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Academic Year 2006–07

Europe as Empire: The Nature of the Enlarged EU

September 28, 2–4 pm
902 IAB
Presented by Professor Jan Zielonka, Oxford University, and cosponsored by the Harriman Institute.

Polish Teacher Methodology Workshop

September 23–24
Organized by the Polish Supplementary School Headquarters, the Polish Consulate General in New York City, the Polonia Teachers' Center in Lublin, and Wspolnota Polska in Krakow.  Master Teachers include: Dr. Joanna Wojtowicz, Marie Curei Skodowska University, Lublin; Dr. Magdalena Szelc-Mays, Dr. Anna Seretny, Dr. Ewa Lipinska, all from the Jagiellonian University, Krakow. Training to take place in Clark, New Jersey, and Maspeth, New York.  For more information contact Ms. Dorota Andraka at Andraka@aol.com.

Pulaski Day Parade on Fifth Avenue

October 1
The Columbia-Barnard Polish Club participates in the parade on Fifth Avenue. The participants will meet beforehand at the Columbia campus gates, proceed to the parade, and end the occasion with a communal picnic in Central Park.

Polish-Jewish Relations Today

October 9, 12–1:15pm
1219 IAB
Presented by Dr. Laurence Weinbaum, World Jewish Congress, Jerusalem.

Poland's Dysfunctional Party System

October 12, 6–8pm
1219 IAB
Presented by Prof. Michael Bernhard (Pennsylvania State University). Cosponsored by the East Central European Center and the Polish Studies Program.

Polonia... Columbia Wants You!

October 16, 4-7pm,
1501 IAB
Columbia University and the Polish and Slavic Federal Credit Union together with the Polish Club of Barnard/Columbia and the Polish Student Organization in New York invite all Polish-American prospective students and their parents to the Polish Day at Columbia. If you would like to hear about Columbia's offerings, what it is like to be a Columbia/Barnard student, what you need to become one and hos your family can afford it, come to Columbia.

Polish Regents Exams

October 19, 6pm
Organized by the Polish Supplementary School Headquarters, and the Education Commission of the Polish American Congress in Clark, New Jersey, Brooklyn and Maspeth, New York. For more information contact Ms. Dorota Andraka at Andraka@aol.com.

Fourth Annual Polish Club Conference

October 20–21
Hosted by the Polish Clubs of Barnard College Columbia University and New York University. Co-sponsored by the Polish Student Organization.

Security, Prosperity, and Political Crisis in East Central Europe Today

October 28, 1–2:30pm
12th Floor IAB
Presented by Professor John S. Micgiel, Columbia University, as part of the 60th Anniversary Celebration of Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs.

Apolcalyptic Antisemitism: Faith, Fear, and Polish Catholicism in the early 20th century

October 30, 6–8 pm
1501 IAB
Presented by Professor Brian Porter (University of Michigan).

1956 and Its Impact on the Soviet Bloc

November 2–3, 9am–5pm
1501 IAB
An International Conference sponsored by Columbia University's East Central European Center, the Harriman Institute, and the Institute for the Study of Europe.

Community Based Environmental Action in Central Europe

November 8, 4–6pm
Low Library, Burden Hall, Columbia University
Learn about community-based environmental action in Central Europe after the fall of communism. RSVP to ar2393@columbia.edu.

From Poland: Emerging Voices in Architecture and Art

November 8, 6:30–9pm
Wood Auditorium, Avery Hall
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, & Preservation
Columbia University, 1172 Amsterdam Avenue, New York City
Leading Polish architects and artists discuss current ideas in design. Zbigniew Oksiuta, KWK PROMES, MEDUSA GROUP; Moderated by Ewa P. Porebska, leading Polish critic of contemporary architecture, editor-in-chief,  Architektura-Murator magazine.

Computer Analysis of the Literary Text

November 13. 4–5pm
254 IAB, Language Resource Center
Demonstration by Bob Scott, head of Electronic Texts Services - Butler Library, of the application of qualitative analysis software to the study of complexly structured literary works, on the example of Adam Mickiewicz's Crimean Sonnets.

The Fourth Annual Wigilia Christmas Gathering

December 6
Hosted by the Polish Club of Barnard College Columbia University

Meeting

January 17, 11am
1228 IAB
With Ambassador Andrzej Jaroszynski, Director, Department of the Americas; Monika Zuchniak-Pazdan, Deputy Director, Department of Promotion; and Lukasz Weremiuk, Department of Foreign Economic Affairs, Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Meeting

January 23, 11am
1228 IAB
With President of Polish Television Bronisław Wildstein and Ms. Marta Sawicka, head of the Culture and Theatre Programming for Channel 1, Polish TV.

