European?" organized by the European Civilization Chair and the Geremek Foundation (4/11/2015)
• Special Lecture by Prof. Richard BUTTERWICK-PAWLIKOWSKI: "Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s advice to the Poles: Euroscepticism avant la lettre?" (13/10/2015)
• Opening of the new year of the Natolin Historical Society (8/9/2015)
• International conference "Breaking Empires, Making Nations? The First World War and the Reforging of Europe" (7-8/4/2015)
• Mr Edward LUCAS: "Russia and the Baltic" (5/3/2015)
• Prof. Jan ZIELONKA: "The End of the European Dream: from Athens to Kiev" (24/2/2015)
• Ms Anne APPLEBAUM: "True Believers: The Nature of Opposition and Collaboration under Communism" (28/1/2015)
• Natolin Best Master's Thesis Meeting: "Jürgen Habermas and Andrew Moravcsik: a dialogue on European integration, the nation-state, democracy and identity" (28/11/2014)
• Geremek Conference: "The 1989 Romanian Revolution in European Context"(26/11/2014)
• Dr Halik KOCHANSKI: "Poland's Place in the Grand Alliance during the Second World War" (24/2/2014)
• Prof. Margaret MACMILLAN: "How Wars Start: the Outbreak of World War One" (1/10/2013)
• Prof. Yaroslav HRYTSAK: "A Report from the Eastern Front: Ukraine as a Conundrum for Europe" (19/9/2012)
• Prof. Raymond PLANT: "The Financial Crisis and the Character of the European State" (27/4/2012)
• Dr Marc PLATTNER: "Europe’s Democratic Odyssey" (26/4/2012)
• Prof. Bronisław MISZTAL: "Intellectual and Moral Validity of the Political Thought of Bronisław Geremek" (21/3/2012)
• Prof. Norman DAVIES: "The Study and Teaching of History in Europe" (21/11/2011)
• Mr Adam ZAMOYSKI: "Is the European Idea Polish? Nationalism and Supranationalism in Polish Political Thought" (17/10/2011)
• Inaugural lecture by Chairholder Prof. João Carlos ESPADA: "Europe in the XXth Century: From Division to Reunification" (13/4/2011)