Call for Papers - PAHA's 75th Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., Due on April 15, 2017

CALL FOR PAPERS 
75TH ANNUAL MEETING OF 
THE POLISH AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION, 
WASHINGTON, D.C., 5-7 JANUARY, 2018

PAHA's 75th Annual Meeting will be held on January 4-6, 2018 in Washington, D.C., as part of the 132nd Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association.

The theme for the AHA conference is: "Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism in Global Perspective." This year’s focus explained in the general CFP is on: "transnational and global histories of race and ethnicity." (For more information visit the AHA website: https://www.historians.org/annual-meeting/future-meetings).

The PAHA’s focus within this theme is on the Polish-American experience in comparative perspective. We invite scholars who study the Polish American communities, the greater Polish diaspora as well as those who deal with migration, ethnic, and regional studies and would like to join the discussions related (but not limited) to the following topics:
• Migration, settlement and assimilation patterns
• Ethnic experience and interethnic encounters
• Intersections of ethnicity, class, gender and race
• Ethnic lobbying and occurrences of ethnic mobilization
• Polish Americans and the restoration of Poland’s independence, 1918

We invite proposals for sessions as well as individual papers related to all aspects of the Polish American experience (in history, sociology, literature, art, music, etc.) on both American continents.

The deadline for submissions is April 15, 2017. Abstracts for papers and panel proposals are now being accepted and should be submitted to:

PAHA President and Chair of the Program Committee
Anna Mazurkiewicz, Ph.D.
Instytut Historii, Uniwersytet Gdański,
ul. Wita Stwosza 55, 80-308, Poland,
anna.a.mazurkiewicz @ ug.edu.pl

Electronic proposals in email and word format are strongly preferred. 

Individuals and session organizers should include the following information when submitting a proposal:
• Paper/Session title(s) (of no more than 20 words)
• Paper/Session abstract(s) (up to 300/500 words, respectively)
• Biographical paragraph (up to 250 words) for each participant
• Mailing and e-mail address for each participant
• Chair (required) and commentator (optional) for the session
• Audiovisual needs, if any.

Please be advised that it is not always possible for PAHA to provide AV equipment for all sessions due to the high cost of mandatory rental from AHA. All presenters are encouraged to consider submission of their papers for publication in PAHA's peer-reviewed journal: “Polish American Studies”.

For more information please see:
http://polishamericanstudies.org/CallForPapers.html

GRADUATE STUDENT/YOUNG SCHOLAR 
TRAVEL GRANT 

PAHA encourages graduate students and emerging scholars (up to three years after graduation) to apply for a Travel Grant. Two such grants of $500.00 each will be awarded to offset travel costs to attend the 2017 PAHA Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.  The grants will be awarded by the Program Committee for two best conference proposals dealing with the Polish American experience in any historical epoch, scholarly field, or aspect submitted by junior scholars.

To apply please submit:
- your paper proposal (as required by the general CFP)
- a brief letter of application (no template will be provided)
- a complete CV
- one letter of recommendation from a senior scholar (e.g. thesis advisor).

In order to receive the travel grant it is mandatory to present the paper at the conference in person. Awardees will receive remuneration during the Awards Ceremony in Washington D.C. Failure to present the paper in person at the annual meeting shall result in the immediate cancellation of the grant. The deadline for application, to be submitted with the paper proposal, is April 15, 2017.

Winner of the 2017 Young Scholar Travel Grant, Aleksandra Kurowska-Susdorf

with PAHA's Past President Grazyna Kozaczka

Invitation to the 74th Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, January 5-7, 2017

COME TO THE 74th ANNUAL MEETING, DENVER, JANUARY 5-7, 2017

During the 74th Annual Meeting of the Polish American Historical Association at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colorado, eight sessions will explore a variety of topics associated with the Polish American and Polish emigre experience, from migration patterns, to ways of establishing and cultivating national identity surrounded by different cultures and languages. PAHA's annual award winners will also be announced. The meeting is held in association with the American Historical Association's 131st Annual Meeting on the subject of "Historical Scale; Linking Levels of Experience" (www.historians.org).

REGISTRATION FOR THE 74th ANNUAL MEETING, JANUARY 5-7, 2017 

Registration for the 74th Annual Meeting of the Polish American Historical Association is NOW OPEN. The Awards Reception will be held on Saturday, January 7, 2017, starting at 7 p.m., at the Polish Club of Denver (3121 West Alameda Ave. Denver, CO 80219). Award winners are invited to attend free of charge. All other guests and conference participants should register for the Awards Reception by December 30, 2016. Tickets are $50.00 per person and the number of seats is limited.