Shaping National Security Policy in Poland in Post-Cold War Europe

January 24, 12pm–1:30pm
1302 IAB
Presented by Ambassador Andrzej Towpik, Permanent Mission of Poland to the United Nations.

Diasporas Transnationalism and Foreign Policy

February 8, 9:30am–3:30pm
1510 IAB
Presented by the Alliance Program, along with the Association of Canadian Studies

Anna Frajlich

February 9, 6pm
333 West 38th Street, Manhattan
Acclaimed writer and poet, Professor of Polish language and literature at Columbia University, Anna Frajlich, will recite poetry and discuss her recent work, entitled "Between Dawn and the Wind." The Polish Daily Nowy Dziennik is officially sponsoring the event.

Polish Student Society Mixer at Max Café

February 22, 8:30pm–1am
Max Café, 1262 Amsterdam Ave (at 122nd St.)
All are welcome!

The End ofReconcilation? Old and New Problems in German-Polish Relations

February 23
Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT
Professor Zdzisław Krasnodębski. For more information contact Professor Mieczysław Biskupski at (860) 832-2800 or BiskupskiM@mail.ccsu.edu.

Polish-Jewish Relations During World War II

February 26, 6pm
1219 IAB
Professor Ewa Kurek, Higher School of Humanities and Economics in Lodz

Determinants of the Development of Polish Mutual Fund Market

March 8, 12:15pm
Katarzyna Gabryelczyk, Academy of Economics, Poznan

Meeting

March 23
Ministerstwo Gospodarki, pl. Trzech Krzyży 3/5, Warszawa
With representatives of the Polish business and foundation worlds concerning the Polish Studies Program at Columbia University

In the Gray Zone: Translating Tadeusz Rozewicz's Recent Poetry

April 10, 4pm
Bill Johnston, Indiana University. Seating is extremely limited, to reserve please write Professor Anna Frajlich-Zajac or call 212-854-4850.

MOVIE SHOWING: Krzysztof Kieslowski's "The Double Life of Veronique."

April 18, 6.30pm
202 Milbank Hall, Barnard College
Free drinks and pizza!

Contemporary German-Polish Relations

April 19
University of Virginia at Charlottesville
Professor Zdzisław Krasnodębski. For more information contact Professor Allen Lynch at al4u@virginia.edu, or call 434-924-3033.

Post-WWII Polish-Ukrainian Relations: Remembering the 1947 Forced Relocation Campaign "AKCJA WISLA"

April 26, 6pm
1219 IAB
Cosponsored by the Ukrainian and Polish Studies Programs at Columbia University.

International Conference: "Polish-German Reconciliation—A Never Ending Story?"

May 3–4
RSPV by April 26.

Certification Exams in Polish offered by the Polish Supplementary School Council (PSSC)

May 9–10, 4–9pm
School of International and Public Affairs, 420 West 118th St.
For registration and other information, please contact Mrs. Dorota Andraka, President, PSSC, at: andraka@aol.com.

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Academic Year 2005–06


Watch the video from the World Leaders Forum, featuring President Aleksander Kwasniewski of Poland.

September 15th

 

Art opening of "Poland on the Front Page"

September 28th, 11:00 a.m.
Union Square

Celebrating Solidarity's 25th anniversary! Hosted by Mayor of New York City Michael Bloomberg with the former Chairman of Solidarity and the former President of Poland, Lech Walesa and former New York City Mayor Ed Koch. Co-sponsored by a coalition of Polish-American institutions and Columbia's Polish Studies Program.

Read the Fall 2005 Polish Studies Newsletter (PDF)
Read the Spring 2006 Polish Studies Newsletter (PDF)
Pulaski Day Parade

October 3, 12 p.m.
5th Ave.

Polonia's largest New York event!

Anna Kamienska

October 18, 6:00 pm
1219 IAB

Presented by Grazyna Drabik.

Tribute to Zbigniew Herbert

October 20, 7:00 p.m.
Elliott Hall

Featuring Prof. Anna Frajlich-Zajac and Herbert’s niece, Ms. Marysia Dzieduszycka. Poetry evening organized by the Polish Club.

Will it make a difference?: EU enlargement and women's public discourse

October 25, 6:00 p.m
1219 IAB

Professor Joanna Regulska, Rutgers

Adam Mickiewicz: Romantic Portrait of a Poet

November 5, 2 p.m.
Brooklyn Public Library

Professor Anna Frajlich Zajac.

Europe and its Others in the Mirror of Transatlantic Relations

November 10–11
Room 1501 IAB

Conference featuring Professor Bronislaw Geremek.

