European Union National Institutes for Culture - London

The Documentary Film Festival, coordinated by the French Institute,  now in its forth year, will showcase the work of new and established directors from across the continent around the issue of Sustainable Development.
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The seminar explored the challenges and opportunities of using art and culture – indeed cultural relations - as vehicles of national foreign policy. Diplomacy has undergone radical change and according to many current thinkers conventional diplomacy is not able to provide answers to the challenges posed by present-day realities. In response to this EUNIC London and the European Commission Representation in the UK are hosting and cordially inviting you to the very first edition of EUNIC London Cultural Diplomacy Seminar dedicated to "The Virtues of European Public Diplomacy on 21st century"  by practitioners and theorists.  Read more...

Is one of many events, which take place simultaneously across European capitals on the 12th of May to celebrate European literature in a genuine trans-European event. In London, writers from the Czech Republic, Italy, France, Hungary, Poland and Romania, introduced by their patrons, read their books and engage in a debate.
 
For one night, capital cities across Europe are presenting simultaneous celebrations of writing and reading on European Literature Night, and the British Library will once again host an electrifying evening of readings and conversation from some superlative writers, both emerging and established. Come and meet this year's authors Jacek Dehnel (Poland), Otto de Kat (Netherlands), Paolo Giordano (Italy), Georgi Gospodinov (Bulgaria), Julya Rabinowich (Austria), Giedra Radvilaviciute, (Lithuania) and Milos Urban (Czech Rep.). 
The event will be chaired by writer and presenter Rosie Goldsmith.
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The Documentary Film Festival, coordinated by the French Institute now in its third year, will showcase the work of new and established directors from across the continent.
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This outstanding project, curated by Jane Withers and coordinated by the French Institute, has included works by 20 European designers who bring imaginative thinking to the potential of low energy lighting. It's an opportunity not just to change a bulb but change the way we think about light and darkness.
Read more here and here about one of the most magical experiences during the London Design Festival 2010 edition.

This conference, the inaugural event of the Children of the Revolution Season, will engage with the historical moment of Solidarity and other oppositional movements in Central and Eastern Europe with a view to reassessing the concept of solidarity both in its theoretical dimensions and in its relevance for political action today. Children of the Revolution 1989 - 2009 is a series of events taking place this year in London, twenty years on, examining these revolutionary happenings and their legacy.
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For one night only Europe comes together to celebrate the brightest talents in modern European literature. In a unique Europe-wide event the British Library in London is uniting writers from six capitals of both East and West 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall to talk about life and literature in the new Europe. The first edition of European Literature Night  took place simultaneously across European capitals on the 13th of May to celebrate European literature in a genuine trans-European event. In London, writers from the Czech Republic, Italy, France, Hungary, Poland and Romania, introduced by their patrons, read their books and engage in a debate.
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