The links which bind Belgium and Poland, and more specifically, the ULB and the Polish university milieu, are unfamiliar to many, but nevertheless extremely important. This is what the study day will aim to demonstrate. The first panel, devoted to Belgo–Polish relations, will show that these connections date back to the 1830’s, continued throughout the whole of the XIXth century and were the source of imporant cultural exchanges at the turn of the century. The second and third panels will shine a spotlight on the ULB as an institution favoured by Polish students in the XXth century. Moreover, presentations on several major figures, such as writer and professor Marian PANKOWSKI, will allow us to make sense of the involvement of these Poles in the life of the city of Brussels.
This study day is part of the year focused on the theme “Bruxelles, capital(e) étudiant(e)“, in partnership with the Brussels Polish Institute, the Philixte research cenre and the Polish department of the ULB.

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PRACTICAL INFORMATION
>>> Université Libre de Bruxelles (campus du Solbosch), Maison des Arts, building J56 (avenue Jeanne 56, 1^st floor, room J56.2.205) – see the map 
>>> Thursday 20 April 2017 – 9:00 > 16:30
>>> Free of charge

PROGRAMME OF THE CONFERENCE
>>> on the website of the ULB www.ulb.ac.be/bxletudiante/programme.html

8:45 – Opening
9h15 – Welcome word by Natalia MOSOR, head of the Polish Institute in Brussels

PANEL I – Belgo–Polish Relations 1830-1914 (Chaired by Helga MITTERAUER, ULB)
9:30 – Idesbald GODDEERIS (KULeuven), Les étudiants polonais en Belgique au XIX^e siècle
10:00 – Pieter DE MESSEMAEKER (UGent), The Polish Students in Belle Époque Brussels (1890–1914)
10:30 – Paul ARON (FNRS/ULB), Les références belges de la Jeune Pologne
11:00 – Discussion
11:30 – Break 

PANEL II – Polish Students at the ULB (Chaired by Cécile BOCIANOWSKI, ULB)
11:45 – Pascale FALEK–ALHADEFF (Brussels Jewish Museum), Les étudiantes juives polonaises à l’ULB pendant l’entre–deux–guerres 
12:15 – Dorota WALCZAK (ULB), Étudiants et professeurs à l’ULB. Marian Pankowski et Regina (Renia) Fern – un écrivain et une physicienne au cœur de Bruxelles 
12:45 – Discussion 
13:15 – Break 

PANEL III – Poles committed to Brussels (Chaired by Manuel COUVREUR, ULB)
14:30 – Katia VANDENBORRE (FNRS/ULB), Edward Abramowski (1868–1918) à Bruxelles – un mystère entre réalité et fiction 
15:00 – Mateusz CHMURSKI (ULB), “Comment je suis devenue écrivain” – la leçon belge de Maria Dąbrowska (1889–1965)
15:30 – Laurent BEGHIN (Université Saint–Louis/UCL), De Varsovie à Bruxelles – Anatole Muhlstein (1889–1957) et Le Flambeau
16:00 – Discussion
16:30 – Conclusions

ORGANISER OF THE COMMITTEE:
Katia VANDENBORRE (FNRS/ULB)
Dorota WALCZAK (ULB)
Cécile BOCIANOWSKI (ULB)

Contact: Katia Vandenborre (kvdborre@ulb.ac.be)