The most beautiful stories are written together,
let us write ours together with you...
Inspired by the 19th century and later social salons, which had a very diverse character: social, political, but also cultural, we created the Cultural Salon of the Wroclaw University Library. The salon was created with the idea of combining the past with the present, to create a meeting place for people full of passions, talents and stories that want to be told, sung, danced. The past is hidden in beautiful, restored furniture that came to the Salon from the former premises of the University Library and remember the pre-war times. And the present? The present is all of us who write new stories every day.
The Salon opened its doors to guests in October 2021, when Professor Jan Miodek, in a beautiful musical arrangement, just before November All Souls' Day, read fragments of Adam Mickiewicz's Dziady. And so began the history of the Salon. We invite you to follow the schedule of current events in the Salon and to review its archive events and check who visited it and what took place there.
Archive of events in the Cultural Salon
June 2024
On 14.06.2024, in the WUL's Cultural Salon, we opened the Power of Word Festival: exhibitions, trips, workshops.
The festival is a joint initiative and the result of cooperation between Wroclaw institutions near Odra river:
- Wroclaw University Library
- The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wroclaw
- National Ossolinski Institute
- Museum of the Lubomirski Princes
- Parish of Our Lady on the Sand Island in Wroclaw
- Archdiocese of Wroclaw
During the event at WUL we had the opportunity to explore the topic of geopolitical changes based on the most valuable cartographic collections stored in the WUL and listen to a lecture by Dr. Dariusz Przybytek from the Maps Department entitled "The Persistence of Order in Cartography".
Participants also had the opportunity to see professional equipment for digitizing collections and learn about the possibilities of using cultural heritage objects in digital form. Workshops on digitization processes were led by Ms. Zofia Ważna from the WUL's Reprographic and Digitalization Unit.
During both, the lecture and the workshops, there was an active discussion on methods of preserving variable things and extracting the most valuable content from them.
An exhibition devoted to the Book of Henryków entitled "Kindness at the World Level" was also opened.
We would like to thank all Guests and Participants for this wonderful and emotional day. I invite you to wander along the Odra trail and visit the institutions. The incredible treasures gathered there want to be rediscovered today!
Our institutions are connected by: the Odra River, bridges: Pokoju-Piaskowy-Tumski, history, care for cultural heritage, creativity, and the culture of peace.
May 2024
On 22.04.2024, in the WUL's Cultural Salon, we had the pleasure of hosting Professor Karol Zieliński from the Institute of Classical, Mediterranean and Oriental Studies of the Faculty of Philology of the University of Wrocław.
The author's meeting entitled "The Singer of Tales and His Audience, or How Many Times Achilles Dies" took place in our WUL's Cultural Salon. Professor Zieliński, author of the book "The Iliad and the Oral Epic Tradition", published in 2023 by Harvard University Press, shared with us his vast knowledge of oral tradition and about the functioning of oral communications from an anthropological point of view. The conversation was moderated by Mr. Jędrzej Soliński, a classical philologist, literary scholar, and Russianist.
We would like to thank Prof. Stefan Kiedroń, Vice-Rector for Finance and Development, and Prof. Indira Dzagania, Head of International Relations and International Communications Department at Sokhumi State University in Tbilisi, for honoring this event with their presence.
We would also like to thank all our dear guests for their numerous attendance and active participation in this extraordinary event. Your presence and commitment made this evening exceptional!
April 2024
On 10.04.2024, the premiere concert of the student artistic and theatrical group Nomen Omen took place at the WUL's Culture Salon, entitled: "Happiness comes when it wants". We could listen to beautiful songs of famous performers and songwriters, but in completely new arrangements.
These included, among others, songs:
- 24 Sorrows Lyrics – Jan Brzechwa, Music – Grzegorz Turnau
- Oh Life, I Love You More Than Life Itself Lyrics – Wojciech Młynarski, Music – Włodzimierz Korcz
- Weather for Happiness Lyrics – Agnieszka Osiecka, Music – Seweryn Krajewski
December 2023
Receiving a valuable gift for the Cultural Salon from Mrs. Joanna Janicka, a family souvenir from the January Uprising period – a porcelain coffee set from the Ćmielów brand.
November 2023
An anthology of Turkish poetry from the times of Suleiman the Magnificent returns to the Wroclaw University Library - ceremonial handover of the recovered object - manuscript M 1538 to the University Library by representatives of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage: Mr. Tomasz Śliwiński from the Department of Restitution of Cultural Property of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and Mrs. Elżbieta Rogowska.
Vernissage of the Photographic Exhibition of the University of Wrocław Community "OPEN CALL", organized by the UWr Student Theater "NOMEN OMEN".
October 2023
"Wrocław on an old postcard" - an author's meeting with enthusiasts of Wroclaw's tram transport: Mr. Tomasz Sielicki and Mariusz Kotkowski.
Mini exhibition of original Wroclaw postcards and photos from the WUL's graphic collections of the University of Wrocław.
Moderator of the meeting – Mr. Witold Koterla, Collections’ Acquisition Department
April 2023
"Fantastic Music Concert" - a concert prepared and performed by the UoW's Student Theatre "NOMEN OMEN".
March 2023
"Cicero returns to the Wrocław University Library" – a recovered medieval manuscript of Marcus Tyllius transferred to the Wroclaw University Library at the seat of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage in Warsaw.
More news and photos can be found at link.
February 2023
"Images of Love" - a musical performance prepared and performed by the UoW's Student Theatre "NOMEN OMEN".
November 2022
"Traditions, customs and culture of Christmas over the years" - a recording of a Christmas meeting where guests talked about the traditions, culture and customs of Christmas and their perception over the years.
The recording was attended by: Professor Urszula Glensk (UoW), Mrs Agnieszka Szepetiuk-Barańska (Ethnographic Museum, Wroclaw), Professor Paweł Klint (UoW) and Professor Krzysztof Migała (UoW).
The recording can be found at the link, and the photos can be seen at the link.
June 2022
Author's meeting with the fantasy and science fiction writer and translator of Russian science fiction - Mr. Eugeniusz Dębski.
October 2021
"Dark everywhere, deaf everywhere..., what will be, what will be...?"
"All Souls' Day in the WUL's Cultural Salon" - Professor Jan Miodek reads Dziady in the Cultural Salon of the Wroclaw University Library in for invited guests.
The recording can be found at the link, and the photos can be seen at the link.
