PIASA Latest News about us MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCES AWARDS PUBLICATIONS current events CONTACT 9th World Congress UPDATE The Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences is pleased to announce opening plenary session speakers for its 9th World Congress in Warsaw at Collegium Civitas in the Palace of Culture and Science. The plenary session will be held on Friday morning on June 7 and will be welcomed by the mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski. The plenary keynote address will be delivered by Deputy Foreign Minister Władysław Bartoszewski. Dr. Janusz Onyszkiewicz, Solidarity spokesperson in the 1980s, former Minister of Defense in two Polish cabinets, and former Vice President of the European Parliament, will be the keynote speaker at its awards banquet at the recently opened Museum of Polish History at the Warsaw Citadel. The Saturday evening banquet is one of several exciting events planned for PIASA’s 9th World Congress at the Palace of Culture in Warsaw from June 6-9, 2024. Blocs of rooms near the Palace of Culture are available to conference participants at the Novotel Centrum, Marriott Centrum, and Hotel Gromada at discounted rates. For more information about the Congress, see the conference webpage: PIASA Annual Meetings Other News 9th World Congress – UPDATE 9th World Congress – UPDATE • January 22, 2024 Final Call for Papers Final Call for Papers • January 19, 2024 2023 PIASA Awards Announcement 2023 PIASA Awards Announcement • January 19, 2024 Media Statement Media Statement • December 14, 2023 1 2 3 … 38 Next » Navigation Home About Us membership conferences Awards Publications Archives Library Current Events 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
PIASA Latest News about us MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCES AWARDS PUBLICATIONS current events CONTACT Final Call for Papers The Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America (PIASA) is pleased to announce that Warsaw mayor Rafał Trzaskowski will deliver welcoming remarks at the plenary session this June. Deputy Foreign Minister Władysław Bartoszewski will serve as plenary keynote speaker. Please read further for more information about the congress. The deadline for submissions is February 1. The Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America invites proposals for its 9th World Congress to be held at Collegium Civitas in Warsaw, Poland, June 7-9, 2024 The Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America (PIASA) is pleased to invite proposals for its 9th World Congress, which will be hosted by Collegium Civitas in Warsaw’s Palace of Culture and Science from June 7-9, 2024. Proposals are solicited for complete in-person sessions or individual papers in any of the disciplines in the humanities, social sciences, or business/economics. The general theme of the conference is “Poland in the World,” for which Warsaw, the Polish capital and major European financial, commercial, political, and cultural center is a most appropriate setting. At the same time, Collegium Civitas, a non-public higher education institution with an international student body and strong academic traditions in diplomacy, international relations, sociology, media, and security studies, is well positioned to host the congress at its location in the iconic Palace of Culture in Warsaw’s city center. The Congress also coincides with various anniversaries of international significance, the 35th anniversary of Poland’s political transformation, the 25th anniversary of Poland’s accession to NATO, and the 20th anniversary of Poland’s joining the European Union. Therefore, we particularly welcome panel and paper proposals which address the continental and global interactions that have affected Poland and the multinational peoples that have inhabited its various territories over time, their cultural impacts, and Poland’s current and past roles in world affairs. In line with the international emphasis of the Congress, sessions including presenters from more than one country are also encouraged. 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. Finally, papers do not necessarily have to address the main conference theme and are welcome for consideration in separate and cohesive panels. Each session is scheduled for 90 minutes to accommodate three papers or about 20 minutes per paper, with suitable time left for discussion. As the conference language is English, all panel and paper submissions are expected to be in that language. All conference rooms will be equipped with AV for PowerPoint presentations. Presenters are invited to submit their final 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 organizers Patrice Dabrowski at and Neal Pease at . The deadline for proposals is February 1, 2024, though earlier submissions are welcome since capacity is limited. All participants are encouraged to pay the conference pre-registration fee of $100, discounted to $50 for students, by May 10, 2024, as the conference fees will increase after that date. The Saturday evening awards banquet