Information über die Ergebnisse des Stipendienwettbewerbs für Kulturstipendien des Pilecki-Instituts in Berlin im Rahmen des Programms Exercising Modernity - Instytut Pileckiego
14.11.2026 (Sat)
Information über die Ergebnisse des Stipendienwettbewerbs für Kulturstipendien des Pilecki-Instituts in Berlin im Rahmen des Programms Exercising Modernity
Information on the Results of the Cultural Scholarship Competition of the Pilecki Institute in Berlin within the Framework of the Programme:
Exercising Modernity 2026
The Commission, appointed by Order No. 53 of the Director of the Witold Pilecki Institute of Solidarity and Valor dated 13 October 2026, convened online on 21 October 2026 at 10:00 a.m. to evaluate the applications submitted as part of the scholarship competition and make recommendations regarding the awarding of scholarships.
The members of the Commission assessed each application according to the following criteria:
- The significance of the project for commemorating and disseminating knowledge within the scope defined by the Act on the Pilecki Institute;
- The cultural or academic value of the project;
- The originality of the project and the use of source materials in its implementation;
- The applicant’s professionalism and experience in carrying out cultural or academic projects;
- The applicant’s previous achievements in their own cultural or academic work, including national and international scholarships, awards and distinctions;
- The project's relevance to the themes of the scholarship competition.
A total of twelve applications were submitted for the scholarship competition. All applications met the formal requirements and were forwarded to the Commission for evaluation.
Following consideration of the Evaluation Committee’s recommendations, scholarships within the Pilecki Institute in Berlin’s Cultural Scholarship Competition, held as part of the Exercising Modernity programme, were awarded to the following applicants for their projects:
- Marcel Krueger for the project: The Long Shadow of Tannenberg.
- Ofri Lapid for the project: The Mother of Metaphor: Language, Motherhood, and the Politics of Expression in the Poetry of Esther Shumiatcher-Hirschbein and Zuzanna Gińczanka.
- Lesia Pcholka for the project: Architecture of Silence. The Prison as a Modern Institution in Belarus.
- Adi Weinberg for the project: The Inner Displacement of the Female Body.
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