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Lecture: Speculators, rebels and life in a false reality

Lecture: Speculators, rebels and life in a false reality

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The documentary "A Year in the Life of a Country" portrays Poland under martial law, but it touches on far broader issues. It's worth seeing not only for its fantastic editing and unique way of telling this dramatic period of history. Perhaps the film's greatest strength lies in its universal message. This tragicomic documentary tells the story of a man entangled in history: of human choices, heroism, and—at times—quite banal smallness. It's also a surprisingly timely story about the pitfalls of operating in a false reality and the deceptively seductive power of fake news.

Free admission
20.09.2025Sat18:00

Dr. Rafał Ciekiera (University of Silesia)

RAFAŁ CEKIERA – PhD in social sciences, professor at the University of Silesia, Deputy Director of the Institute of Sociology, University of Silesia in Katowice.

He specializes in the sociology of culture, migration, and religion. He is the author of books such as "Refugees, Migrants, and the Catholic Church. The Polish Migration Debate after 2015 in the Context of the Teachings of the Catholic Church" (WIĘŹ, 2022); "Emigration as an Experience: A Study on the Example of Returning Migrants to the Silesian Voivodeship" (with J. Kijonka and M. Żak, Wydawnictwo UŚ, 2022), "On the Traps of Emigration's Lightness. The Experience of Temporarity in the Narratives of Young Polish Post-Accession Emigrants" (NOMOS, 2014) – as well as numerous articles in academic journals and the popular press. Winner of the "Przegląd Socjologii Jakościowej" magazine's competition for the best sociological photograph of the year (2019). Producer and co-writer of the documentary "The Happy Place That Has a Poet" (2019).

Photo: Julia Agnieszka Szymala