4 March 2016, 6:00pm

William Mong Hall, Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge

Since 1989, urban spaces in Poland have undergone a process of dramatic transformation. Cities across the country have seen frenetic building activity, as the construction of new commercial buildings, public institutions and infrastructure have changed the post-communist landscape. Warsaw - the nation's capital - is perhaps the most astounding example of this rapid change, especially over the last ten years.

Professor Małgorzata Omilanowska - former Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage - gave a fascinating lecture on the transformations of Polish architecture after 1989.

Professor Omilanowska is an art historian. She specialises in the architecture of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, theories of art, and conservation of monuments.

This event was co-organised by Cambridge Polish Studies and the Cambridge University Polish Society.