PROGRAM OF THE 74th ANNUAL MEETING

THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 2017
PAHA Annual Board Meeting
Thursday, January 5, 2017: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Colorado Convention Center, Room 204

FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 2017
Session 1. Immigrant and Ethnic Identity
Friday, January 6, 2017: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Colorado Convention Center, Room 304
Chair: Thomas Napierkowski, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Papers:

• Creating Identity: Discussion around Kashubian and Polish Identity in Canada and Poland - Aleksandra Kurowska-Susdorf, University of Gdansk
• The "Other" Patriot: The Gothic Nature of the Polish Catholic Immigrant Other in the Mid-19th-Century United States - Jill Noel Walker Gonzalez, La Sierra University

Comment: The Audience


FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 2017
Session 2. Constructing Ethnicity in Polish American Literature
Friday, January 6, 2017: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Colorado Convention Center, Room 304
Chair: Bozena Nowicka McLees, Loyola University Chicago

Papers:

• Our Little Polish Cousin and the Stara Imigracja - Thomas Napierkowski, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
• "What Are Little (Polish) Girls Made Of?" Performing Gender in World War II Novels for Young Adults By Immigrant and Ethnic Writers - Grazyna Kozaczka, Cazenovia College
• The Pele of Chicago: Janusz Kowalik and the Beginnings of Professional Soccer in the United States Neal Pease, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
• Anthony Bukoski: Writing from an Outpost of Polishness - John Merchant, Loyola University Chicago

Comment: The Audience

FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 2017
Session 3. Narrating Migration: Subjectivities and Communities in Poland and the United States
Friday, January 6, 2017: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM
Colorado Convention Center, Room 304
Chair: Anna Mazurkiewicz, University of Gdansk

Papers:

• Narrating a New "American": Polish Holocaust Survivors in the United States in the 1950s Anna Cichopek-Gajraj, Arizona State University
• The People of Hamtramck: What Does It Mean to be Polish American in a Small Midwestern Town? Anna Muller, University of Michigan-Dearborn
• What Polish Peasants Said about Capitalism: Narrating Urban Subjectivity in Late 19th- and Early 20th-Century America - Kathleen Wroblewski, University of Michigan

Comment: The Audience


FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 2017
Session 4. Prominent Poles in the Americas
Friday, January 6, 2017: 3:30 PM-5:00 PM
Colorado Convention Center, Room 304
Chair: Pien Versteegh, Avans University of Applied Sciences

Papers:

• Thomas Lewinski: America's Forgotten Architect - James Pula, Purdue University Northwest-North Central
• Following Paderewski: An Album of Autographs and Clippings from Brighton, England, 1890-1914 - Maja Trochimczyk, Moonrise Press
• That Day in Raleigh, January 23, 1917; Paderewski, Wilson, and a Provincial Capital - Alvin M. Fountain II, Honorary Consul, Republic of Poland, President, Paderewski Festival, Raleigh, NC

Comment: The Audience


SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 2017
Session 5. Between Europe and North America: (Im)migration and Social Justice
Saturday, January 7, 2017: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Colorado Convention Center, Room 304
Chair: Grazyna Kozaczka, Cazenovia College

Papers:

• Polish Migrants on the Move: Miners in the Ruhr Area, 1920-30 - Pien Versteegh, Avans University of Applied Sciences
• Multigenerational Migration Chains of Families from Babica: An Attempt at Typology - Joanna Kulpinska, Jagiellonian University, Krakow
• Political Participation of Persons with Disabilities in the USA and Poland: From History to Modern Trends - Andrey Sergeevich Tikhonov, Kirkland Scholarship Program, University of Wroclaw

Comment: The Audience


SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 2017
Session 6: East Central Europe: What's in the Name? The View from Exile
Saturday, January 7, 2017: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Colorado Convention Center, Room 304
Chair: Neal Pease, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Papers:

• Regional Self-Representation of Polish Political Exiles in the US during the Cold War - Anna Mazurkiewicz, University of Gdansk
• Imagining a Separate Slovakia: Anti-Communist Slovak Exiles' Hopes and Dreams - Ellen L. Paul, Fort Lewis College
• Milan Kundera's Concept of Central Europe and the Ensuing Discussion Among Czechoslovak Exiles and Dissidents - Francis D. Raska, Charles University
• "Not Real Germans at All": The East-Central "Othering" of GDR-Refugees during the Revolution of 1989 - Bethany E. Hicks, Ouachita Baptist University

SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 2017
Session 7. Author Meets Critic Session for The Polish Hearst: Ameryka-Echo and the Public Role of the Immigrant Press by Anna Jaroszynska-Kirchmann
Saturday, January 7, 2017: 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Colorado Convention Center, Room 304
Chair: Mary Patrice Erdmans, Case Western Reserve University

Comments: David A. Gerber, State University of New York at Buffalo; Jon Bekken, Albright College; Robert M. Zecker, St. Francis Xavier University; and Anna D. Jaroszynska-Kirchmann, Eastern Connecticut State University


SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 2017
Session 8. Roundtable Discussion: Progressive: Polish-Americans for Social Progress, Jamestown through the 21st Century
Saturday, January 7, 2017: 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Colorado Convention Center, Room 304
Chairs: Anna Muller, University of Michigan-Dearborn and Wojciech Sawa, film director and visual artist

Comment: The Audience


SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 2017
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM AWARDS RECEPTION 

The Awards Reception will be held on Saturday, January 7, 2017, starting at 7 p.m., at the Polish Club of Denver (3121 West Alameda Ave. Denver, CO 80219). Award winners are invited to attend free all charge, all other guests and conference participants should register on the Registration page - tickets are $50.00 per person and the number of seats is limited.

Deadlines for Papers for Polska Theater (4/10), Chicago (7/31) and the Fulbright (8/3)

The Joan and Bill Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage

The Interdisciplinary Polish Studies Program

Chicago Catholic Immigrants Conference: The Poles

November 13-14, 2015, Loyola University Chicago

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Loyola University Chicago Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage (CCIH) in collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Polish Studies Program will host the third conference in a series of conferences that focus on the historical, cultural, and religious roles that Roman Catholicism played in sustaining ethnic identity for many immigrant communities of people who came to Chicago in the 19th and 20th centuries. Each year the conference is devoted to an ethnic community in which Catholic faith and devotional life bolstered cultural and national identity at the same time that the Church’s institutions helped that ethnic community to assimilate into a new city and nation. The conferences explore many waves of 20th century immigrants to Chicago whose Catholic faith helped to shape their cultural narrative.

The 2015 Chicago Catholic Immigrants Conference (CCIC) will focus on the Polish immigrant community here in Chicago. We would like to invite scholars from the fields of ethnic studies, urban and cultural history, literature and language, theology, and sociology of religion. This conference will also highlight the Polish heritage and traditions with the participation of Chicago artists, students, and Catholic religious leaders.

Future conferences of the Joan and Bill Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage will focus on the following immigrant communities: Lithuanian, Vietnamese, and African. The two previous conferences have looked at the Italian and Mexican immigrant communities.

Deadline for Paper Submissions: Friday, July 31th, 2015

We invite you to participate as a speaker, a moderator of a panel and/or an organizer of a panel. Each speaker will participate in a panel addressing a topic suggested in our agenda. We are open to proposals given that you will organize the whole panel. Presentations should be limited to 20 minutes, which will be follow with a brief discussion led by a panel moderator. Please submit your papers including 200-word abstract, 60-word biography, contact and affiliation information to Bozena Nowicka McLees, Director of the Interdisciplinary Polish Studies Program, at bmclees@luc.edu. If you have any questions please call 773-508-2864

Chicago Catholic Immigrants Conference: The Poles

Proposed Program

DAY 1 – Friday, November 13th , 2015

9:00 – 9:30 Opening Session and Welcome
9:30 – 10:00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS Followed by Q&A
10:00 – 11:15 PANEL 1: Poles Coming to Chicago, A Historical and Social Perspective
11:15 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 1:15 PANEL 2: First Parishes and Catholic Organizations
1:15 – 2:00 Buffet Lunch
2:00 – 3:15 PANEL 3: Polish Catholic Education and Assimilation
3:15 – 3:30 Coffee Break
3:30 – 4:45 PANEL 4: Parish Histories and Religious Orders
4:45 – 5:00 Coffee Break
5:00 – 6:30 PANEL 5: Pope John Paul II and Other Catholic Role Models (St. Kolbe, Jan Karski)

