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2021 PIASA R. Brenner and A. Cienciala Awards

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PIASA Latest News about us MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCES AWARDS PUBLICATIONS CONTACT 2021 PIASA R. Brenner and A. Cienciala Awards The Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (PIASA) is pleased to announce the 2021 recipients of its inaugural Rachel Feldhay Brenner and Anna M. Cienciala Awards: The Rachel Feldhay Brenner Award in Polish-Jewish Studies: Elyana Adler, Associate Professor of History and Jewish Studies, Pennsylvania State University, for her book Survival on the Margins: Polish Jewish Refugees in the Wartime Soviet Union (Harvard University Press, 2020) and Adam Teller, Professor of History and Judaic Studies, Brown University, for his book Rescue the Surviving Souls: The Great Jewish Refugee Crisis of the Seventeenth Century (Princeton University Press, 2020). The Anna M. Cienciala Award for best edited book in Polish Studies: Silvia G. Dapia, Professor of Spanish and Latin American Literature at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and of the PhD Program in Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Cultures at the Graduate Center, City University of New York, for Gombrowicz in Transnational Context: Translation, Affect, and Politics, ed. Silvia G. Dapía (Routledge, 2019). 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. 1 January 2022

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PIASA Latest News about us MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCES AWARDS PUBLICATIONS CONTACT Newsletter Vol. 2, No. 1 January 2022 I would imagine that like me, you are looking for-ward to the new year or at least to a time when we are not worried about a new COVID variant. Virus aside, there is much to celebrate. The Board of Directors has been especially active this year. It has created new awards in honor the late Rachel Feldhay Brenner and Anna M. Cienciala and, most re-cently, a prize to recognize gradu-ate student scholarship. It has also approved a resolution to “inter-nationalize” itself by creating space for the inclusion of future board members from outside of North America. The latter corre-sponds to a visible “international-ization” of the PIASA regular membership over the last several years. We are pleased by this development, as well as in the overall growth of our membership. We are also pleased with PIASA’s gen-eral financial health which has created funding opportu-nities not available to us in the past.Moving forward, we will be sponsoring or co-sponsoring a series of online events, beginning with a conversation about identity in Gdańsk scheduled for Jan-uary 15. Please check our website for more information. We also remain optimistic about our planned internation-al congress in Białystok and will certainly keep you up-dated. We know that in the present climate all plans are tentative, but please pencil Białystok into those plans. How wonderful it would be to see each other again! With that hopeful thought in mind and on behalf of the Board of Directors, we wish you the very best for the New Year. ― Robert Blobaum, PIASA President

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PIASA 2021 Awards

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PIASA Latest News about us MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCES AWARDS PUBLICATIONS CONTACT PIASA 2021 Awards The Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (PIASA) is pleased to announce the 2021 recipients of the following awards: The Ludwik Krzyżanowski Award for best article published in The Polish Review in 2020: Anna Muller, the Frank and Mary Padzieski Endowed Professor in Polish/Polish American/East European Studies, the University of Michigan-Dearborn, for “The Return: The Long Road Home of Female Concentration Camp Inmates” (vol. 65, no. 3). The Susanne Lotarski Distinguished Achievement Award: Roman Koropeckyj, Professor of Slavic Languages, Department of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles. The Casimir Funk Natural Sciences Award: Witold Nazarewicz, John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor and Chief Scientific Officer for the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, for his outstanding contributions to the study of nuclear structure, reactions, and astrophysics. The Oskar Halecki Polish History Award: Molly Pucci, Assistant Professor of Twentieth-Century European History, Trinity College Dublin, for her book Security Empire: The Secret Police in Communist Eastern Europe (Yale University Press, 2020) and Richard Butterwick-Pawlikowski, Professor of Polish-Lithuanian History, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, for The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 1733-1795: Light and Flame (Yale University Press, 2020). The Tadeusz Sendzimir Applied Sciences Award: Witold F. Krajewski, Rose and Joseph Summers Chair in Water Research Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Iowa, for his groundbreaking contributions to the field of flood research, particularly in flood prediction and flood risk reduction. The Bronisław Malinowski Award in the Social Sciences: Geneviève Zubrzycki, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia, the Center for European Studies, and the Copernicus Program in Polish Studies, University of Michigan, for her widely recognized research contributions to the areas of national identity, collective memory and national mythology, and the contested place of religious symbols in the public sphere. Recipients of the inaugural Anna Cienciala (best edited book) and Rachel Feldhay Brenner (best book in Polish-Jewish studies) awards will be announced in January. 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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Debata Polonii 24 – Promocja Polski i polskiej kultury za granicą