Poland in the European Union, One Year After Joining

November 14, 6:00pm
Kosciuszko Foundation House, 15 East 65th Street, between Fifth/Madison

Professor Andrzej Harasimowicz, Visiting Professor.

Polish Foreign Policy Conference

November 17
15th Floor IAB

Featuring Prof. Zbigniew Brzezinski.

Polish Club Undergraduate Dinner

November 17, 6:30 p.m.
Camille’s Restaurant, 116th St. & Amsterdam Avenue


Polish Club Study Break- Polish Comedy Film Showing

November 30, 7:00 p.m.
Barnard


Polish Christmas Szopki Workshop

December 1, 6:30 p.m.
Upper Level McIntosh, Barnard

Polish Club.

3rd Annual Wigilia Christmas Gathering

December 8, 7:00 p.m.
Altschul Atrium

Come enjoy Polish Christmas traditions and cuisine with students, faculty and friends!

The Polish Intelligence during World War II

January 17

Wnuk and Jan Ciechanowski, IPN and Warsaw University.

Polish Organist Witold Zalewski

Februrary 5
Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 E. 88th St. (1st & 2st Aves.)

Cosponsored by the Polish Cultural Institute and Columbia University.Polish Intelligence during World War II.

Polish Organist Marek Kudlicki

Februrary 12, 3:00 p.m.
St.Vincent Ferrer Church, 869 Lexington Ave. at 65th St.

Cosponsored by the Polish Cultural Institute and Columbia University.

Polish Organist Robert Grudzien

Februrary 19 2:00 p.m.
St.Paul's Chapel, 116th St. at Broadway

Cosponsored by the Polish Cultural Institute and Columbia University.

Polish Organist Boguslaw Grabowski

Februrary 26
First Presbyterian Church, Fifth Ave. at 12th St.

Cosponsored by the Polish Cultural Institute and Columbia University.

From the Baltic to the Black to the Caspian: Building a Community of Democratic Choice

March 1
NYU Torch Club

Featuring Vyacheslav Kyrylenko, Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, Ambassador of Georgia to the United States Levan Mikeladze, and Polish American Ukrainian Cooperative Initiative Director Jan Pieklo. Cosponsored by the Polish and Ukrainian Studies Programs at Columbia.

Poetics in Translation: Gombrowicz's Ferdydurke

March 2

A lecture (in Spanish, French and English) by Magdalena Miecznicka of the Polish Institute of Literary Research (IBL) in Warsaw . Sponsored by the Barnard Slavic Department.

Visegrad-Ukraine: A Multi-Regional Perspective

March 2

A conference eaturing among others, Andrzej Towpik, Permanent Representative of Poland to the UN; Elzbieta Dzirba, Vice President, Polish Oil and Gas Company; and Jan Pieklo, Director, Polish American Ukrainian Cooperation Initiative. Cosponsored by the Polish and Ukrainian Studies Programs at Columbia.

Professor Andrzej Harasimowicz

March 14–18
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia

Lectures on the preparations by Poland and its neighbors for EU accession.

Poetry reading by Professor Anna Frajlich-Zajac

March 18
Club Europa, Greenpoint


Roundtable on Krzysztof Kieslowski's Work

April 9

Cosponsored by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the Polish Cultural Institute, the Kosciuszko Foundation, and Columbia University's Polish Studies Program. The program was cancelled due to the indisposition of the speakers from Poland.

Symposium on Pipeline: Transgas Pipeline (1970)—Baltic Sea Pipeline (NEGP 2005) Revisited

April 10

With the participation of Iwona Wisniewska, Energy Policy Specialist, Centre for Eastern Studies, Warsaw.

Certification Exams in Polish

May 22–24

Offered by the Polish Supplementary School Council (PSSC).

The Warsaw East European Conference at Warsaw University in Poland

July 20–22

E-mail onf.studium@uw.edu.pl for information.

The Polish-German Academic Society is offering Polish language courses this summer in Krakow.

Find out more about this exciting opportunity here.

View proceedings of the conference on "Polish-Ukrainian Relations: Past, Present, Future"

Red Runs the Vistula: The Warsaw Uprising of 1944

An in-depth documentary by American Radioworks. Listen to the program or read the transcript.

See the video of Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz, Foreign Minister of Poland, at Columbia University's World Leaders Forum.
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Academic Year 2004–05


The Paderewski Seminar: The U.S. and Poland: A Special Relationship

September 22, 4–8 p.m.
1501 IAB

Keynote address by Polish Foreign Minister Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz

Second Conference of Polish Student Clubs

September 25, 5 p.m.
Sulzberger Parlor (3rd Floor) in Barnard Hall

Hosted by Barnard College, Columbia University, and the Polish Student Organization (PSO). Confirm your attendance by sending an email to j_szymala@yahoo.com.

