LANGUAGE AND IDENTITY 📅 Thursday, 29 January 2026, 6:00 PM 📍 Main Hall of the POLIN Museum 🎟️ Free entry (no registration) Do we speak the way we think—or do we think the way language lets us speak? At this meeting we will look at minority languages — Yiddish, Wymysiöeryś (Wilamowicean), Lemko, Romani, Silesian, Ukrainian — and how deeply they are connected to identity, memory and belonging. We will talk about what happens when a language disappears. How does it affect our perception of the world? How does it limit us? And when does it become a tool of resistance? Participants in the conversation: - Aleksandra Iwaniuk – writer, researcher, assistant professor at the “Artes Liberales” Faculty, University of Warsaw - Konstanty Gebert – journalist, publicist, Jewish activist - Tomasz Wicherkiewicz – linguist, specialist in minority and endangered languages The discussion will be hosted by Marta Perchuć-Burzyńska (Tok FM) This meeting opens a new series of conversations about language and identity. It will be a space for reflection — and for listening. Also to what is often omitted or silenced. Join the event and plan this evening with us.
