We are happy to announce that one of our lecturers, Associate Professor Adam Szpaderski, Head of the Center for Research on the Economics of Memorial Sites, has been appointed to the jury of the 40th edition of the prestigious Sybilla Competition, which recognizes the best museums and exhibitions in Poland. This is a second appointment among our faculty, after Associate Professor Piotr Kwiatkowski, who has been on the jury since 2018.
Sybilla Competition
The aim of the competition is to award the best Polish museums, which work towards achieving statutory goals in Poland and abroad, and to recognize the contribution of artists and curators - authors of exhibitions and museum projects.
Sybilla is the most prestigious award in the museum sector in Poland. Its prestige has grown over the years thanks to the museums and professionals, who have been awarded for exceptional exhibitions, publications, and research. This year the competition is celebrating its 40th anniversary.
Jury Appointed by Minister of Culture and National Heritage
The jury comprises eleven (11) members, who are experts in the competition categories, including conservation and protection of cultural heritage, education, scientific and research projects, new and modernized permanent exhibitions, temporary exhibitions, and management.
Members of the jury are appointed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage on the recommendation of the Director of the National Institute for Museums and Public Collections.
Associate Professor Adam Szpaderski – Head of the Center for Research on the Economics of Memorial Sites and the Secretary of its Program Committee. His current work focuses on the economics of memorial sites. In collaboration with national institutions, directors, fundraisers, donors, and curators, he is creating a scientific doctrine of the economics of memorial sites, which will provide a set of best practices and measures of effectiveness, related to the economic, financial and management aspects of the development, preservation, commemoration and functioning of memorial sites. This work involves research and promotion of the standards of management and commemoration of memorial sites developed in Poland according to the recommendations of the Wannsee Memorandum. Full bio »
Associate Professor Piotr Tadeusz Kwiatkowski – Member of the Center for Research on the Economics of Memorial Sites at SWPS University, specializing in research on Polish collective memory and museum visitors. During his career, he led numerous projects, for example: Historia i teraźniejszość [History and Present Day] (Public Opinion Research Center (CBOS), 1987), Współczesne społeczeństwo polskie wobec przeszłości [The contemporary Polish society in the face of its past] (team member and head of empirical research), the State Committee for Scientific Research (KBN)/ the Institute of Political Studies at the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN) (2002–2005), II wojna światowa w pamięci zbiorowej współczesnego społeczeństwa Polskiego [WWII in the collective memory of the contemporary Polish society] (Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk, 2009), Niepodległa ’18 [Independent ‘18] (research on the collective memory related to regaining independence by Poland in 1918, the National Centre for Culture, 2016), and Publiczność muzeów [Museum Visitors] (National Institute for Museums and Public Collections since 2017). Full bio »