PIASA Latest News about us MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCES AWARDS PUBLICATIONS CONTACT Interview with Anna Frajlich Please join the Harriman Institute and the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (PIASA) on January 27, 2021 at 12:00 noon for an interview with Anna Frajlich, author of The Ghost of Shakespeare: Collected Essays (Academic Studies Press, 2020) and recipient of PIASA’s 2020 Distinguished Achievement Award. The interview about the critical prose collection of the award-winning poet will be conducted by the volume’s editor, Ronald Meyer of the Harriman Institute. Robert Blobaum, President of PIASA, will chair the event. This event will be held virtually as a Zoom webinar and streamed via YouTube Live. For more information and to register for this event, please click this link: https://harriman.columbia.edu/event/virtual-event-book-talk-the-ghost-of-shakespeare Other News Newsletter Vol. 2, No. 3 July 2022 • July 5, 2022 Congratulatory letter • June 21, 2022 US Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski address to the 8th World Congress on Polish Studies in Białystok • June 12, 2022 Trupa Trupa’s US tour promoting Polish Culture • April 19, 2022 1 2 3 … 29 Next » Navigation Home About Us membership conferences Awards Publications Archives Library Contact Contact Us 208 East 30th St. New York, NY 10016 +1 (212) DONATION Get Connected Facebook-f Instagram Youtube Envelope Co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland Dofinansowano ze środków Ministra Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
PIASA Latest News about us MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCES AWARDS PUBLICATIONS CONTACT Newsletter Vol. 1, No. 1 January 2021 Greetings! We are pleased to present to you the first quarterly issue of the new PIASA Newsletter. At a time when we are unable to network with each other in person, it’s important to provide our members and friends an opportunity to keep abreast of important events in the life of the Institute and happenings within the Polish studies community. In it you will find news about conferences, a members’ forum, our most recent award recipients, scholarship and fellowship opportunities, recently published books, the achievements of fellow members and much more. What a year it has been! The outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic led to the temporary closure of our office in New York and the cancellation of our conference planned for Chicago in June. The latter was particularly regrettable because of the quality of the panel and paper submissions we had received before that decision was made. Nonetheless, we have pressed ahead with planning for a June 2021 world congress in Białystok, in expanding our membership, in putting out calls for nominations for the 2020 awards and in preserving and digitizing of our archives. We are especially proud of the growing reputation and readership of our journal, The Polish Review, thanks to the efforts of its editorial team.We trust that the new year will be better than the last for the entire Polish studies community. On behalf of PIASA’s Board of Directors, I wish you all the best for Wszystkiego najlepszego! ― Robert Blobaum, PIASA President
PIASA News & Events about us MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCES AWARDS PUBLICATIONS CONTACT The Kosciuszko Foundation has the pleasure of inviting you to: “Maria Sklodowska Curie – A Pioneer for Women in Science?” For more than 100 years, Maria Sklodowska Curie has been inspiring generations of scientists around the world. “Madame Curie” (1867-1934) was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person and the only woman to receive two Nobel Prizes, and the only woman to win the Nobel Prize in two scientific fields. She was also the first woman to become a professor at the University of Paris. In 1927, in a letter sent to Kosciuszko Foundation’s Founder, Stephen Mizwa, Marie Curie agreed to establish a scholarship fund in her name. As part of the KF online programs, we have the pleasure of inviting you to the webinar discussing her life, her body of work, and her legacy as Poland’s greatest scientist. Thursday, December 3, 2020, 8:00 PM ESTREGISTER HERE http://susanquinnbooks.com/about/ Dr. Maria Siemionow – a world-renowned scientist and microsurgeon http://www.clevelandclinic.org/lp/face_transplant/docs/siemionow-bio.pdf Dr. Keiko Kawashima – Professor of history of science, Nagoya Institute of Technology https://www.ne.jp/asahi/kaeru/kawashima/e_home.html The discussion will be moderated by Nobel Prize-winning scientist, the Frank H. T. Rhodes Professor of Humane Letters, and a member of the KF Collegium of Eminent Scientists – Dr. Roald Hoffmann http://www.roaldhoffmann.com/short-biography Other News Newsletter Vol. 2, No. 3 July 2022 • July 5, 2022 Congratulatory letter • June 21, 2022 US Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski address to the 8th World Congress on Polish Studies in Białystok • June 12, 2022 Trupa Trupa’s US tour promoting Polish