Conference „Bismarckowie. Dyskurs(y) o europejskiej rodzinie” / “The Bismarcks. Discourse(s) on the European family”
On Saturday afternoon (1 October), a tour of the manors and palaces of the von Bismarck family concluded the three-day (29.09.-01.10.2022) conference entitled. “The Bismarcks. Discourse(s) on the European family” / “The Bismarcks. Discourse(s) on the European family’. The event, coordinated by Dr Paweł Migdalski (Historical Institute US) and Prof Bartosz Wójcik (Institute of Literature and New Media US), was not only a reference to the former conferences devoted to the Bismarck family and organised in Kulice, but also in a way a tribute to the doyens of the Szczecin milieu – Prof Włodzimierz Stępiński and Prof Edward Włodarczyk, who devoted many years of their work to this era. The event, which attracted a great deal of interest from the community, featured presentations by a number of researchers from Poland (Jerzy Kałążny (Institute of German Philology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań); Alina Hinc (Department of History, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań); and Prof. Jerzy Kałążny (Institute of German Philology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań). Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań); Andrzej Bierca (Museum of Archaeology and History in Stargard); Rafał Makała (Institute of Art History, University of Gdańsk); Radosław Walkiewicz (National Heritage Institute, Field Workshop in Szczecin); Zbigniew Sobisz (Institute of Biology and Earth Sciences, Pomeranian Academy in Słupsk); Bartosz Wójcik (Institute of Literature and New Media, US); Kacper Pencarski (Institute of History and Political Science, Pomeranian Academy in Słupsk); Tomasz Ślepowroński, Agnieszka Szudarek, Joerg Hackmann, Paweł Migdalski (all Historical Institute US) and from abroad (Bert Becker (Hong-Kong/Ahlbeck); Werner Westphal (Greifswald); Achim Engelberg (Berlin), who presented papers on various issues related to the Bismarck family from universal to local themes. The conference showed that the topic of the Bismarcks is still very much on the agenda, both for researchers and border communities, and that threads related to it should continue to be taken up. The event ended with a study tour following the traces of former residences and foundations of the von Bismarck family from Kulice, through Jarchlino, Konarzewo to Płot. We invite you to take a look at the photo report.