will be held at the recently opened Museum of Polish History at the Warsaw Citadel. Dr. Janusz Onyszkiewicz, Solidarity spokesperson in the 1980s, Minister of Defense in two Polish cabinets, and former Vice President of the European Parliament, will deliver the banquet keynote address. Blocs of rooms near the Palace of Culture are available to conference participants at the Novotel Centrum, Marriott Centrum, and Hotel Gromada at discounted rates. Please consult the conference webpage for details: piasa.org/conferences/ Pre-conference tours (scheduled for June 6), keynote plenary speakers, and the location for the Friday evening reception will be announced later. Other News Final Call for Papers Final Call for Papers • January 19, 2024 2023 PIASA Awards Announcement 2023 PIASA Awards Announcement • January 19, 2024 Newsletter Vol. 4, No. 1 January 2024 Newsletter Vol. 4, No. 1 January 2024 • December 29, 2023 9th World Congress – UPDATE 9th World Congress – UPDATE • November 29, 2023 1 2 3 … 38 Next » Navigation Home About Us membership conferences Awards Publications Archives Library Current Events 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
PIASA Latest News about us MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCES AWARDS PUBLICATIONS current events CONTACT 2023 PIASA Awards Announcement PIASA is pleased to recognize and congratulate the recipients of its 2023 Awards: Ludwik Krzyżanowski Polish Review Best Article Award: Vitalii Borymskyi, Institute of History of Ukraine, Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences, “The Polish-Ukrainian Alliance of 1920 and ‘White Russia’,” The Polish Review, 67, 2 (March 2022): 64-85. Bronisław Malinowski Social Sciences Award: Tomasz Zarycki, University of Warsaw, for his book The Polish Elite and the Language Sciences: A Perspective of Global Historical Sociology (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022). Casimir Funk Natural Sciences Award: Alex Wlodawer, National Institutes of Health, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the field of structural biology. Tadeusz Sendzimir Applied Sciences Award: Tomasz Wierzbicki, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the field of mechanical engineering. Oskar Halecki Polish History Award: Małgorzata Fidelis, University of Illinois-Chicago, for her book Imagining the World from Behind the Iron Curtain: Youth and the Global Sixties in Poland (Oxford University Press, 2022). Honorable Mention: Kyrill Kunakhovich, University of Virginia, for his book Communism’s Public Sphere: Culture as Politics in Cold War Poland and East Germany (Cornell University Press, 2022). Rachel Feldhay Brenner Award in Polish-Jewish Studies: Yechiel Weizman, Bar-Ilan University, for his book Unsettled Heritage: Living Next to Poland’s Material Jewish Traces after the Holocaust (Cornell University Press, 2022), and Geneviève Zubrzycki, University of Michigan, for her book Resurrecting the Jew: Nationalism, Philosemitism, and Poland’s Jewish Revival (Princeton University Press, 2022). Anna M. Cienciala Best Edited Book Award: Irena Grudzińska Gross and Konrad Matyjaszek, both from the Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, for Breaking the Frame: New School of Polish-Jewish Studies. An Introduction (Peter Lang, 2022). Honorable Mention: Katarzyna Fazan, Jagiellonian University, Michal Kobialka, University of Minnesota, and Bryce Lease, Royal Holloway, University of London, for A History of Polish Theatre (Cambridge University Press, 2022). Susanne Lotarski Distinguished Achievement Award: Larry Wolff, New York University. The Karol Pilarczyk Foundation Award for the Promotion of Democracy and the Rule of Law: Agnieszka Holland, filmmaker, and Wojciech Sadurski, University of Sydney. Other News 2023 PIASA Awards Announcement 2023 PIASA Awards Announcement • January 19, 2024 Newsletter Vol. 4, No. 1 January 2024 Newsletter Vol. 4, No. 1 January 2024 • December 29, 2023 Media Statement Media Statement • December 14, 2023 Authors evening with Maria Hanna Makowiecka Authors evening with Maria Hanna Makowiecka • October 27, 2023 1 2 3 … 37 Next » Navigation Home About Us membership conferences Awards Publications Archives Library Current Events 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
PIASA Latest News about us MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCES AWARDS PUBLICATIONS current events CONTACT Media Statement The Board of Directors of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America condemns the deplorable incident that took place in the Sejm of the Republic of Poland on December 12 when Grzegorz Braun, a deputy representing the far right faction Konfederacja, extinguished Hanukkah candles as an affront to the Jewish community of Poland and its heritage. This gesture, the offender, and the ideas they represent are beneath contempt. We express solidarity with the numerous civic and religious authorities of the country who have instantly and rightly declared the incident as outrageous and unacceptable. They, and not the advocates of hatred and intolerance, represent the traditions and values of Poland at their best. Other News Media Statement Media Statement • December 14, 2023 9th World Congress – UPDATE 9th World Congress – UPDATE • November 29, 2023 Authors evening with Maria Hanna Makowiecka Authors evening with Maria Hanna Makowiecka • October 27, 2023 Lives on the Line: Migration and Human Rights in Poland and the United States Lives on the Line: Migration and Human Rights in Poland and the United States • September 28, 2023 1 2 3 … 37 Next » Navigation Home About Us membership conferences Awards Publications Archives Library Current Events 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
