Is it possible to visit the war? | War tourism

Places of armed conflict are increasingly found on travel maps. Dalia Mikulska and Tomasz Szerszeń will consider why we want to see spaces where wars have been and are being fought, and what we are actually looking for in such places. Can war tourism be a form of learning about history, or does it always carry the risk of simplifying human suffering?

October 22 (Thursday)

6 p.m.

Branch No. 7 (Mother Teresa of Calcutta Square 8)

Guests: Dalia Mikulska and Tomasz Szerszeń

Teacher: Krzysztof Lichtblau

Admission to the event is free

Dalia Mikulska - reporter and author of a book about Palestine entitled “Once upon a time we were all people here” (Filtry Publishing House). A graduate of studies on human rights in the Arab world and the Polish School of Reportage. She has worked in humanitarian organizations, including in the field in Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia, Turkey, Lebanon and the Ukrainian Donbas. He writes about West Asia and North Africa, migration and human rights.

Tomasz Szerszeń - essayist, photographer, cultural anthropologist. Author of the books “Atlantic-trans” (2026), “Being a guest in a catastrophe” (2024), “All the wars of the world” (2021), “Architecture of survival” (2017), “Travelers without a map and passport” (2015), editor of the anthology “Enlightenment, that is, here and now” (2021) and “Atlas. Anthology” (2025), co-author of the book “Atlas (Polish) Bezformia” (2025). Editor-in-chief of the quarterly “Konteksty”, assistant professor at the Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Winner of the Beata Pawlak Prize, Literary Award “Significance”, Academy Award, Photographic Publication of the Year, nominated for the Gdynia Literary Award, finalist of the Marcin Król Award, multiple winner of creative scholarships. Author of photographic projects, curator of exhibitions, co-author of theater projects.

The event is part of the Festival oKOliCE Literatura 2026: Tourism orgasmed by the Municipal Public Library in Szczecin.

Full program at: https://okoliceliteratury.pl/

The project is funded by the City of Szczecin.

Partners of the Festival:

Czarne Publishing House

Książnica Publishing House

Kana Theatre Centre

Cinema Pionier 1906

Association for the Taming of the City

Literary Association Works

Media Patrons:

Literature Time

Radio Szczecin

Szczecinczyta.pl

CultureON

Wszczecinie.pl