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PIASA News & Events about us MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCES AWARDS PUBLICATIONS CONTACT Debata Polonii 24 – Promocja Polski i polskiej kultury za granicą Cykl polonijnych debat, skierowany do Polaków mieszkających poza granicami kraju. Jak wygląda promocja Polski i polskiej kultury za granicą oraz jaka jest rola instytucji polonijnych w życiu naszych rodaków na obczyźnie? Zapraszamy do obejrzenia debaty na stronie polonia24.tvpl.pl. 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. 1, No. 4 October 2021

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PIASA Latest News about us MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCES AWARDS PUBLICATIONS CONTACT Newsletter Vol. 1, No. 4 October 2021 I had expected this column to be without some opening reference to COVID but we are now in the fourth wave of the pandemic which may not be the last. Nonetheless, PIASA has reopened its New York office on East 30th Street for regular business on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Those who wish to enter the building to use our library and archives are welcome to do so. Unfortunately, we are still unable to host events attended by larger groups.Meanwhile, our Board of Directors has hardly been inactive. The Board unanimously approved a non-discrimination policy statement which was long overdue. We also felt that we could not remain silent in the face of a poorly veiled assault on independent media contained in legislation passed by the Polish parliament but now held up in the Senate. As a non-profit academic and cultural organization, our long-standing practice has been to support principles such as democratic governance and civil liberties but to refrain from any involvement in partisan politics. We believe that our statement in support of independent media in Poland, accessible on our website, meets that standard.A genuinely international organization in the making, PIASA has a bright future attested to by a growing membership, the expanding readership of The Polish Review, and our creation of new awards to recognize outstanding work in new areas of scholarship. That we have sustained this momentum during the COVID era is truly remarkable. But growth also brings challenges, which we will highlight in future newsletters. Stay tuned! ― Robert Blobaum, PIASA President

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Call for Nominations – PIASA 2021 Awards

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PIASA Latest News about us MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCES AWARDS PUBLICATIONS CONTACT Call for Nominations – PIASA 2021 Awards 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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Call for papers – Bialystok, June 10-12, 2022

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PIASA Latest News about us MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCES AWARDS PUBLICATIONS CONTACT Call for papers – Bialystok, June 10-12, 2022 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 10-12, 2022 ***UPDATE:  the Congress will take place in hybrid form*** 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 of and experienced as a zone without internal borders—being re-territorialized?  Białystok’s proximity to Belarus also points towards other topics of current interest. 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. As the conference language is English, all single paper submissions are expected to be in that language. However, the organizers of complete sessions may opt for their sessions to be conducted entirely in Polish. Please note in your submission whether you wish to participate in person or only virtually. All conference rooms will be equipped with AV for PowerPoint presentations. Presentersare 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 . The deadline for proposals has been extended to March 1, 2022, 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

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Newsletter Vol. 1, No. 3 July 2021

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PIASA Latest News about us MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCES AWARDS PUBLICATIONS CONTACT July-2021-PIASA-Newsletter Greetings! I had hoped to begin this column with a postmortem to the COVID pandemic, but that may have to wait. Yet there are many reasons for optimism. A year ago, we had hoped that the pandemic would be sufficiently behind us to plan our international meeting in Białystok, which we were then forced to cancel. We can now look forward to doing so with confidence. A year ago, our office in New York was closed to visitors, as was the city itself. Today we are preparing to restore normal business operations and to welcome you again to our facilities. Meetings of the PIASA board have been held virtually since March 2020. We can now think about the restoration of in-person gatherings. We have also learned a good deal. Unable to have “normal” award ceremonies two years in a row, we hosted virtual events featuring our 2020 award recipients. For those of you who could not attend the first time around, we invite you to view the recordings on our website. We have found other ways to make ourselves visible through our revamped website and this very newsletter. The Polish Review is becoming the top shelf journal we had always hoped it to be, reflected in the number and quality of submissions and leaps in readership. Finally, after years of stagnation, membership is up and PIASA is becoming a genuinely international organization. All these signs encourage us to believe in a brighter future. We hope to see you soon! ― Robert Blobaum, PIASA President 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 Casimir Funk Natural Science Award Presentation and Lecture by Henryk Iwaniec

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PIASA Latest News about us MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCES AWARDS PUBLICATIONS CONTACT PIASA Casimir Funk Natural Science Award Presentation and Lecture by Henryk Iwaniec 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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