DAY 2 – Saturday, November 14th , 2015

9:00 – 9:45 Keynote Speaker
9:45 – 10:00 Coffee Break
10:00 – 11:15 PANEL 5: Immigration, Transnationalism, and Cultural Identity
11:15 – 11:3 Coffee break
11:30 – 1:00 PANEL 6: Polish Catholic Culture in Literature
1:00 – 2:00 Buffet Lunch
2:00 – 3:30 PANEL 7: Polish-American Writers in Chicago
3:30 – 3:45 Coffee break
3:45 – 4:30 PANEL 8: Chicago Polish Catholicism for the 21st Century: Perspectives from Loyola
Students
4:30 - 4:45 Coffee Break
4:45 – 5:30 VISUAL PRESENTATION on the Architecture of Polish Churches in Chicago
5:30 – 6:00 CLOSING REMARKS
6:00 Sacred Liturgy in celebration of Polish-American Heritage; music performed by the LIRA
Ensemble, Madonna della Strada Chapel

Pre-Conference Events:

Wednesday, November 11th An adaptation of a play: The Jeweler’s Shop written by John Paul II

Thursday, November 12th A screening of a film: The Fourth Partition and discussion with the filmmakers
We encourage scholars to expand this program by submitting any other suggestions exploring the Polish-
Catholic experience in Chicago.

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POLSKA NEW THEATRE: 

OPEN CALL FOR AN INTERNATIONAL ARTISTIC PROGRAM

Deadline: April 10, 2015

Polska New Theatre is now accepting applications to participate in a three-day theater conference in Poland, for people interested in learning about and promoting Polish theater worldwide. The city of Bydgoszcz will host delegates from Poland's most important theater institutions, who will present their upcoming international projects. Attendees will also have a unique opportunity to network with potential Polish partners and explore opportunities for research projects and artistic ventures.

Polska New Theatre will be three days of presentations by leading Polish artists, as well as representatives of cultural and research institutions in Poland. Participants will be able to attend workshops and productions by young Polish directors (including up-and-coming director Weronika Szczawińska, curator Agata Siwiak, theater pedagogue Justyna Soczyk and Prof. Dariusz Kosiński, Assistant Director of the Theater Institute).

POLSKA NEW THEATRE is an unprecedented opportunity to learn all about the new wave of Polish theater over three days in one city and experience the latest theater productions that transcend national boundaries. 

Shows will be supertitled in English and interpreters will be provided for Polish-language activities. The number of places is limited. The organizer will cover travel costs and accommodation only for selected participants. More information at the following link:

http://www.polskanewtheatre.com/     

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Fulbright Opportunity in Poland (Award #6299) 

Distinguished Chair in Humanities and Social Sciences 

The Fulbright Scholar Program announces a unique opportunity for the 2016-17 academic year. The Council for International Exchange of Scholars, which administers the Fulbright Scholar Program on behalf of the United States Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, is seeking someone to fill a position teaching and/or conducting research at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.

Areas of specialization include anthropology, archaeology, area studies, communications, language and literature (non-US), linguistics, political science and religious studies. Applicants must be U.S. citizens.


The competition will close on August 3, 2015. For an application form use this address http://www.cies2.org/redirect.aspx?linkID=7535&eid=68885. For more information on other Fulbright opportunities visit http://catalog.cies.org/searchResults.aspx?wa=EU&dc=&di=

Calls for Papers, Deadlines and Announcements

PAHA CALL FOR PAPERS - DUE APRIL 15, 2015

PAHA's 73rd Annual Meeting will be held on January 7-10, 2016 in Atlanta as part of the 130th American Historical Association's Annual Conference. The theme for the 2016 AHA conference is “Global Migrations: Empires, Nations, and Neighbors.” It provides an excellent opportunity for the Polish American Historical Association to showcase research carried out by its members, as well as to present it in a comparative perspective. Therefore we invite scholars who work on the Polish American experience as well as those who deal either with migration, ethnic, or regional studies and would like to present their findings within the forum presented by the PAHA. We invite session proposals that foster international, comparative perspectives which include the Polish American experience, as well as individual papers dealing with the above mentioned themes.

 This year, we specifically look for proposals in the following areas:
 - Polish American experience – all aspects (history, sociology, literature, art, music, etc.)
 - Migration patterns, ethnic experience – comparative perspective
 - Immigrant women - Labor activism among the ethnics
 - Experiences of foreigners in the American Civil War
 - International activism of the anti-communist groups in the U.S. during the Cold War

The deadline for submissions is April 15, 2015. Abstracts for papers and panel proposals are now being accepted and should be submitted to the Chair of the Program Committee: Dr. Anna Mazurkiewicz Faculty of History University of Gdansk, Poland ul. Wita Stwosza 55, 80-952 Gdansk email: anna.m@polishamericanstudies.org

Electronic proposals in email and word format are strongly preferred. Individuals and session organizers should include the following information when submitting a proposal:

• Paper/Session title(s) (of no more than 20 words)
• Paper/Session abstract(s) (up to 300/500 words, respectively)
• Biographical paragraph or c.v. summary (up to 250 words) for each participant
• Correct mailing and e-mail address for each participant
• Chair (required) and commentator (optional) for the session
• Audiovisual needs, if any.

