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    European Academic Heritage Day November 18, 2017

    15.11.2017 15:02
    Autor: Samodzielna Pracownia Historii Medycyny i Farmacji

     

    European universities host outstanding libraries, archives, museums, collections and monuments of historic, scientific and artistic interest. This heritage embodies the universities’ 900-year contribution to the advancement of science and knowledge and is a major component of European identity and culture.

    In order to raise awareness to the importance of university heritage, UNIVERSEUM, the European Academic Heritage Network, has established 18th November as European Academic Heritage Day.

    On this day, European universities celebrate their common cultural heritage through special activities, debates, conferences and access to their museums, collections and monuments.The theme for 2017 is “Colonizers and colonized”.

    Artefacts and documents in collections, if not entire collections and museums relate directly or indirectly to colonial enterprises. The accumulation, organization and study of artefacts, narratives, data and representations from the colonies were central to projects to exploit and dominate the colonies intellectually, politically and economically. In the colonized regions, the establishment of universities, museums and archives became part of the colonizing mission and the colonial state. As much as these collections and institutions meant to represent a colonial order, they developed a life of their own.

    Program:

    On this day, the Museum of the History of Medicine and Pharmacy of the Medical University of Bialystok prepared special historical walks with the beginnings of the University of Bialystok as a scientific colony in the post-war city.

    The walks start at 11.00, 14.00, 15.00 at the Museum of the History of Medicine and Pharmacy UMB (right wing of the Palace), Kilinski 1 Street.

    Admission is free.


     

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