Chciec i miec. Samowiedza obyczajowa w Polsce czasu przemian. (Lecture in Polish)

September 29, 6 p.m.
1219 IAB

Professor Maria Malgorzata Szpakowska, Uniwersytet Warszawski.

Putting the East to Order

September 30, 12 p.m.
1219 IAB

Edward Muhle, director, Herder Institute, Marburg.

Pulaski Day Parade!!

Oct 3, 12:30 p.m.

March with the Polish Club. Meeting on 5th Ave. between 27th and 28th Streets at 11:00 a.m.

The End of Post-Communism: Lessons in Democratization in Central Europe

October 4, 12 p.m.
1219 IAB

Andras Bozoki, Central European University, Budapest, and Columbia University.

Four Myths of Solidarity

October 4, 6 p.m.
1512 IAB

Leszek Koczanowicz, Lower Silesian University, Wroclaw, and Columbia University.

Film viewing of "Noz w Wodzie" (Polanski)

October 7, 7–p.m.
Barnard Hall 304


Coming to Terms With a Difficult Past: World War II and the Communist Dictatorship

October 12, 6 p.m.
1219 IAB

Pawel Machcewicz, Institute of National Remembrance, Warsaw.

Authors' Evening with Bill Johnston, Indiana University, and promotion of his translation of "Bacacay" by Witold Gombrowicz, published by Archipelago Books

October 13, 6:30 p.m.
Department of Slavic Languages, 7th floor, Hamilton Hall

Cheese and wine will be served.

Teach Europe Seminar

October 15
15th floor IAB

To register, go to www.teacheurope.org. An opportunity for specialists of the European Union and educators to meet and exchange experiences. A general website for teachers and their students will be featured, as will new pedagogical resources for direct classroom use.

Polish Club trip to Carnegie Hall for the Opening of the Chopin Festival Gala

October 16, 2 p.m.

Tickets discounted to $10. E-mail jr2229@barnard.edu for more info or for tickets.

Wartime Poland: The Inclusive View

October 18, 6:30 p.m.

Historian and author Norman Davies speaks about his recently published book, Rising '44: The Battle for Warsaw. Dag Hammarskjold Lounge, International Affairs Building.

Prowincja centrum (in Polish)

October 20, 6 p.m.
1219 International Affairs Building

A talk about Bruno Schulz by Professor Jerzy Jarzebski, Institut Polonistyki, Jagiellonian University, Krakow.

Tribute to Milosz

October 28, 6–8 p.m.
1219 International Affairs Building

Led by Professor Anna Frajlich Zajac & Professor Leszek Koczanowicz.

The Plight of the Roma

November 8, 8 a.m.
Low Library Rotunda

An international conference. Keynote address by Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Timothy Garton Ash discusses his new book and the future of transatlantic coopeation and leadership.

November 8, 6 p.m.
Dag Hammarskjold Lounge, 6th floor, International Affairs Building


The Genesis of the European Union: 1919-1945

November 11, 6 p.m.
1219 IAB

Alice Catherine Carls, University of Tennessee at Martin.

Workshop on Methodology for Teachers of Polish as a Second Language

November 20–2

Co-sponsored by the Commission of Education, Polish American Congress, and the Polish Consulate General in New York City.

Venus and Mars—Closer Orbits Than You Think

January 26, 12 p.m.
1219 IAB.

The EU and US Security Strategies. Asle Toje, University of Oslo.

"Cudzoziemka," A Film By Ryszard Ber.

January 31, 7:15 p.m.
608 Schermerhorn.

In Polish with English subtitles.

Three Colors: White.

February 4, 7 p.m.
324 Milbank (Barnard Campus).

A mysterious tale from acclaimed Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski about a man whose life disintegrates when his wife of six months deserts him. Sponsored by the Polish Club of Barnard College

Polish Conversation Night

February 11, 8 p.m.
Hungarian Pastry Shop, Amsterdam Avenue corner of 111th St..

Sponsored by the Barnard Polish Club.

Warszawa (2003)

February 17, 7:30 p.m.
805 Altschul, Barnard Campus

A movie portraying various characters who come to Warsaw from provincial towns.(In Polish with English subtitles).

The Cable Car at Kasprowy Wierch: An Environmental Debate in Interwar Poland

February 24, 6 p.m.
1219 IAB.