Culture • April 19, 2022 1 2 3 … 29 Next » Navigation Home About Us membership conferences Awards Publications Archives Library Contact Contact Us 208 East 30th St. New York, NY 10016 +1 (212) DONATION Get Connected Facebook-f Instagram Youtube Envelope Co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland Dofinansowano ze środków Ministra Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej A panel discussion featuring: Susan Quinn – an award-winning author of biography: Marie Curie: A Life http://susanquinnbooks.com/about/ Dr. Maria Siemionow – a world-renowned scientist and microsurgeon http://www.clevelandclinic.org/lp/face_transplant/docs/siemionow-bio.pdf Dr. Keiko Kawashima – Professor of history of science, Nagoya Institute of Technology https://www.ne.jp/asahi/kaeru/kawashima/e_home.html The discussion will be moderated by Nobel Prize-winning scientist, the Frank H. T. Rhodes Professor of Humane Letters, and a member of the KF Collegium of Eminent Scientists – Dr. Roald Hoffmann http://www.roaldhoffmann.com/short-biography Other News Newsletter Vol. 2, No. 3 July 2022 • July 5, 2022 Congratulatory letter • June 21, 2022 US Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski address to the 8th World Congress on Polish Studies in Białystok • June 12, 2022 Trupa Trupa’s US tour promoting Polish Culture • April 19, 2022 1 2 3 … 29 Next » Navigation Home About Us membership conferences Awards Publications Archives Library Contact Contact Us 208 East 30th St. New York, NY 10016 +1 (212) DONATION Get Connected Facebook-f Instagram Youtube Envelope Co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland Dofinansowano ze środków Ministra Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
PIASA Latest News about us MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCES AWARDS PUBLICATIONS CONTACT PIASA Scientific Awards Presentation and a Lecture by Jack Szostak, Ph.D. The Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences cordially invites you to register for a virtual presentation on October 29 at 4:00 p.m. (EST) of its Casimir Funk Natural Sciences Award to Professor Jack Szostak and its Tadeusz Sendzimir Applied Sciences Award to Dr. Halina Zyczynski. The event, co-sponsored by the Kosciuszko Foundation, will also feature a lecture by Professor Szostak, a 2009 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, titled “The Origins of Cellular Life.” For more information and to register for this virtual event, click here PIASA Funk and Sendzimir Award ceremony Other News Newsletter Vol. 2, No. 3 July 2022 • July 5, 2022 Congratulatory letter • June 21, 2022 US Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski address to the 8th World Congress on Polish Studies in Białystok • June 12, 2022 Trupa Trupa’s US tour promoting Polish Culture • April 19, 2022 1 2 3 … 29 Next » Navigation Home About Us membership conferences Awards Publications Archives Library Contact Contact Us 208 East 30th St. New York, NY 10016 +1 (212) DONATION Get Connected Facebook-f Instagram Youtube Envelope Co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland Dofinansowano ze środków Ministra Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
PIASA Latest News about us MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCES AWARDS PUBLICATIONS CONTACT Digitalization of Karol Popiel and Oskar Halecki’s collections Work continues on digitalization of Karol Popiel and Oskar Halecki’s collections with the support of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage Trwają prace nad digitalizacją zbiorów Karola Popiela i Oskara Haleckiego przy wsparciu Ministerstwa Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego Co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland Dofinansowano ze środków Ministra Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej Other News Newsletter Vol. 2, No. 3 July 2022 • July 5, 2022 Congratulatory letter • June 21, 2022 US Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski address to the 8th World Congress on Polish Studies in Białystok • June 12, 2022 Trupa Trupa’s US tour promoting Polish Culture • April 19, 2022 1 2 3 … 29 Next » Navigation Home About Us membership conferences Awards Publications Archives Library Contact Contact Us 208 East 30th St. New York, NY 10016 +1 (212) DONATION Get Connected Facebook-f Instagram Youtube Envelope Co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland Dofinansowano ze środków Ministra Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