PIASA Latest News about us MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCES AWARDS PUBLICATIONS current events CONTACT The Story of One Question, or How Two Families Have Inscribed Themselves into Poland’s history with Maria Hanna Makowiecka author of the book From Wielicka to Wola Suchożebrska Maria Hanna Makowiecka earned a doctorate in comparative literature from the Graduate Center, CUNY. Her works include Women on the Rise. A Multicultural Reader for Basic Readers (co-author with Nancy Gear) and The Theme of Departure in Women’s Travel Narratives 1600-1900: Taking a Leave from Oneself. November 16, 2023 at 6:00 PM PIASA Townhouse, 208 E 30th St. New York Other News Author’s Evening with Maria Hanna Makowiecka Author’s Evening with Maria Hanna Makowiecka • November 29, 2023 9th World Congress – Update 9th World Congress – Update • October 27, 2023 Spotkanie autorskie z Anną Frajlich: Przeszczep i Powroty Spotkanie autorskie z Anną Frajlich: Przeszczep i Powroty • October 2, 2023 Newsletter Vol. 3, No. 4 October 2023 Newsletter Vol. 3, No. 4 October 2023 • September 24, 2023 1 2 3 … 37 Next » Navigation Home About Us membership conferences Awards Publications Archives Library Current Events 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
PIASA Latest News about us MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCES AWARDS PUBLICATIONS current events CONTACT Spotkanie autorskie z Anną Frajlich: Przeszczep i Powroty Zapraszamy na spotkanie z Anną Frajlich, poetką, prozaiczką, literaturoznawczynią, doktorem slawistyki. Wieloletnią wykładowczynią języka polskiego i polskiej literatury na Uniwersytecie Columbia w Nowym Jorku. Zajmiemy się jej dwoma zbiorami wierszy: “Przeszczep” i “Powroty”. Wtorek 10 października godz. 18:30 w siedzibie PIASA przy 208 E 30th St. na Manhattanie. Other News Media Statement Media Statement • December 14, 2023 9th World Congress – UPDATE 9th World Congress – UPDATE • November 29, 2023 Authors evening with Maria Hanna Makowiecka Authors evening with Maria Hanna Makowiecka • October 27, 2023 Lives on the Line: Migration and Human Rights in Poland and the United States Lives on the Line: Migration and Human Rights in Poland and the United States • September 28, 2023 1 2 3 … 37 Next » Navigation Home About Us membership conferences Awards Publications Archives Library Current Events 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
PIASA Latest News about us MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCES AWARDS PUBLICATIONS current events CONTACT Lives on the Line: Migration and Human Rights in Poland and the United States Link to the video recording Marta Górczyńska, University of Warsaw, is a lawyer working on asylum and migration issues in Poland and with the EU, especially concerning the refugee crisis on the Polish eastern borders. Dorota Praszałowicz, Jagiellonian University, is a member of the Researchers on the Border group and a member of the Migration Studies Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Maya Barak, University of Michigan-Dearborn, is a specialist in crimmigation law whose most recent book is titled: The Slow Violence of Immigration Court. Gilberto Rosas, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, is an anthropologist whose most recent book is Unsettling: The El Paso Massacre, Resurgent Nationalism, and the US-Mexico Border. Anna Müller, University of Michigan-Dearborn, is the Frank and Mary Padzieski Endowed Professor in Polish/Polish American/Eastern European Studies. Robert Blobaum, West Virginia University, is Eberly Family Professor Emeritus of Modern European History and the President of PIASA. Other News Media Statement Media Statement • December 14, 2023 9th World Congress – UPDATE 9th World Congress – UPDATE • November 29, 2023 Authors evening with Maria Hanna Makowiecka Authors evening with Maria Hanna Makowiecka • October 27, 2023 Spotkanie autorskie z Anną Frajlich: Przeszczep i Powroty Spotkanie autorskie z Anną Frajlich: Przeszczep i Powroty • October 2, 2023 1 2 3 … 37 Next » Navigation Home About Us membership conferences Awards Publications Archives Library Current Events 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
