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Trupa Trupa’s US tour promoting Polish Culture

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PIASA Latest News about us MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCES AWARDS PUBLICATIONS CONTACT Trupa Trupa’s US tour promoting Polish Culture The acclaimed Polish quartet Trupa Trupa have released a new album B FLAT A, their most epic and visceral statement to date. With it Trupa Trupa look to confront evil; exploring, in singer Grzegorz Kwiatkowski’s words, “the wasteland of human nature where hatred and genocide are not just distant reverberations of Central European history but still resonate in contemporary reality.” The band is set to embark on a North American tour this spring making stops in Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, LA and many more (full dates below). TRUPA TRUPA TOUR DATES 04.28 – Philadelphia, PA – PhilaMOCA04.29 – New York, NY – Mercury Lounge04.30 – Washington DC – DC905.03 – Tue Detroit, MI – Third Man05.04 – Chicago, IL – Schubas05.05 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th St Entry05.07 – Portland, OR – Doug Fir05.08 – Seattle, WA – Barboza05.11 – San Francisco, CA – Cafe du Nord05.12 – Los Angeles, CA – Moroccan Lounge PRESS “Trupa Trupa come bearing a message that resonates.” Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone “One of the best rock bands doing business now is from Gdansk, Poland.” Sasha Frere-Jones, Los Angeles Time “Songs that feel like dreams, charged with spasms of noise, gut-punch bass lines and hypnotic melodies.” Greg Kot, Chicago Tribune   FULL BIO Trupa Trupa is an art-rock, psychedelic post punk band from Gdańsk, Poland. According to Metro, they are combining post-punk and psych with skill. “The Beatles sing Joy Division oversimplifies them but doesn’t misrepresent them”. According to The Guardian, “the band’s music blends off kilter melodies, dense instrumentation and lyrical explorations of the darkest side of the human condition”. The Times compares them to Sonic Youth, Radiohead and the Manchester scene in the 80s. According to Mojo, their “gripping and energetic record packs a serious punch”. KEXP highlights “ominous guitars, stern rhythms and haunting melodies” and The Quietus agrees. As Pitchfork describes, “Trupa Trupa are the rare dystopian post-punk band to embrace optimism andlevity as necessary survival mechanisms. They may not have the perfect prescription for a better world, but they welcome you to imagine one together”. Trupa Trupa are Grzegorz Kwiatkowski, Tomek Pawluczuk, Wojtek Juchniewicz and Rafal Wojczal. They made their first international appearance in 2015 with the album “Headache” published by a British label Blue Tapes and X-Ray Records. A year later they signed to French Ici d’ailleurs, to release a remastered version of “Headache” on vinyl. In 2017 the band recorded and put out “Jolly New Songs” published additionally on a Japanese label Moorworks. In 2019 Sub Pop released Trupa Trupa’s single “Dream About”. The same year the band was also featured on a cassette split with a Texan alternative legend The Suspirians, published by an American label Whited Sepulchre Records. In September 2019 the group published “Of the Sun” album. The release was a result of international cooperation of Glitterbeat Records (Europe), Lovitt Records (USA), Moorworks (Japan) and Antena Krzyku (Poland). In March 2020 the labels published the band’s EP “I’ll find”. The new album B FLAT A is out now! Trupa Trupa has been featured in line-ups of a number of significant festivals worldwide, including: Primavera Sound, Desert Daze, Rockaway Beach, SXSW, and Iceland Airwaves to name just a few. Amidst of the pandemic TT also took part in a legendary NPR Tiny Desk session. Their tracks were featured on BBC 6 Music, played by Iggy Pop, Mary Anne Hobbs, Steve Lamacq and Gideon Coe. Henry Rollins presents TT on his shows regularly. The latest Trupa Trupa releases got some notable airplay also on The Current, WFMU, KEXP and NPR.The tour is co-organized by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute and co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of The Republic of Poland. Presented in partnership with the Polish Cultural Institute New York and Polish Embassy in Washington. MORE AT https://trupatrupa.com/about-us/ 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

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Registration for PIASA’s 8th World Congress in Bialystok

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PIASA Latest News about us MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCES AWARDS PUBLICATIONS CONTACT Registration for PIASA’s 8th World Congress in Białystok Online registration is now open to participants in PIASA’s 8th World Congress at the University of Białystok. The differentiated fee structure reflects two options for in-person or virtual participation, and discounted rates for students and accompanying spouse and partners. Early registration ends on May 15, after which separate rates apply for late registration and on-site registration. Additional information about rates for the planned banquet and tours, as well a list of local hotel options, will be forthcoming soon. For details see https://events.piasa.org Latest 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

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New Publication

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PIASA Latest News about us MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCES AWARDS PUBLICATIONS CONTACT Through Words and Deeds Polish and Polish American Women in History In recognition of Women’s History Month, PIASA wishes to draw the attention of its members and friends to the recently published volume edited by John Bukowczyk, Through Words and Deeds: Polish and Polish American Women in History (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2021). For more information, please click https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=43yqd5ws9780252086236. 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

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Newsletter Vol. 2, No. 2 April 2022

