History

In 2006, the first New Agora took place in Sarajevo, Bosnia, and was organised in co-operation with the P.E.N. Centre of BiH and the Media Center Sarajevo. The topic of this event was the 10th anniversary of war in Bosnia as the first sign of the crisis of multiculturalism in contemporary Europe. The lecturers were, among others: Uri Avnery (Israel), Mufti Mustafa Čerić (Bosnia), Bo Strath (Italy). In 2007, the event took place in Wroclaw, Poland, and was organised in co-operation with one of the local universities and with the support of the City and Mayor of Wrocław. The lecturers included Zygmunt Bauman and Eva Hoffman (Great Britain). In 2008, the meeting was organised in Sejny under the title: “Pedagogical Province of Bridgebuilders: New Philosophy of Intercultural Education”. It engaged mainly lecturers from Poland. Each 'New Agora' gathered about 100 participants.