450 Years of UP

This panel aims to celebrate the jubilee of Palacký University. It focuses primarily on its history and follows the ideals and everyday life events taking place hundreds of years ago.

Olomouc has been home to a university since 1573. Over the 450 years, the city’s appearance has been influenced by scholars from all over the world, both students and professors. It is part of the European and global academic network. This panel aims to celebrate the jubilee of Palacký University. It focuses primarily on its history and follows the ideals and everyday life events taking place hundreds of years ago. Three discussion panels with leading historians reveal the underlying layers of the life of students and lecturers as well as the changing image of the urban complex in its entirety, including remarkable works of art and architecture. The cycle of presentations compiled in cooperation with the Faculty of Arts and the Regional Museum in Olomouc are complemented by a LARP portraying contemporary life as an adventure.

 

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