The this issue of the “Herito” devoted to nations in the context of history and memory brings text by Miroslav Hroch, Alexandr Lipatov, Zdzisław Najder, Robert Traba and Wojciech Wilczyk. In addition, Joanna Sanetra-Szeliga talks to Krzysztof Czyżewski, the artistic director of the Wrocław European Capital of Culture 2016 project; Agnieszka Zabłocka-Kos reviews the idea and competition of the Bauhaus Museum in Weimar; Katarzyna Jagodzińska writes about the failed Museum of Contemporary Art in Warsaw, and Piotr Piotrowski and Jarosław Suchan comment on the fiasco of the project.
Maria Poprzęcka, Łukasz Galusek, Magdalena Ujma, Maciej Czerwiński and Paweł Jarosz share their reflections on books and exhibitions. The issue closes with essays by Janusz Sepioł on the landscape of Eastern Prussia and the lost town of Królewiec (Königsberg), and Dariusz Kacprzak on art collectors in old time Łódź.
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Miroslav Hroch – What does Europe still need nations for?
Wojciech Wilczyk – It’s high time we recalled the work of Moshe Vorobeichic
Zdzisław Najder – “Memory links” and the image of Independent Poland
Robert Traba – The Kresy as a realm of memory: the long history of persistence
Alexandr Lipatov – History and historical policy
To orchestrate a city. Krzysztof Czyżewski talks to Joanna Sanetra-Szeliga
Agnieszka Zabłocka-Kos – The Weimar palimpsest. Side notes on the competition for the design of the Bauhaus Museum
Katarzyna Jagodzińska – Contemporary still temporary
Łukasz Galusek – Overlooked
Magdalena Ujma – Galicia. Memory and fantasy
Maria Poprzęcka – New national art on a left-wing platform
Maciej Czerwiński – A journey through the Yugoslavian wasteland
Paweł Jarosz – The Great Famine seen “through a bottle of Cognac”
Janusz Sepioł – Only avenues
Dariusz Kacprzak – Remembering an industrialist’s Atlantis