The fields of scientific research and art became particularly intertwined in the 1930s, when ethnologists and artists jointly succumbed to a fascination with the culture of Africa.
Academia had the opportunity to question Prof. Harald zur Hausen about his fascinating viral research leading to the development of a cervical cancer vaccine, about how great scientific discoveries are not always recognized right away, and also about his own plans for the futu.
"In days of old, song was a person's friend, accompanying him in joy and sorrow;' reminisced Jan Tacina, folk historian from Cieszyn Silesia, back in the 1970s. Yet even today there remain some individuals who hold the old Silesian singing traditions dear.