Daniel Stone, University of Winnipeg

Granica (The Border)

February 28, 7:15 p.m.
608 Schermerhorn

Pre-war movie based on the famous novel by Zofia Nalkowska (in Polish with English subtitles).

Between Europe, Iraq, and America: Polish Rethinking of National Interests

March 1, 12 p.m.
1219 IAB

David Ost, Hobarth and William Smith Colleges

Iluminacja

March 8, 7:30 p.m.
304 Barnard Hall

Krzysztof Zanussi's 1972 classic movie, shown in honor of the director's arrival on March 21(in Polish with English subtitles).

A Meeting with film director Krzysztof Zanussi, following the screening of one of his films.

March 21

Co-sponsored by the Film Department.

Panny z Wilka (Young Girls from Wilko)

March 28, 7:15 p.m.
608 Schermerhorn

A film based on the story by Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz, dir. by Andrzej Wajda, starring Daniel Olbrychski.(In Polish with English subtitles).

The Polish Pavilion at the New York World's Fair, 1939-1940

March 29, 6 p.m.
1219 IAB

Dr. Iwona Drag-Korga, Pilsudski Institute

A View Across the Atlantic: America and Europe in a Changing World

April 4, 12 p.m.
1501 IAB

Vera and Donald Blinken Lecture by Senator Joseph Biden

The Polish Club of Barnard College presents: EUROPA, EUROPA

April 4, 7:30 p.m.
202 Milbank, Barnard College Campus

A film directed by Agnieszka Holland.

Remembering Jan Pawel II

April 6, 7–10 p.m.
Low Plaza, Columbia University

Candle light vigil: join Barnard's Polish Club as they pay tribute to one of the greatest individual's of our time. At 8pm we will be having a short ceremony with prayer and songs.

Dziewczeta z Nowolipek (Girls from Nowolipki Street)

April 11, 7:15 p.m.
608 Schermerhorn

Dir. by Barbara Sass based on the novel by Pola Gojawiczynska (in Polish with English subtitles).

Znachor (The Quack)

April 25, 7:15 p.m.
608 Schermerhorn.

Dir. by Jerzy Hoffman based on a novel by Tadeusz Dolega Mostowicz (in Polish with English subtitles).

A Tribute to the Forgotton Victims of the Holocaust

April 26, 6 p.m.
Ella Weed Room, Milbank 223, Barnard College (entrance on 117th St. & Broadway)

Auschwitz survivor Michal Preisler, honorary president of the Polish American Congress, shares his experiences and answers questions. Visiting Professor of the Polish Studies Program Leszek Koczanowicz gives an introduction.

Half a Loaf: The Polish Pope and Polish Politics

April 28, 4 p.m.
1512 International Affairs Building

A lecture by Thomas W. Simons, Jr., director of the Program on Eurasia in Transition at Harvard University's Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies.

Europoean Integration and National Cultures

May 2, 6 p.m.
Lindsey Rogers Auditorium, 700 International Affairs Building

Dr. Marek Pienkowski, ESPACES Krakow.

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Academic Year 2003–04


"A Generation Part I: The Deportees" (Pokolenie czesc I: Zeslancy).

October 14, 7 p.m.
1219 International Affairs Building (IAB)

A film directed by Malgorzata Pospiech, 2003.

Workshop on International Certification for Teachers of Polish as a Second Language

October 25

Co-sponsored by the Commission of Education, Polish American Congress. For registration information contact Dr. Edmund Osysko, 212-662-2780, e-mail KomisjaOswiatowa@aol.com.

A Gala Opening of the Polish Studies Program at Columbia University

October 31

A Symposium on Polish Foreign Policy Challenges and Domestic Reactions

5.00 p.m.

Opening of the Polish Studies Program:

5.30–6.15 p.m.

"International Obligations and Economic Modernization: Poland's Economy Today"
Stanislaw Wellisz, Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of Economics and International Affairs

"European Integration and the Question of National Identity: Fear and Its Consequences"
Michal Buchowski, Kosciuszko Foundation & Semper Polonia Foundation Distinguished Visiting Professor

"The EU Accession Process and Domestic Reaction"
Jan Kubik, Associate Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University

6:15–6.45 p.m.

"Between West and West: Poland's Foreign Policy Today"
The Keynote Speaker - Ambassador Janusz Reiter, President of the Center for International Relations, Warsaw, Poland

Imperialisms, Orientalisms and Geopolitics: Poland Between the Western Powers and Communist Russia in 1920 (PDF)

November 6, 6–8 p.m.
1512 IAB.

Andrzej Nowak (Jagiellonian University).

