Each year ECEP organizes a Lecture Series in which scholars from
the region give presentations on their current research and important
contemporary topics. ECEP has been proud to present to the New
School and New York community such important guests as Janos Kis,
Zbigniew Pelczynski, Jan Urban, Marcin Krol, Ivan Vejvoda, Martin
Butora, Jerzy Jedlicki, Alex Grigorievs, Petr Pithart, Ewa Letowska,
Rita Klimova and other influential regional activists, politicians
and scholars. The Lecture Series also provides a framework for
cultural events such as Romania Inside/Out, Protest and Sentiment:
Recent Photographs; and Academy of Movement, which
presented a lecture and performance, entitled: Art in the Theater
of Life: Poland 1975-1991.