PIASA Latest News about us MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCES AWARDS PUBLICATIONS current events CONTACT Newsletter Vol. 3, No. 4 October 2023 How is it that PIASA has been able to enhance its international reputation as a Poland-focused academic and cultural Institute while operating on a shoestring budget? The answer can be found in the volunteer or modestly paid work of many individuals operating behind the scenes, beginning with our part-time staff in New York consisting of Mariusz Bargielski and Joanna Mroz, who keep the doors open, answer the phones, maintain our files, email the general membership, and help with the events and exhibits. We have also been fortunate recipients of grants generated by Executive Director Bożena Leven to employ the services of archivists Artur Nogaj, Janusz Bonczkowski, Ania Brzyska, and Doninik Wolasiewiz to digitize our collections. Then there are the eighteen members of our Board of Directors who do much more than simply show up for quarterly meetings. Unfortunately, this column’s space constraints prohibit me from noting the contributions of each of them. Here I would like to highlight the work of our treasurer, Dr. Krzysztof Bledowski, whose deft man-agement of our modest investment portfolio has insured that we can do more than just pay the bills in New York; Patrice Dabrowski, who has chaired our last two conference program committees and will soon be working on a third; and Anna Müller, who will be moderating a PIASA webinar devoted to a discussion of migration and human rights in Poland and the US on October 28. This newsletter is the creation of James Pula, who has compiled and edited each issue since its existence. At The Polish Review, Editor-in-Chief Halina Filipowicz has what is essentially a full-time job. She is supported by the journal’s book review editors, associate editors, special issue editors, reviewers of submissions, and an editorial board who have helped place TPR at the top of English-language Polish studies journals. Similarly, Kathleen Cioffi from Princeton University Press volunteers her time to serve as editor of PIASA Books, as do those who serve on her editorial board and who review submitted manuscripts. Finally, there are those who serve on our awards committees, actively participate in our conferences, populate our events, and contribute information for our newsletter. You are the lifeblood of our organization and PIASA is indebted to all of you for your support. Thank you! ― Robert Blobaum, PIASA President
PIASA Latest News about us MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCES AWARDS PUBLICATIONS Current Events CONTACT Jedyne spotkanie w USA WOJCIECH WENCEL Polski Instytut Naukowy zaprasza na spotkanie z Wojciechem Wenclem – poetą i publicystą, biografem Kazimierza Wierzyńskiego i Jana Lechonia, laureatem podwójnej Nagrody im. Oskara Haleckiego w konkursie „Książka Historyczna Roku 2022” przyznawanej przez IPN. O poezji na Manhattanie – relacja z wydarzenia w portalu polonijnym BIAŁY ORZEŁ Zapis wideo ze spotkania: Spotkanie odbyło się 12 października 2023 roku o godz. 18:00 w siedzibie PIN na Manhattanie. 208 East 30th St. New York, NY 10016 Other News Spotkanie autorskie z Anną Frajlich: Przeszczep i Powroty Spotkanie autorskie z Anną Frajlich: Przeszczep i Powroty • October 2, 2023 Lives on the Line: Migration and Human Rights in Poland and the United States Lives on the Line: Migration and Human Rights in Poland and the United States • September 28, 2023 Newsletter Vol. 3, No. 4 October 2023 Newsletter Vol. 3, No. 4 October 2023 • September 24, 2023 Jozef Pilsudski: Founding Father of Modern Poland Jozef Pilsudski: Founding Father of Modern Poland • September 7, 2023 1 2 3 … 36 Next » Navigation Home About Us membership conferences Awards Publications Archives Library Current Events 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
PIASA Latest News about us MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCES AWARDS PUBLICATIONS Current Events CONTACT A workshop on September 13, 2023 at NYU Jozef Pilsudski Founding Father of Modern Poland Joshua D. Zimmerman the author of the first English language biography of Marshall Józef Piłsudski, entitled “Jozef Pilsudski: Founding Father of Modern Poland”, in discussion with Larry Wolff, NYU. About the Author Joshua D. Zimmerman is the author of several books, including The Polish Underground and the Jews, 1939–1945, and has written for the Washington Post, Politico, the Kyiv Post, Engelsberg Ideas, and the Times of Israel. He is Eli and Diana Zborowski Chair in Holocaust Studies and East European Jewish History and Professor of History at Yeshiva University. Other News Spotkanie autorskie Wojciecha Wencla Spotkanie autorskie Wojciecha Wencla • September 9, 2023 Jozef Pilsudski: Founding Father of Modern Poland Jozef Pilsudski: Founding Father of Modern Poland • September 7, 2023 TWO+ONE an exhibition of works: Bojana Leznicki / Jadwiga Iwańska / Sławomir Iwański TWO+ONE an exhibition of works: Bojana Leznicki / Jadwiga Iwańska / Sławomir Iwański • July 28, 2023 Newsletter Vol. 3, No. 3 July 2023 Newsletter Vol. 3, No. 3 July 2023 • June 23, 2023 1 2 3 … 36 Next » Navigation Home About Us membership conferences Awards Publications Archives Library Current Events 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