Gombrowicz, Polish Culture and the Idea of Freedom

November 18, 12–1:15 p.m.
1219 IAB

Krzysztof Stala (University of Copenhagen), Sponsored by the Mickiewicz Fund.

University in Europe and America: A Story of Hope and Disappointment

February 16
1219 International Affairs Building, Columbia University

A lecture by Professor Tadeusz Slawek, Uniwersytet Slaski.Sponsored by the Polish Studies Program and the Mickiewicz Fund.

Polish-American Military Cooperation in Iraq: Challenges, Accomplishments, and the Future

March 22, 10 a.m.
1512 IAB

Cosponsored by the Salzman Institute for War and Peace Studies and the SIPA International Security Concentration. General Roman Polko, commander of Polish Special Forces, retired.

An international conference on Polish-Ukrainian Relations: Past, Present, Future

March 26–27

Program

Friday, March 26, 2004

2:00–2:30 p.m.
Opening Remarks:
John S. Micgiel, Director of the East Central European Center, Columbia University

2:30–6:00 p.m.
I. Polish-Ukrainian Relations: Past

16th Century – 18th Century
Moderator: Michal Buchowski
Andrzej Kaminski
Frank Sysyn

World War I and Aftermath
Moderator: Taras Hunczak
Andrzej Nowak
Vladyslav Verstyuk

World War II and Aftermath
Moderator: Andrzej Paczkowski
Rafal Wnuk
Yuri Shapoval
Jaroslaw Pelenski

6:00–7:30 p.m.
Conference Reception

Saturday, March 27

12:30–1:30 p.m.
Lunch

1:30–3:00 p.m.
II. Polish-Ukrainian Relations: Present
Moderator: John Kubiniec
Krzysztof Stanowski
Taras Voznyak

3:15–4:45 p.m.
III. Polish-Ukrainian Relations: Future
Moderator: John S. Micgiel
Piotr Naimski
Borys Tarasyuk

4:45–5:15 p.m.
Closing Remarks:
Mark von Hagen

Co-Sponsored by:

The European Research Institute, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
The First Security Federal Savings Bank of Chicago
The Kosciuszko Foundation
The W.K. Lypynsky East European Research Institute
The Pilsudski Institute
The Polish American Ukrainian Cooperation Initiative, Warsaw
The Self Reliance Federal Credit Union of New York
The Semper Polonia Foundation
The Taras Shevchenko Scientific Society
The Ukrainian Congress Committee of America
The Ukrainian Free Academy in America
The Ukrainian Institute of America

Feminism? Whose Feminism? Anthropological Reflections on the Woman Question in Post-Socialist Poland

April 1, 6 p.m.
1219 IAB

Monika Baer (U.of Wroclaw/Rutgers U.).

Symposium on "Forgotten People, Forgotten Places: the Cases of Bulgaria, Poland, and Romania"

April 13, 6–8 p.m.
1219 IAB

Featuring Michal Buchowski (Columbia U./Adam Mickiewicz U.), Gerald Creed (Hunter College), David Kideckel (Central Connecticut State U.), and Mona Momescu (Columbia U./U. of Constanta).

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Academic Year 2002–03


Conference: Perspectives on Polish Accession to the European Union

September 13

R.S.V.P. by September 6 at 212-854-4008 or Dr. John Micgiel, Executive Director, ECEC

Energy Security in Poland and East Central Europe

October 2, 12–1 p.m.
1219 International Affairs Building (IAB)

Bartlomiej Sienkiewicz and Jacek Cichocki (Eastern Studies Center, Warsaw),Cosponsored by the Center for Energy, Marine Transportation & Public Policy.

Henryk Grynberg and His Quest for Artistic and Non-artistic Truth

October 15, 12:15–1:30 p.m.
1219 IAB

Anna Frajlich-Zajac (Columbia U.), Co-sponsored by the Yiddish Studies Program.

Conference on "The European Union's Coming Enlargement: European and Global Implications"

November 12, 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
1501 IAB

With the participation of Piotr Nowina-Konopka, Rector of the College of Europe, Natolin. Cosponsored by the Institute for the Study of Europe.

"Poland is Not Yet Lost," but which Poland?: the Controversy over the Legacy of Polish Independence Day

November 18, 6–7:30 p.m.
1512 IAB

M. B. Biskupski (Central Connecticut State University).

Music Festivals in the GDR and Poland in the early 1950s

January 27, 6 p.m.
1219 IAB

Sponsored by the Adam Mickiewicz Endowment Fund.David Tompkins (Columbia University).