PIASA Latest News about us MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCES AWARDS PUBLICATIONS CONTACT The Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America is pleased to invite proposals for its 8th World Congress to be held at the University of Białystok, Poland, June 10-13, 2021 Proposals are solicited for complete sessions or individual papers in any of the disciplines in the liberal arts, sciences, or business/economics. The general theme of the conference is “Borderlands (Pogranicza)”, for which Białystok, a city on Poland’s present-day eastern frontier adjacent to Poland’s historic borderlands (kresy), with its own distinctive multicultural past, is a most appropriate setting. Therefore, we particularly welcome panel and paper proposals which address the multiethnic and contested nature of borderlands, realms where the mixing and unmixing of populations and cultures have occurred. They have been zones of peaceful coexistence and brutalizing violence. At the same time, borderlands have also been places of national indifference and identity-formation. The borderland region known as the kresy has long inspired outstanding literary works and other cultural products, both national and transnational. What is the relevance of borderlands today? For example, is Europe—so recently conceived and experienced as a zone without internal borders—being re-territorialized? These are but some ideas of what may be discussed; however, papers do not necessarily have to address the main conference theme. Since we value comparative sessions that place the Polish and East Central European experience in context, papers need not focus specifically on Poland or Polish themes. Similarly, sessions including presenters from more than one country are encouraged. Each session is scheduled for 90 minutes to accommodate three papers or about 20 minutes per paper, with suitable time left for discussion. The conference language is English. All conference rooms will be equipped with AV for PowerPoint presentations. Presenters are invited to submit their conference papers to be considered for possible publication in The Polish Review after the conference. To submit a paper or complete session, please send the name, e-mail address, institutional affiliation, tentative paper title and brief one-paragraph abstract for each presenter to program chair Patrice Dabrowski at pmd639[at]g.harvard.edu. The deadline for proposals is March 15, though earlier submissions are welcome since capacity is limited. All participants are expected to pay the conference registration fee of $80, discounted to $40 for students. Other News Newsletter Vol. 2, No. 3 July 2022 • July 5, 2022 Congratulatory letter • June 21, 2022 US Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski address to the 8th World Congress on Polish Studies in Białystok • June 12, 2022 Trupa Trupa’s US tour promoting Polish Culture • April 19, 2022 1 2 3 … 29 Next » Navigation Home About Us membership conferences Awards Publications Archives Library Contact Contact Us 208 East 30th St. New York, NY 10016 +1 (212) DONATION Get Connected Facebook-f Instagram Youtube Envelope Co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland Dofinansowano ze środków Ministra Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
PIASA Latest News about us MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCES AWARDS PUBLICATIONS CONTACT Other News Newsletter Vol. 2, No. 3 July 2022 • July 5, 2022 Congratulatory letter • June 21, 2022 US Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski address to the 8th World Congress on Polish Studies in Białystok • June 12, 2022 Trupa Trupa’s US tour promoting Polish Culture • April 19, 2022 1 2 3 … 29 Next » Navigation Home About Us membership conferences Awards Publications Archives Library Contact Contact Us 208 East 30th St. New York, NY 10016 +1 (212) DONATION Get Connected Facebook-f Instagram Youtube Envelope Co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland Dofinansowano ze środków Ministra Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
PIASA Latest News about us MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCES AWARDS PUBLICATIONS CONTACT A new project Dear Friends, we are proud to announce that our Institute in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland will begin a new project that will help preserve and promote our archives. The project is expected to include creating an inventory of historical collections stored in PIASA, processing new collections, preparing archival materials for digitization, processing, and making digital copies of the new fonds. Newly digitized collections and the updated database will be easily accessible on the Institute’s website. Promotional activities will focus on publicizing the Institute’s archival collection via videos, webinars, and audio lectures, as well as by posting information on PIASA’s website and messages in social media. Article by Bozena Leven, Executive Director of PIASA Projekt ochrony zabytkowych kolekcji PIASA Interview with the Executive Director and Project Coordinator. Other News Newsletter Vol. 2, No. 3 July 2022 • July 5, 2022 Congratulatory letter • June 21, 2022 US Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski address to the 8th World Congress on Polish Studies in Białystok • June 12, 2022 Trupa Trupa’s US tour promoting Polish Culture • April 19, 2022 1 2 3 … 29 Next » Navigation Home About Us membership conferences Awards Publications Archives Library Contact Contact Us 208 East 30th St. New York, NY 10016 +1 (212) DONATION Get Connected Facebook-f Instagram Youtube Envelope Co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland Dofinansowano ze środków Ministra Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
