Publications

The International Conference “Return of Fallen Empires” was held at Villa Decius on October 15-16. This publication is a record of its most important discussions and debates, the main purpose of which was to draw attention to the dramatic escalation of events on the international level and the new balance of power forming under their influence. Participants in the Conference included David Jones, Samuel Abraham, Jeannette Bougrab, Asli Erdogan, Felix Kaputu, Marcin Kędzierski, Paweł Kowal, Rafał Trzaskowski, Sergey Kovalev, Scott Lucas, Michał Sutowski and others.

A collection of national sources on the regulation and practice of the protection of cultural property. The publication is the result of the project: “Intersectoral challenges: specialist in the protection of cultural property in case of emergencies and war – development of a postgraduate program, dedicated to employees working at the borderline of fields”, implemented in 2020-2022 in partnership by three institutions: Villa Decius Association (leader), the Bohaterów Westerplatte Naval Academy in Gdynia and the Villa Decius Institute for Culture, funded by the EEA 2014-2022.

The second volume of the monograph published as part of the collection of publications “Protection of Cultural Property in Situations of Crisis and Armed Conflict”. The handbook includes a study of the legal status in international terms, aspects of protection in a situation of armed conflict, NATO doctrine, CIMIC and the experience of the time of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The publication is the result of the project: “Intersectoral Challenges: specialist in the protection of cultural assets in case of crisis and war – development of a program of postgraduate studies, dedicated to employees operating at the border of fields”, implemented from 2020 to 2022 in partnership by three institutions: Villa Decius Association (leader), the Bohaterów Westerplatte Naval Academy in Gdynia and the Villa Decius Institute for Culture, funded by the EEA 2014-2022.

A collection of case studies, problem issues, instructions and forms for use. The publication is the result of the project: “Intersectoral Challenges: specialist in the protection of cultural assets in case of emergencies and war – development of a program of postgraduate studies, dedicated to employees working at the border of disciplines”, implemented in 2020-2022 in partnership by three institutions: Villa Decius Association (leader), the Bohaterów Westerplatte Naval Academy in Gdynia and the Villa Decius Institute for Culture, funded by the EEA 2014-2022.

This publication is an attempt to summarize the 2015 SAGA creative writing workshop at Villa Decius and presents texts created by project participants – people aged 55+. The publication is divided into three parts. The first is the texts awarded and honored in the literary competition “Come, I’ll tell you a fairy tale”. The second part is literary variety – short stories, essays, excerpts from diaries, memoirs, but also games with form, jokes and linguistic games. In the last section we present a literary surprise, which is the result of cooperation with the Association “Da się” from Nowy Targ. We highly recommend it!