Go to France, Go to Europe. Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz in America

February 24, 5:40 p.m.
401 Hamilton Hall

The East Central European Center and the Adam Mickiewicz Endowment present Dr. Irena Grudzinska Gross, Ford Foundation.

Panel Discussion at the 8th Annual World Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN)

April 3–5
Columbia University

Issues of Identity in Poland, Past and Present
Chair, Roland Spickermann (U of Texas at Permian Basin, US)

Papers
Marek Jan Chodakiewicz (U of Virginia, US). Poland’s Fragebogen: Collective Stereotypes, Individual Recollections

Nameeta Mathur (Saginaw Valley State U, US). Women, Physical Culture, and the Construction of Polish National Identity after the Second World War

Anna Misiak (Fulbright Scholar, School of Cinema and Television, U of Southern California, US). Tragedy of Politically Involved Filmmaker: Aleksander Ford and Film Censorship in Poland after 1945

David Tompkins (Columbia U, US). Resisting and Composing the Party Line: Music Festivals in Poland and the GDR in the early 1950s

Discussant: John Micgiel (East Central European Center, Columbia U, US)

The Prehistory of the New Europe

April 7, 6 p.m.
1219 IAB

Prof. Peter Bogucki (Princeton University).

The Polish Poet: Traveler, Exile, Expatriate, World Citizen

April 8, 7 p.m.
Sulzberger Parlor, 3rd Floor, Barnard Hall

Sponsored by the Barnard Forum on Migration. Prof. David Goldfarb (Barnard College).

Czeslaw Milosz: California Poet

April 14, 5:40 p.m.
401 Hamilton Hall

Prof. David Goldfarb (Barnard College), Light refreshements will be served.

The Current Situation of Public Finance in Poland in the Context of EU Accession

April 29, 7 p.m.
1219 IAB

Adam Szyszka (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan).

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Academic Year 2001–02


Symposium on Ethnic Reconciliation in Post-Communist Europe

September 12, 6–8 p.m.
1512 IAB

Mr. Petr Cheremushkin of the Journalism Faculty of Moscow State University will discuss "Russian-Polish Relations: A Long Way from Stereotypes to Reconciliation." Ms. Ieva Gundare of the Museum of the Occupation in Riga will speak about "Overcoming the Legacy of History for Ethnic Integration of Russophones into Latvian Society," and Professor Stanislaus Blejwas of Central Connecticut State University and Columbia University will address "Jedwabne and Memory."

Poland's Eastern Policy

September 13, 12–1 p.m.
1501 IAB

Professor Wladyslaw Bartoszewski, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Poland, will address To reserve a seat, please call the Center at 212-854-4008, or send an email to kph2@columbia.edu.

Exhibit on Jews in Poland Today

September 24–October 5
Ground floor of the International Affairs Building

Izabela Wojciechowska, sponsored by the Polish Consulate, members of the Polish American Business Club of New York, Mr. Andrzej Marat, and Mr. Tomasz Kierul.

The Motif of Male Friendship in Stalinist Mythology

October 9, 12:15–1:30 p.m.
1219 IAB

Professor Wojciech Tomasik of Bydgoszcz Pedagogical University

Conference: "Ukraine And Poland: Their Challenges in the 21st Century"

October 20, 11–5 p.m.
The Ukrainian Institute, 2 East 79th St.

The meeting is dedicated to the memory of Professor Oskar Halecki, one of the founders of East Central European studies at Columbia and a pioneer of instruction in Polish history in the United States.

Speakers include:

It is being sponsored by the Ukrainian Institute of America in cooperation with the East Central European Center, the Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences, and the Shevchenko Scientific Society

Educators' Conference on Cooperation, Development and Security in Eastern Europe

November 6


Paderewski and the Cause of Polish Independence in the United States

November 13, 6 p.m.
Dag Hammarskjold Lounge, 6th Floor, IAB.

Professor Bogdan Grzelonski of the Warsaw University of Economics will deliver a lecture entitled The lecture commemorates the 60th anniversary of the death of Poland's great pianist and politician, and follows the Gala Concert at Carnegie Hall entitled "Tribute to Paderewski" being sponsored by the Kosciuszko Foundation on November 4. Professor Grzelonski's visit is sponsored by the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage

Poland After 1918 and 1989: A Comparison

November 27, 12:15–1:30 p.m.
1219 IAB

Professor Piotr Wandycz of Yale University

Czysto Babskie: A Friendship Between Women of the Revolution

January 29

Lecture: Marci Shore, Stanford and Columbia Universities,

Shifting Identities and Fixing Borders in Europe

February 14

Lecture: Michal Bukowski, Adam Mickiewicz University,

Today: The Case of Poland

February 14

Lecture: Michael Zgurovsky, Former Minister of Education,Ukraine

The Dialectics of Atrocity: Deportation, Genocide, and Ethnic Cleansing in West Ukraine, 1939-1946

