Vincenz

“On the High Uplands”: How Stanisław Vincenz changed the world’s perception of the Hutsul region

November 30 marks the 137th anniversary of the birth of Stanisław Vincenz. The Polish writer, philosopher, essayist and cultural expert was born in 1888 in the Carpathian region. The village of Kryvorivnia shaped his perception of the world and provided support for creativity. With his research, memories, works, he forever inscribed the Hutsul region on the map of European culture. The future chronicler of the Hutsul region spent his childhood among the mountains in his village...

Ukraine’s participation in the international online academic conference “Stanisław Vincenz’s Homo agens”

The NGO "All-Ukrainian Democratic Forum" became a co-organizer of the international scientific conference "STANISLAW VINCENZ'S HOMO AGENS", dedicated to the European philosopher Stanisław Vincenz, who lived and worked in the Hutsul region, in the Ukrainian Carpathians. Stanisław Vincenz was called the "Homer of the Hutsul Region" for writing the monumental Hutsul epic "On the High Uplands", based on Hutsul mythology, which has been the subject of research by philologists, ethnographers, historians and other scientists for more than 80 years...

The international online academic conference “Stanisław Vincenz’s Homo agens” will take place on December 18–19

On December 18 and 19, 2021, the international scientific online conference "Homo agens" by Stanisław Vincenz will be held. "Stanisław Vincenz’s Homo agens" is a catchphrase inspired by the modern experience of the pandemic as a time that calls for action. The focus of the conference is the biography and literary and intellectual legacy of Stanisław Vincenz, an author and philosopher who connects the idea of ​​freedom with action. The organizers will also offer…

Stanisław Vincenz’s library is now available to UCU scholars and students

The collection of books from the private library of Stanisław Vincenz, the "Homer of Hutsulshchyna" - an outstanding Polish thinker, humanist and writer, the author of the monumental Hutsul epic "On the High Uplands", is now available to researchers and students in Ukraine. The collection consists of almost 1,000 rare books. Among them are unique editions of Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, and Plato. As well as copies with autographs and dedications of the writer's contemporaries and friends - Jerzy Gedroyc,...