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Challenging the future, and thus co-creating Europe\u2019s future on our own terms begins with a fundamental gesture: mutual understanding.<\/p>\n<p>The panel discussion titled <strong><em>Traduire le pr\u00e9sent, d\u00e9fier le futur \/ Translating the Present, Challenging the Future <\/em><\/strong>will examine translation in its broadest sense: as a process bridging the civilian and military worlds, the personal and the collective, as well as a way of explaining the post-totalitarian experiences of Eastern Europe, which the West has not experienced. It will also examine translation as a tool for bridging the gap between the language of culture and that of political decision-making, as well as a medium for presenting lived history and its multiple narratives to national and international audiences.<\/p>\n<p>The discussion will also address writing as a form of translation, translating memory, war, and post-Soviet heritage, with support for Ukraine understood as a consequence of shared historical trajectories that sometimes no longer require translation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Participants:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19339 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/Obraz4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"153\" height=\"152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/Obraz4.png 256w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/Obraz4-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 153px) 100vw, 153px\" \/><\/strong><strong style=\"font-size: revert;color: initial\">Pavlo Matyusha<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: revert;color: initial\">: former soldier, writer, translator, and financier; member of PEN Ukraine. Co\u2011author of\u00a0<\/span><em style=\"font-size: revert;color: initial\">Lettres d\u2019amour et de guerre<\/em><span style=\"font-size: revert;color: initial\">\u00a0(\u00c9ditions de l\u2019Iconoclaste, 2024). His essays on war have been published in France and the United States, among other places.\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19338 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/Obraz3-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"159\" height=\"168\" \/>Marilyn Josefson<\/strong>: diplomatic advisor to the President of the European Council. A Swedish diplomat with experience as EU Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan.\u200b<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19337 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/Obraz2-241x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/Obraz2-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/Obraz2.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/>Tea Topuria<\/strong>: Georgian journalist and writer, winner of the 2025 European Union Prize for Literature (EUPL) for her book\u00a0<em>\u10d8\u10d0\u10d9\u10dd\u10d1\u10d8\u10e1<\/em> <em>\u10ed\u10d0\u10e1\u10d7\u10d0\u10dc<\/em><em> (By Jacob\u2019s Well)<\/em>.\u200b<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Moderation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mykyta Moskaliuk<\/strong>: curator of programs and international projects at the literary platform Frontera and the organization Algorytm (Ukraine).\u200b<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>Friday, 27 March 2026<\/strong><\/span><br \/><strong>14:00\u201315:00<\/strong><br \/>Tour &amp; Taxis, Place \u00e0 l\u2019Europe<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/305410303_481310424005326_6564776498246121377_n-300x114.png\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19023 aligncenter img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/Frontera_with_descriptor_EN_1-300x75.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/Frontera_with_descriptor_EN_1-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/Frontera_with_descriptor_EN_1-1024x256.png 1024w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/Frontera_with_descriptor_EN_1-768x192.png 768w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/Frontera_with_descriptor_EN_1-1536x384.png 1536w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/Frontera_with_descriptor_EN_1.png 1751w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a part of the programme presented by the Polish Institute Brussels during the Foire du Livre de Bruxelles 2026, we invite you to a meeting with Ukrainian author Pavlo Matyusha at Place \u00e0 l\u2019Europe. 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A Swedish diplomat with experience as EU Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan.\u200b\n\u00a0\n\u00a0\n\u00a0\n\u00a0\nTea Topuria: Georgian journalist and writer, winner of the 2025 European Union Prize for Literature (EUPL) for her book\u00a0\u10d8\u10d0\u10d9\u10dd\u10d1\u10d8\u10e1 \u10ed\u10d0\u10e1\u10d7\u10d0\u10dc (By Jacob\u2019s Well).\u200b\n\u00a0\n\u00a0\n\u00a0\n\u00a0\n\u00a0\nModeration:\nMykyta Moskaliuk: curator of programs and international projects at the literary platform Frontera and the organization Algorytm (Ukraine).\u200b\n\u00a0\nFriday, 27 March 202614:00\u201315:00Tour &amp; Taxis, Place \u00e0 l\u2019Europe\n\u00a0 \u00a0"},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"pl-PL","@id":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/en\/2026\/03\/17\/pavlo-matyusha-ua-in-converstation-with-marilyn-josefson-and-tea-topuria\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/ukr_horizontal.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/ukr_horizontal.jpg","width":1733,"height":907},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/en\/2026\/03\/17\/pavlo-matyusha-ua-in-converstation-with-marilyn-josefson-and-tea-topuria\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Pavlo Matyusha (UA) in converstation with Marilyn Josefson and Tea Topuria"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/#website","url":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/","name":"Instytut Polski w Brukseli","description":"Instytuty Polskie","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"pl-PL"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/#\/schema\/person\/f41db53be78e91d342f7df407326d8f7","name":"missonea","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"pl-PL","@id":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a34ccb132d984086e65e1c2c896f1bc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a34ccb132d984086e65e1c2c896f1bc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"missonea"},"url":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/author\/missonea\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/227"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19322"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19353,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19322\/revisions\/19353"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}