Please be advised that it is unlikely that PAHA will be able to use PowerPoint in its sessions, due to the high cost of rental, or that presenters will be permitted by the hosting conference hotel to bring their own. You may wish to consider distribution of paper handouts as an alternative. The Polish American Historical Association holds its Annual Conference in conjunction with the American Historical Association (AHA). The full information about the AHA conference can be found at www.historians.org. PAHA members who plan to attend PAHA conference only do not need to register for the AHA conference, but are required to register for the PAHA conference by November 15, 2015. Registration may be done on-line at www.polishamericanstudies.org.

Maja Trochimczyk, Anna Mazurkiewicz and Karen Majewski with PAHA Awards, January 2015. Photo by Iwona Drag Korga.

PIASA CALL FOR PAPERS - DUE APRIL 1, 2015

The Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences and the Center for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at the University of Toronto are pleased to invite proposals for PIASA’s 73rd Annual Conference to be held at the University of Toronto, June 11-13, 2015.

Proposals are solicited for sessions or individual papers dealing with Polish or Polish Diaspora or comparative topical sessions that include a Polish-related presentation along with other groups. Sessions are also encouraged from those whose fields of interest are in business or the sciences. Sessions including presenters from more than one nation are encouraged. Each session is scheduled for 90 minutes to accommodate three papers or about 20 minutes per paper. The conference language is English and all conference rooms will be equipped with AV for the use of PowerPoints and CD/DVD presentations. It is expected that acceptable conference papers will be published in The Polish Review subsequent to the conference.

To submit a paper or complete session, please send the name, e-mail address, institutional affiliation, and tentative paper title for all presenters to the chair of the program committee at jpula@pnc.edu. The deadline for proposals is April 1, 2015.


MORE PICTURES IN PAHA'S AWARDS CEREMONY ALBUM, JANUARY 2015

Please visit the Picasa Web Album from our Awards Ceremony at the Polish Consulate in New York. We added more pictures by Iwona Korga and Janusz Romanski.  A report in a Polish American periodical will be published soon.

https://picasaweb.google.com/Maja.Trochimczyk/PAHA72ndMeetingInNewYorkJan242015

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR THE WROCŁAW TEACHER PROGRAM - 2015

The Program, specializing in instruction for local English teachers, follows two similar programs in Lithuania plus one in Poland in preceding years. Attendees are elementary and high school English teachers. Our primary goals are to: 1) Increase their personal ability in English from near fluency toward that of a natural speaker. Thus the subtlety, nuance and metaphorical aspects of spoken and written English will be highlighted. 2) Present techniques and methodologies helpful to their teaching when they return to their classrooms. 3) Organize lessons in a manner illustrating and informing them about American culture, history, politics, geography, etc. This information is not only for their personal benefit, but is valuable to them when preparing lessons for their students. The target is for 30 attendees, including the English teachers from our host school.

Our Host is a leading high school in the region. In 2013 it was the site of a very success WIESCO camp for its students. As is customary, our host provides room and board, transportation from and to the airport, and some sightseeing or entertainment.

Duration of the program is eight days from Saturday, June 27 to Saturday, July 4. Classes are planned for 9:00 to 2:30. After classes the time is ours to enjoy the city. You may append additional personal travel before or after the program. Wrocław is well located for air and train travel.  WIESCO is a 501c3 charitable organization that has organized and operated English language camps and programs in Eastern Europe for over 40 years. Long term relationships exist with Poland, Latvia and Lithuania; recent years have seen programs in Russia, Macedonia and Brazil.

Expenses in Wrocław – room and board, transportation from/to the airport, some sightseeing or entertainment – are provided by our hosts. You cost is airfare and $400. For your tax purposes, WIESCO provides you with a letter of participation documenting your volunteer participation.

