During the segment of plenary lectures the following prelections will be held:

• Prof. James Geary, USA Harvard University – A Defense of Aphorisms
• Andrzej Majewski, writer, aphorist, Poland: „Hipokrates i Marek Aureliusz: kamienie milowe europejskiej aforystyki” - Wprowadzenie do prezentacji unikatowych starodruków, Autor, Uniwersytet Wrocławski
  „Rozmyślania“ Marka Aureliusza, Wenecja 1543
  „Aforyzmy“ Hipokratesa, Amsterdam 1685
• Rainer Adolphi, Technische Universität Berlin: “Die Zeit des Aphorismus. Eine Textform in Zeiten der Krise” (The
  Time of Aphorism. A Text Form in Times of Crisis)
• Fabrizio Caramagna, writer, Italy, Università degli Studi di Torino. “Relazione tra aforisma e poesia” (Relation
  between Aphorism and Poetry)
• Aleksandar Cotric, writer, Serbia – title to be determined
• Yahia Lababidi, writer, USA – title to be determined
• Jurgen Wilbert, Friedemann Spicker: co-founder and President of the German Aphorism Archive (DAphA)
  (https://www.fspicker.de/dapha/): “Zeitgenössischer deutscher Aphorismus” (Contemporary German Aphorism)
• Mikhail Kuzmin, writer – On Some Trends in Aphorisms at the End of the 20th and Beginning of the 21st Century
• Wojciech Kunicki, University of Wrocław: “Antoine de Rivarol und seine Rezeption bei Ernst Jünger, Carl Schmitt
  und Carl Eugen Gass” (Antoine de Rivarol and His Reception by Ernst Jünger, Carl Schmitt, and Carl Eugen Gass)
• Stefan Markowski, writer, North Macedonia – The Role of Language and Rhetoric
  in Literature, Marketing Campaigns, and Aphorisms in Shaping Perceptions and Behaviors.
• Marina Aristo Markovic, writer, Serbia – “Aforizam kao književna forma” (Aphorisms as a Literary Form)
• Ewa Matkowska, University of Wrocław: “Ekphrasis als Träger ästhetischer Inhalte am Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts”
  (Ekphrasis as a Carrier of Aesthetic Content at the End of the 20th Century)
• Tomasz Małyszek, University of Wrocław: “Aforystyczne definicje Franza Kafki” (Aphoristic Definitions of Franz
  Kafka)
• Marcin Miodek, University of Wrocław: “Krótkie formy literackie w propagandzie lat 40. XX w. na łamach prasy
  dolnośląskiej” (Short Literary Forms in the Propaganda of the 1940s in the Lower Silesian Press)
• Valeriu Butulescu, writer, Romania – "Aphorism – Present and Future"
• Janne Tompuri, writer, University of Helsinki, Secretary of the Finnish Aphorism Society: “Aphoristic
  Incompleteness – Truth and Knowledge in Aphorisms”
• Paweł Bąk, University of Wrocław: “Kürze und Prägnanz des Aphorismus aus linguistischer und translatorischer
  Sicht” (Brevity and Conciseness of Aphorisms from a Linguistic and Translational Perspective)
• Krzysztof Bilica, writer, musicologist, Poland – title to be determined
• Maria Tarnogórska, University of Wrocław: “Born Quotes. Wisława Szymborska as an Aphorist”
• Utz Rachowski, German writer: “Fasse Dich kurz! Denn das Leben ist es” (Be Brief! Because That is Life) –
  presentation of prose fragments
• Luiza Rzymowska, University of Wrocław: “The Use of Sentences in Oratory – on the Example of Polish Speeches”
• Urszula Zybura, poet, aphorist, Poland: „If aphoristic is a woman?”
• Maria Endreva, Sofia University, Dep. of German and Scandinavian Studies, Bułgaria – „Der
  Aphorismus und das Fragment im theoretischen Denken der deutschen Romantik am Beispiel
  von Friedrich Schlegel und Rahel Varnhagen” (Aphorism and fragment in theoretical considerations
  German romanticism on the example of Friedrich Schlegel and Rahel Varnhagen)
• Dorota Heck, University of Wrocław: Aphorisms Hidden in Critical and Philosophical Essays.
  Case Studies of Andrzej Kijowski and Leszek Kołakowski
• Wojciech Wiercioch, writer, „Aforyści i antologiści, autopromocja i promocja oraz recepcja małych form literackich“, Kraków

Additionally, as part of the conference, the following event will take place:

Scientific Sessions:

• Historical-Theoretical Session
• Translational Session
• Practical Session (authors’ presentations)
• Young Researchers Session

Accompanying Events:

• Literary Evening with Authors – conference dinner
• A literary competition for aphorism and limerick.
  The chairman of the jury is Professor Jan Miodek.
• Chamber Music Concert
• Presentation of Old Prints:
  o “Aphorisms of Hippocrates” from 1685, Amsterdam
  o “Meditations of Marcus Aurelius” from 1543, Venice

A detailed schedule of all events and lectures will be specified at a later date.

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