7th–9th December
Symposium Forefather’s Eve and/or Forefather’s Eve
Idea and conception: Prof. Zbigniew Osinski, arrangement of space: Jerzy Gurawski.

7th December
Meetings led by Ludwik Flaszen (Paris, France) and Prof. Jacek Lukasiewicz (Wroclaw)

• Opening and introduction: Stanislaw Krotoski and Zbigniew Osinski; talks and lectures by:
• Prof. Zofia Stefanowska (Warsaw): How Was 'The Forefathes', Part 3 Created?
• Prof. Dorota Siwicka (Torun): Dead Places of 'The Forefathers', Part 3
• Prof. Dobrochna Ratajczakowa (Poznan): Rite – History – Theatre
• Prof. Zbigniew Majchrowski (Gdansk): 'The Forefathers', Part 4 Familiar to Us
•  Prof. Leszek Kolankiewicz (Warszawa): The Myth and Rite Dimension of the Forefathers Project
• Prof. Maria Prussak (Warszawa): 'The Forefathers': A Cult of the Dead or the Communion with the Saints?
• Prof. Janusz Skuczynski (Torun): The Forefathers in 'The Forefathers'
• Film presentation of Sorcery by Centre for Theatre Practices ‘Gardzienice’ with an introduction by Mariusz Golaj, the actor of the company, and Acropolis by the Laboratory Theatre

8th December

Meetings led by Dobrochna Ratajczakowa and Zofia Stefanowska; talks and lectures by:

• Jacek Lukasiewicz: 'The Forefathers' and the Limits of Death
• Prof. Wlodzimierz Szturc (Krakow): Rites of Passage as the Basis of the Rite’s Structure in Mickiewicz’s 'The Forefathers'
• Dr. Jacek Jan Pawlik (Olsztyn): Spirits of the Dead in Artistic Forms: Puppet, Theatre, Mask, Dance and Music
• Prof. Krzysztof Rutkowski (Paris, France): Stendhal and the Beggars
• Prof. Michal Maslowski (Grenoble, France): Work on the Role in the Theatre of Mickiewicz: 'The Forefathers’
• Ludwik Flaszen: On 'The Forefathers' – Thinking Aloud