Wrocław (Breslau in German) is an ancient city that originated with the amber trade between the Roman Empire and the Baltic. In 1000 AD the Piast kings of Poland fortified the town, establishing its role as a defensive stronghold along the southwestern border area. It was heavily destroyed in WWII, but well reconstructed. It is home to, and displays much culture of, a large number of Poles expelled from what is now western Ukraine when Stalin moved the Polish borders westward. Wroclaw is a leading university city, contains several museums and important churches, and boasts one of the largest and finest central old towns in the country.

Qualifications ESL certification and prior experience teaching English overseas are added benefits, but not required. What we are looking for is great conversation ability, creative presentation skills, with personal interests and life experiences that will meet the language and cultural enhancement goals stated above.

Your Contact is Robert M. Pine, a veteran of youth and adult WIESCO programs. His email is thepine@att.net and his phone is 630-279-5646 (Chicago area).

* For your information, on the following page is the announcement by the hosting school in Wrocław  recruiting English teachers to the program.

The Fifth World Congress of Polish Studies, Warsaw, June 20-23, 2014

Lazienki Palace, Warsaw

Join us in Warsaw! The Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences, in cooperation with the University of Warsaw, will host the Fifth World Congress on Polish Studies, June 20-23, 2014. The expansive program includes a plenary session dedicated to Jan Karski and 48 other sessions featuring 206 participants from fifteen nations. Sessions include topics in art, business, diaspora studies, film, history, literature, science, and other subjects. The conference sessions are scheduled for June 21-23, with the opening day on June 20 including various optional cultural events including a tour of the Stare Miasto (Old Town) and visits to the Copernicus Science Center, the Royal Castle, the Wilanow Museum, and the new Museum of the History of Polish Jews. There will be an opening reception on June 21 and a concluding banquet on the evening of June 23.

The Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences has arranged a discounted air fare with LOT Polish Airlines for those attending the conference, as well as a discounted room rate at the Victoria-Sofitel Hotel close to the university campus. For further information, or to register for the conference, visit the PIASA web site at http://www.piasa.org/.The early conference registration fee will be $25 US which will cover refreshment breaks on June 21, 22, and 23; lunch on June 21, 22, and 23; the opening reception on the evening of June 21; and other incidentals. You may register at the PIASA web site by going to http://www.piasa.org/ and clicking on the registration button. Early registration will end April 30. After that date the registration fee will be $40 US, or $50 US for those registering on site at the event. We are looking forward to a very exciting time in Warsaw!

St. Anne's Church from the back and Warsaw's trams.

 Congress Schedule

The most recent version of the Program in PDF: 
http://www.piasa.org/pdf/Warsaw%20Congress%20Program.pdf

Friday, June 20 - Cultural Events.
The following cultural events have been arranged for those who are interested in a relaxing experience following their travel and before the beginning of the conference session.

10:00 - 12:30. Choose one of three options: 1. Guided Tour of the Stare Miasto (Old Town); 2. Tour of the Copernicus Science Center; 3. Tour of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews (9:30 by bus)

14:00 - 17:00 [2:00 pm-5:00 pm]. Choose one of two options: 1. Tour the Royal Castle, or
2. Tour of the Wilanow Museum (1:30 p.m. by bus)

NEW: 17:00 [5:00 p.m.] Special Film Screening -Kosciuszko: A Man Ahead of His Time
Chair – Renata Vickrey (Central Connecticut State University); Discussants:
Alex Storozynski (Kosciuszko Foundation) and Eve Krzyzanowski

The Old Town (Stare Miasto).

Saturday, June 21 - 9:00 -11:30 am
Opening Ceremonies, Room - Aula Hall in the Old Library, Main Campus
Moderator M. B. B. Biskupski, President, The Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America

Plenary Session - An Appreciation of Jan Karski
Chair - M. B. B. Biskupski (Central Connecticut State University)
1. Robert Kostro (Polish History Museum) – “An Introduction to the Jan Karski Project”
2. Maciej Kozłowski (Deputy Director, Department of Africa and the Middle East, Polish Foreign Ministry) -  “Jan Karski”
3. Andrzej Żbikowski (University of Warsaw) – “The Polish Underground State, the Holocaust, and Karski’s Mission and the Allies”
4. Wojciech Białożyt (Jan Karski Education Foundation) – “The Importance of Karski’s Example to the Young Generation of Poles”
5. Sławomir Dębski (Centre for Polish-Russian Dialogue and Understanding) - “Jan Karski, Felix Lemkin, Genocide, Human Rights Protection and the UN Doctrine of Responsibility to Protect”

LUNCH - 11:30-13:00 (11:30-1:00 pm)

Kosciol Najswietszej Maryi Panny (BVM Church), New Town. 