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PIASA Latest News about us MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCES AWARDS PUBLICATIONS CONTACT Newsletter Vol. 2, No. 2 April 2022 I set my alarm early for February 24 as I prepared to embark on a long road trip from my home in Franklin, Tennessee, to a conference in Richmond, Virginia. After throwing a few last items together, I did a quick check of the news on my iPhone to see if anything had changed in Ukraine. Indeed, it had, horrifically so. A day earlier with war on the horizon, PIASA had endorsed a letter of support and solidarity from the Polish PEN Club to its Ukrainian counterpart. Two days later, PIASA issued its own statement in both English and Ukrainian to condemn in no uncertain terms Russia’s armed aggression against Ukraine (see above). The Board of Directors then began to consider how best to assist Ukrainian refugees who had already crossed the border with Poland by the thousands. As the scale of the humanitarian crisis increased by the day, we settled on a $5,000 donation to UNICEF based on its long-time organizational experience in alleviating the suffering of children, which it now brought to Poland. Belarus had played host to the launching of Russia’s invasion from the north and, against a backdrop of recent tensions with Poland as the Lukashenko regime sought to push refugees from outside of Europe across the border, we also had to make some decisions about our planned conference in nearby Białystok. The relief from COVID allowed for some positive thinking and, after assessing how the city was managing to support 30,000 Ukrainian refugees at last count, we decided to move forward with the conference. Indeed, if there was ever a need for a conference whose main theme is the borderlands of east central Europe, it is now. At a time when Ukraine is fighting for its territorial integrity and very existence as an independent state, something Poles know only too well from their own history, PIASA’s conference in Białystok can be an expression of appreciation for the experiences and cultures of all peoples who have resided in this critical region of Europe. ― Robert Blobaum, PIASA President

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The Polish Review presents a special issue: “Writing Polish in America”: The Case of Anna Frajlich

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PIASA Latest News about us MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCES AWARDS PUBLICATIONS CONTACT The Polish Review presents a special issue: “Writing Polish in America”: The Case of Anna Frajlich The March 2022 issue of The Polish Review (vol. 67, no. 1), guest-edited by Ronald Meyer (Harriman Institute, Columbia University), is the first collection in English of essays about the work of poet Anna Frajlich. Frajlich fled Poland in 1969, making her home in New York City, where she taught at Columbia University for over three decades and became one of the foremost poets writing in the Polish emigration. Half of the essays in this special issue were contributed by scholars residing in the United States; half were first published in Poland and translated into English especially for this volume. Contributors examine Frajlich’s poetics, themes, and treatment of the concepts of space, time, and memory; analyze her experience of emigration and displacement; and explore the corporeal tropes associated with Frajlich’s treatment of the pain and trauma of exile. The issue presents the first publication in English of Frajlich’s “Israel Poems.” Contributors: Jaroslaw Anders, Ewa Bartos, Alice-Catherine Carls, Grażyna J. Kozaczka, Wojciech Ligęza, Ronald Meyer, Beata Morzyńska-Wrzosek, Ross Ufberg, Sławomir Jacek Żurek. An interview with Ronald Meyer about the special issue may be found at: https://soundcloud.com/user-511256562/dr-ronald-meyer-special-issue 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

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History, Politics and the Historian in Central and Eastern Europe – webinar

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PIASA Latest News about us MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCES AWARDS PUBLICATIONS CONTACT History, Politics and the Historian in Central and Eastern Europe – webinar 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

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PIASA contributes to the cause of Ukrainian Refugees in Poland

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PIASA Latest News about us MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCES AWARDS PUBLICATIONS CONTACT PIASA contributes to the cause of Ukrainian Refugees in Poland The Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America (PIASA) announced today that PIASA will donate $5,000 to Unicef to assist that organization’s efforts on behalf of Ukrainian refugees in Poland. PIASA is making this grant to demonstrate that we “are unequivocally with the Ukrainian people in this time of crisis. Poles and Polish Americans know what it is like to stand against oppression – both alone and together with others. Ukraine does not stand alone.” PIASA is an academic, cultural organization founded in 1942 in New York City at the height of World War II.  When founded and now, PIASA’s purpose is to serve as a repository of culture, intellectual progress, and freedom for the Polish nation and for all humanity. PIASA has approximately 1,200 regular members drawn primarily from the academic community (scholars and scientists) and from the arts and professions. Currently, these include Nobel laureates Dr. Frank Wilczek of MIT and Dr. Roald Hoffman of Cornell University; in the recent past they included Czeslaw Milosz, Andrew Schally, Isaac Bashevis Singer, and Zbigniew Brzezinski, Anna Cienciala, Rachel Feldhay Brenner, among others. There is also a sustaining membership open to all who are interested in supporting the goals and mission of the Polish Institute. PIASA is non-profit and tax exempt under Section 501(c). 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

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PIASA responds to Russian aggression

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PIASA Latest News about us MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCES AWARDS PUBLICATIONS CONTACT PIASA responds to Russian aggression The Board of Directors of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences (PIASA) condemns the unprovoked Russian aggression against the independence and sovereignty of Ukraine. At the same time, it expresses its admiration for the inspired defense of Ukrainian democracy by its citizens, and by the Ukrainian political and military leadership. It calls upon the international community to hold the Russian government accountable for its violation of international norms and agreements, and to support by all means at its disposal the right of Ukrainians to determine their own fate. ЗАЯВА Рада директорів Польського наукового інституту в Америці (PIASA) засуджує неспровоковану агресію Росії проти незалежності та суверенітету України. Водночас висловлюємо своє захоплення натхненним захистом демократії українськими громадянами та політичним і військовим керівництвом. Закликаємо міжнародне співтовариство притягнути до відповідальності російський уряд за порушення міжнародних норм і договорів та всіма наявними засобами підтримати право українців визначати свою долю. 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

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