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London-based cultural institutions play a pivotal role in this process, operating at the intersection of national agendas, diasporic communities and global audiences. They become key agents in producing meaning, shaping narratives, and negotiating soft power in a networked, transnational space. By bringing these actors into dialogue, the panel will discuss how Central-Eastern Europe is continuously re-articulated through cultural programming, epistemic \u201ctranslation\u201d and public engagement. It will also ask how we can step outside our own institutional and intellectual bubbles to engage meaningfully with communities that hold different values and political agendas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Speakers:<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Anna Tryc-Bromley<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Director of the Polish Cultural Institute in London<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Minister-Counsellor at the Polish diplomatic mission to the United Kingdom<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Anna<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>brings over 20 years of experience in cultural diplomacy, public relations, and international collaboration, working across South Asia, UK, and Poland. 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Prior to that she led external affairs and communications of the Czech Centre headquarters in Prague, at this position she headed communication of the developing nation branding project of the Czech Republic. She has more than twenty years of experience in journalism, covering Czech foreign and EU policy for major national media in the Czech Republic. In her academic work she focused on 21st century information warfare and in 2025 published an interview book with the former Speaker of the Czech Parliament, focusing on position of women in Czech politics.\nDr Olesya Khromeychuk\nDirector of Ukrainian Institute London\nDr Olesya Khromeychuk is a historian and writer. She is the author of The Death of a Soldier Told by His Sister (2022) and Undetermined Ukrainians (2013). 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