Saturday, June 21 - 13:00-15:00 (1:00-3:00 pm). Six parallel sessions.
Saturday, Session 1. Afternoon.
Medieval and Reformation Poland
Chair - Patrice M. Dabrowski (University of Vienna)
1. Paul Knoll (University of Southern California) - "The University of Cracow in the National Life of Poland in the 15th Century"
2. Paul Radzilowski (Madonna University) - "Gloriam in ignominiam commutans: Management of Narrative Time in Two Accounts of the Martyrdom of St. Stanislaus by Jan Dlugosz"
3. Julia Verkholantsev (University of Pennsylvania) - "Etymology as Historical Artifact: Isidore of Seville's Etymologiae and the Exposition of Ethnonyms in Medieval Chronicles Written in Poland and Other Central European Lands"
4. Bryan Kozik (University of Florida) - "Jan Dantyszek as Diplomat? Confessionalization and Concerns Abroad in Royal Prussia"


Saturday, Session 2. Afternoon.
Speaking of the Unspeakable: The Destruction of the Polish Jewry-Israeli, American, German, and Polish Literary and Historical Perspectives
Chair - Neal Pease (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
1. Lucyna Aleksandrowicz-Pedich (SWPS/University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warsaw) - "Poland as the Land of Death in Jewish-American Fiction After the Holocaust"
2. Shoshana Ronen (University of Warsaw) - "Post-Holocaust Representations of Poland in Israeli Literature"
3. Katrin Stoll (German Historical Institute, Warsaw) - "Conscious Engagement and the Holocaust: Jan Karski as a Model for Coming to Terms with the Past in Germany"
4. Rachel F. Brenner (University of Wisconsin-Madison) - "Witnessing the Destruction: Polish Writers-Diarists Record the Holocaust"

Saturday, Session 3. Afternoon.
Diaspora Reactions to World War and Cold War 
Sponsor - Polish American Historical Association
Chair - Renata Vickrey (Central Connecticut State University)
1. Gabriela Pawlus Kasprzak (University of Toronto) - "United We Stand: Polish Canadian Perceptions of World War II"
2. Jan Lencznarowicz (Jagiellonian University) -  "The Changing Image of FDR in the Post-World War Polish Émigré Press, 1945-1956"
3. Robert Szymczak (The Pennsylvania State University at Beaver) - "Justice for Poland: The Polish American Congress Radio Broadcasts of the 1950s"
4. Mary Erdmans (Case Western Reserve University) - "Lukomski and Mazewski: The Role of Post-World War II Émigrés in Chicago Polonia, 1960-1990"

Satuday, Session 4. Afternoon.
Crossing Borders: the Transnationalism of Witold Gombrowicz
Chair - Silvia G. Dapía (John Jay College, City University of New York, and The Graduate Center)
1. Daniel Balderston (University of Pittsburgh) - "Buenos Aires, 1947: Notes on the Manuscript of the Collective Translation of 'Ferdydurke.'"
2. Lukasz Tischner (Jagiellonian University) - "Was Gombrowicz Post-Secular?"
3. Tul'si Bhambry (University College London) - "Gombrowicz's Models of Authorship"

Saturday, Session 5. Afternoon.
HIV Infection: Treatment, Prevention and Immunology
Co-Chairs - Miroslaw Górny (New York University School of Medicine) and Hanna Chroboczek Kelker (New York University School of Medicine)

1. Andrzej Horban (Warsaw Medical University & Hospital of Infectious Diseases) - "Why Poland Has a Low HIV Prevalence"
2. Andrzej Wojtczak (Collegium Mazovia Innovative School of Higher Education) - "Preventive Strategies for HIV Infection"
3. Miroslaw Górny (New York University School of Medicine) - "Antibodies to the Variable Regions V2 and V3 Can Play a Protective Role Against HIV-1 Infection"

Saturday, Session 6. Afternoon.
Economics, Politics, Society in Contemporary Poland-the Annual Michael Sendzimir Session
Chair - Bozena Leven (College of New Jersey)
1. Jan Napoleon Saykiewicz (Duquesne University) - "Poland's 25-years of Transition - the Hopes and Disenchantments"
2. Krzysztof Bledowski (Manufacturers Alliance) -  "The Economics and Politics of Poland's Euro Adoption"
3. Tomasz Mroczkowski (American University) -  "America, Europe and Asia: The New Race for Innovation Leadership in the Global Knowledge Economy"
4. Jan Nowak (Tischner European University) - "Internationalization of the Polish Economy"

BREAK - 15:00-15:20 (3:00-3:20 pm)

Polish Eagle in Kosciol Garnizonowy (Military Church).