March 28

Lecture: Timothy Snyder, Yale University

What Metaphysical Poetry Really Is: the case of Julian Przybos and Other Modern Polish Poets

April 16

Lecture: Michal Pawel Markowski, Jagiellonian University,

Human Rights Education in Poland Today

April 24, 6 p.m.
Room 1512 IAB

Dr. Zbigniew Lasocik of Warsaw University's Department of Criminology and Criminal Policy, cosponsored by Columbia's Center for the Study of Human Rights.

Film showing: "Burning Questions"by director Mishael Poremski

April 25, 7–8:30 p.m.
1219 IAB

The video, which has won several awards, explores the memories of a Polish Catholic survivor of the Warsaw Uprising and Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

Reflections on the World War II Massacre of Jews in Jedwabne, a Polish Village

May 2, 6 p.m.
Room 1219 International Affairs

Professor Istvan Deak, Seth Low Professor Emeritus of History and Special Lecturer at Columbia University, Followed by a glass of wine.

Symposium on Intellectual Life in East Central Europe After 1989

May 18

 
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Academic Year 2000–01

Conference: From Peaceful Revolution to Success in a New Europe: Poland, 1980-2000

Conference Program:

Welcome: John S. Micgiel, Columbia University, and Dariusz Jadowski, Consulate General, Republic of Poland

Panel I: Contemporary Challenges

Volker Berghahn, Columbia University Panel Chairman
Stanislaw Wellisz, Columbia University "The Economic Challenges Facing Poland Today."
John Glenn, Council for European Studies "Poland's Entry into the European Union."
Krzysztof Jasiewicz, Washington and Lee University, "The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Solidarity."
Discussant: John S. Micgiel, Columbia University

Panel II: The Historical Legacy

Bradley Abrams, Columbia University Panel Chairman
Jan Kubik, Rutgers University "The Power of Symbols: What was It Good For?"
Consuelo Cruz, Columbia University "Demand and Reform: Latin America and Poland Compared."
Andrzej Paczkowski, Institute of Political Studies-Polish Academy of Sciences, and the Woodrow Wilson Center "The Last Struggle: The Polish Communist Party in the 1980s."
Discussant: Andrzej Tymowski, American Council of Learned Societies

Solidarity and the End of Yalta

Janusz Onyszkiewicz, M.P, former Polish Defense Minister

Solidarity 1980: 18 Days That Shook the World

Exhibit organized by the KARTA Center.

Conference for Educators of Polish-Speaking Students

June

Organized by the Office of Bilingual/ESL Services of the Brooklyn High Schools and held at Community School District 14.


Teacher Training Conference dealing exclusively with Poland

March

For metropolitan area elementary and high school teachers at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, organized together with the Polish American Congress's Commission on Education and the Pilsudski Institute.

Polish Children Deported to the Soviet Union, 1939–41

Exhibit organized by the Pilsudski Institute.

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Academic Year 1999–2000

Breaking the Cycle? Contemporary Polish-Ukrainian Relations in Historical Context

International conference featuring:
Andrzej Kaminski, Georgetown University
Andrzej Karkoszka, Marshall Center, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
John S. Micgiel, Columbia University
Timothy Snyder, Harvard University
Frank Sysyn, Petro Jacyk Center
Mark von Hagen, Columbia University
Piotr Wandycz, Yale University

The conference will seek to explore such issues as cooperation and conflict, nation-building and state-building, changing identities and the re-writing of histories, and the evolving relationship between the elites of the two Slavic neighbors. Participants will also address the strategic partnership that has arisen between Ukraine and Poland following Ukrainian independence and the challenges that face both nations in a changing international environment on the brink of the new millennium. R.S.V.P. to John S. Micgiel at 212-854-6525 to reserve a seat.

An Agenda for the Study of the Polish-Ukrainian Past in the Context of the Commonwealth

Andrzej Kaminski, Georgetown University

Ukrainian-Polish Security Cooperation: A Pillar of Regional Stability

Andrzej Karkoszka, Marshall Center, Garmisch-Partenkirchen

The Ethnic Cleansing of Volhynia and Eastern Galicia by Ukrainians and Poles, 1943-1947

Timothy Snyder, Harvard University

Reimagining the Past: Polish and Ukrainian Writing on the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Frank Sysyn, University of Edmonton

Ukraine in Polish Historical Novels

Piotr Wandycz, Yale University

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