PIASA Latest News about us MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCES AWARDS PUBLICATIONS CONTACT Conference in Chicago that was scheduled for June 12-14, 2020 has been CANCELLED Dear Friends,we regret to inform you that due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing travel restrictions our joint PIASA/PSA conference in Chicago that was scheduled for June 12-14, 2020 has been CANCELLED. Those whose panels and papers were accepted for Chicago will automatically be accepted for the PIASA conference in Białystok, Poland, planned for June 2021. However, individual presenters and panel organizers will need to re-submit their paper or panel proposal when the application period opens next fall. PIASA will provide further information regarding the reimbursement of Chicago conference, banquet and tour fees. In the meantime, those who have already booked hotel reservations and/or airline tickets for Chicago should cancel them as soon as possible. Other News Newsletter Vol. 2, No. 3 July 2022 • July 5, 2022 Congratulatory letter • June 21, 2022 US Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski address to the 8th World Congress on Polish Studies in Białystok • June 12, 2022 Trupa Trupa’s US tour promoting Polish Culture • April 19, 2022 1 2 3 … 29 Next » Navigation Home About Us membership conferences Awards Publications Archives Library Contact Contact Us 208 East 30th St. New York, NY 10016 +1 (212) DONATION Get Connected Facebook-f Instagram Youtube Envelope Co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland Dofinansowano ze środków Ministra Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
PIASA Latest News about us MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCES AWARDS PUBLICATIONS CONTACT Polish Studies conference Chicago, June 12-14, 2020 Call for Papers for a joint Polish Studies conference Chicago, June 12-14, 2020 The Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America and the Polish Studies Association are pleased to invite proposals for a joint conference to be held at the University of Illinois at Chicago.Proposals are solicited for complete sessions or individual papers in any of the disciplines in the liberal arts, sciences, or business/economics. The general theme of the conference is “Migrations,” for which Chicago, the destination of generations of Polish and other migrants from East-Central Europe, is a most appropriate setting. Therefore, we particularly welcome panel and paper proposals which discuss the determinants, processes, and outcomes of human migration in all of its manifestations and from various disciplinary perspectives, including the migration of ideas and material culture. However, papers do not necessarily have to address the conference theme. Since we value comparative sessions that place the Polish and East Central European experience in context, papers need not focus specifically on Poland or the Polish diaspora but could revolve around a central theme of a panel. Similarly, sessions including presenters from more than one country are encouraged. Each session is scheduled for 90 minutes to accommodate three papers or about 20 minutes per paper, with suitable time left for discussion. The conference language is English. All conference rooms will be equipped with AV for PowerPoint presentations. Presenters are invited to submit their conference papers to be considered for possible publication in The Polish Review subsequent to the conference. To submit a paper or complete session, please send the name, e-mail address, institutional affiliation, tentative paper title and brief one-paragraph abstract for each presenter to program chair Patrice Dabrowski at . The deadline for proposals is February 1, though earlier submissions are welcome since capacity is limited. All participants are expected to pay the conference registration fee of $80, discounted to $40 for graduate students. We have also secured blocs for a limited number of rooms from two hotels within moderate walking distance (20 minutes) to the UIC campus: 1) The Hotel Chicago West Loop and 2) The Crowne Plaza West Loop. More information about making reservations at these hotels, with PROMO codes, will be sent to all prospective participants at a later date. Other News Newsletter Vol. 2, No. 3 July 2022 • July 5, 2022 Congratulatory letter • June 21, 2022 US Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski address to the 8th World Congress on Polish Studies in Białystok • June 12, 2022 Trupa Trupa’s US tour promoting Polish Culture • April 19, 2022 1 2 3 … 29 Next » Navigation Home About Us membership conferences Awards Publications Archives Library Contact Contact Us 208 East 30th St. New York, NY 10016 +1 (212) DONATION Get Connected Facebook-f Instagram Youtube Envelope Co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland Dofinansowano ze środków Ministra Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
