W dniach 19-20 maja 2026 r. zapraszamy do Lubelskiego Centrum Konferencyjnego na Lublin Forum 2026. Tegoroczna edycja, zatytułowana Russian Aggression: Roots and Forms, połączy perspektywy historyczne i politologiczne, umożliwiając ekspertom, badaczom i praktykom analizę długofalowej ciągłości rosyjskiego imperializmu, jego historycznych korzeni, ideologicznych narracji oraz wpływu na dzisiejszą politykę i bezpieczeństwo międzynarodowe.
Day 1
9:30 – 10:00 Opening Ceremony
10:00 – 10:45 Keynote Speech
Serhii Plokhii, Harvard University, The Rise and Fall of the Pan-Russian Idea
10:45 – 11:15 Discussion (chaired by Sławomir Łukasiewicz, Institute of Central Europe)
11:15 – 11:45 Coffee Break
11:45 – 13:00 Panel 1
History as the Instrument of Power and (Epistemic) Violence
Chair: Mykola Riabchuk, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
· Aliaksei Kazharski, Charles University
· Julita Komosa, Institute for the History of Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences
· Aleksandra Konarzewska, Universität Tübingen
· Olha Tkachenko, Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences
13:00 – 13:15 Coffee Break
13:15 – 14:30 Panel 2
Central and Eastern European Perceptions of Russia
Chair: Agata Domachowska, Institute of Central Europe
· Szczepan Czarnecki, Institute of Central Europe
· Olga Khomenko, University of Oxford
· Miklós Mitrovits, Kazimierz Wielki University [tbc]
· Jędrzej Piekara, Institute of Central Europe
14:30 – 15:45 Lunch Break
15:45 – 17:00 Panel 3
Rewriting the Past, Resisting the Empire: Memory Politics in East-Central Europe
Chair: Bartłomiej Krzysztan, Institute of Central Europe
· Kristina But, Zaporizhzhia National University
· Kacper Dziekan, Institute of Public Affairs
· Agata Tatarenko, Institute of Central Europe
· Gayane Shagoyan, Yerevan State University / Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography NAS RA
17:00 – 17:15 Coffee Break
17:15 – 18:30 Panel 4
From Narratives to Cognitive Warfare: The New Frontlines of Conflict
Chairs: Jędrzej Piekara and Aleksandra Kuczyńska-Zonik, Institute of Central Europe
· Agnieszka Demczuk, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University / Expert Advisory Team for Information Security of the Republic of Poland, Chancellery of the Prime Minister
· Kacper Gradoń, University College London
· Igor Kąkolewski, Centre for Historical Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Berlin
· Vladimir Sazonov, University of Tartu
18:30 – 19:30 Dinner
Day 2
9:00 – 10:15 Panel 5
Maritime Security (panel within Polish CBSS Presidency 2025–2026)
Chairs: Piotr Oleksy and Damian Szacawa, Institute of Central Europe
Foreword (video message): Gustav Lindström, Council of the Baltic Sea States Secretariat
· Piotr Nieć, Armed Forces Operational Command / NATO Commander Task Force Baltic
· Oana Popescu Zamfir, GlobalFocus Center
· Andreas Raspotnik, High North Center for Business and Governance at Nord University / Fridtjof Nansen Institute
· Maria Simeonova, European Council on Foreign Relations
10:15 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:45 Panel 6
Integration by Negation: The Western Balkans and Eastern Europe in the Politics of Waiting
Chair: Spasimir Domaradzki, Institute of Central Europe
· Agata Domachowska, Institute of Central Europe
· Iulian Groza, Institute for European Policies and Reforms
· Miloš Petrović, Institute of International Politics and Economics
· Bekim Sejdiu, University of Prishtina
· Tomasz Wiśniewski, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Poland
11:45 – 12:15 Coffee Break
12:15 – 13:30 Panel 7
Geopolitical Failures of Europe
Chair: Jędrzej Jander, Institute of Central Europe
· Jean Crombois, American University in Bulgaria
· Tamar Gamkrelidze, College of Europe in Natolin
· Aliaksei Lastouski, European Humanities University
· Andrzej Sadecki, Centre for Eastern Studies
13:30 – 13:45 Coffee Break
13:45 – 15:00 Panel 8
Central and Eastern Europe and the Global South in a Multipolar World
Chair: Jakub Bornio, Institute of Central Europe
· Tatsiana Kulakevich, University of South Florida
· Agnieszka Legucka, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Poland
· Anaïs Marin, Chatham House
· Jakub Zajączkowski, University of Warsaw
15:00 – 16:15 Lunch
Lublin Forum 2026. Program