Seminar programme

The Seminar starts September, 27th with an Ecumenical Service in the Lutheran Church in Lublin at 17:00.

Participants registration at the Maria Curie-Sklodowska University starts September, 28th at 8:00 – foyer of the Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology Building

Preliminary programme of the Seminar (.pdf)

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Sunday, September 27

Arrival day

17:00 Ecumenical Service in the Lutheran Church (ul. Ewangelicka 1)

19:00 Reception for participants and representatives (TBA)


Monday, September 28

Topic of the day:

Seeing – Understanding – Acting: Perspectives from Cognitive Science and personal experience

8:00 Registration at the university (pl. Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej 4)

9:00 Meditation

9:15 Conference opening, Introduction to UMCS (Main Audience Hall, „Aula”)

9:30 Introduction to SIPCC, the Seminar and the topic of the Seminar

10:40 Coffee break (foyer)

11:00 Intercultural & Interreligious forum: Frank Mächt, Seers from different countries and religions (Main Audience Hall, Zoom)

12:45 Lunch (Restaurant Bazylia)

14:15 Welcome of the online participants (Main Audience Hall, Zoom)

14:30 Plenary presentation: Piotr Konderak, Katarzyna Biszkont, Communication as Seeing, Understanding, and Acting: A Two-Voiced Contribution (Main Audience Hall)

16:00 Coffee break (foyer)

16:30 Reflection groups (rooms 4, 101, 201)

18:45 Dinner

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Tuesday, September 29

Topic of the day:

Seeing – Understanding – Acting: Perspectives from spiritual and religious traditions

9:00 Meditation

9:15 Information about the day (Main Audience Hall)

9:30 Intercultural & Interreligious forum: dr Linda Sauer Bredvik, TBA (Main Audience Hall)

10:40 Coffee break (foyer)

11:00 Workshops (rooms 4, 101, 201)

12:30 Lunch (Restaurant Bazylia)

14:30 Plenary presentation: Rev. prof. Alfred Wierzbicki, Revisiting and rethinking Albert Schweitzer’s ethics of care (Main Audience Hall, Zoom)

16:00 Coffee break (foyer)

16:30 Reflection groups (rooms 4, 101, 201)

18:45 Dinner

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Wednesday, September 30

Topic of the day:

Acting and Moving: Visiting local projects

9:00 Guided tour: prof. Sławomir Żurek, In the footsteps of Polish Jews

12:30 Lunch (Restaurant Bazylia)

14:30 Visiting the Old Town of Lublin

18:45 Dinner

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Thursday, October 1

Topic of the day:

How to provide Care and Counseling in War and Violence – examples from Ukraine, Tanzania, and Myanmar

9:00 Meditation

9:15 Information about the day (Main Audience Hall)

9:30 Intercultural & Interreligious forum: TBA

10:40 Coffee break

11:00 Workshops (rooms 4, 101, 201)

12:45 Lunch (Restaurant Bazylia)

14:30 Presentation: Bishop Pavlo Shvarts, Reflections and experiences of pastoral care during the war (Main Audience Hall, Zoom)

16:00 Coffee break

16:30 Reflection groups (rooms 4, 101, 201)

19:00 Festive dinner

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Friday, October 2

Plenum and Evaluation of the Seminar

9:00 Meditation

9:15 Information about the day (Main Audience Hall)

9:30 Intercultural & Interreligious forum and evaluation (Main Audience Hall)

10:40 Coffee break (foyer)

11:00 Plenary presentation: TBA (Main Audience Hall, Zoom)

12:45 Lunch (Restaurant Bazylia)

14:30 Seminar closing and Farewell (Main Audience Hall)

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