Saturday, June 21 - 15:20-17:20 (3:20-5:20 pm)


Saturday, Session 7. Afternoon II.
The Great War
Chair - Stephan Lehnstaedt (German Historical Institute, Warsaw)
1. Robert Blobaum (West Virginia University) - "A City in Flux: Warsaw's Transient Population During the First World War."
2. Katarzyna Sierakowska (Institute of History, Polish Academy of Science) - "Wartime Fears: Polish men and Women 1914-1918"
3. Piotr Szlanta (University of Warsaw) - "Life under Occupation: A Polish Case, 1914-1918"

Saturday, Session 8. Afternoon II.
Commemoration in Exile 
Sponsor - Polish American Historical Association
Chair - Dorota Praszalowicz (Jagiellonian University)
1. Anna Jaroszynska-Kirchmann (Eastern Connecticut State University) - "'Dear But Painful Remembrances': American Polonia's Commemoration Rituals"
2. Anna Mazurkiewicz (University of Gdansk) - "Celebrating Freedom as a Means of Fighting Captivity"
3. Patryk Pleskot (Institute of National Remembrance) - "Constructing and Deconstructing the Polish Diaspora. The Role of Commemoration in Creating Polish Australian Identities in the 1980s"
4. Iwona Korga (Józef Pilsudski  Institute of America) - "Representations of Poland and Polonia at the 1939 World's Fair in New York City"

Saturday, Session 9. Afternoon II.
Crossing Borders: Witold Gombrowicz's Kronos
Chair - Daniel Balderston (University of Pittsburgh)
1. Jerzy Jarzebski (Jagiellonian University) - "Kronos and the Mystery of Existence"
2. George Zbigniew Gasyna (University of Illinois) - "Enacting the Self: Reassessing Gombrowicz's Identity Politics in the Context of the Recent Publication of his 'Intimate Journal,' Kronos"
3. Aleksander Fiut (Jagiellonian University) - "Some Remarks on Gombrowicz's Kronos"
4. Malgorzata Smorag-Goldberg (University of Paris-Sorbonne) - "On Gombrowicz's Kronos"

Saturday, Session 10. Afternoon II.
Biomedical Engineering: The Most Challenging Problems
Chair - Norman Kelker (Enzo Biochem, Inc.)

1. Piotr Ładyżyński (Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences) – “Homecare Today and Tomorrow. A New Chances for Diabetic Patients”
2. Hieronim Jakubowski (Rutgers University) – "Emerging Cardiovascular Risk Factors: a Personal Account from the US and Poland"
3. Grzegorz Wegrzyn (The University of Gdansk) – "Treatment of Neuronopathic Inherited Metabolic Disease"

Saturday, Session 11. Afternoon II.
Monetary Policy in Poland and the U.S.: Lessons from the Great Recession
Chair - Krzysztof Bledowski   (Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation)
1. Ryszard Kokoszczynski (Institute of Economics, Narodowy Bank Polski) -"Choice of Monetary Policy Instruments"
2. Mateusz Szczurek (Ministry of Finance, Republic of Poland) - "Monetary Policy and Financial Stability"
3. Timothy Kearney (Misericordia University) - "Monetary Unions: Reverberations from Copernicus' Economic Theories"

Saturday, Session 12. Afternoon II.
Poland and Polonia Since 1989
Chair - Angela Pienkos (Polish Center of Wisconsin)
1. Boguslaw Winid (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Poland) - "Poland, the United States and NATO Enlargement, 1992-1997"
2. Janusz Wróbel (Institute of National Remembrance) - "Chicago's Polonia in the time of Poland's Political Transformation, 1989-1991"
3. Wieslawa Piatkowska-Stepniak (University of Opole) - "The Polish Political Emigration on Behalf of Poland's Entry into NATO"
4. Donald E. Pienkos (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) - "Redefining American Polonia's Mission since 1999: Problems and Prospects"

SATURDAY, RECEPTION 19:00 - 7:00 pm
Muzeum Powstania Warszawskiego - Museum of the Warsaw Uprising
ulica Grzybowska 79 - 79 Grzybowska Street

Krakowskie Przedmiescie, from St. Anne's to Plac Zamkowy.

Sunday, June 22 - 9:30-11:30. Six Parallel Sessions. 


Sunday, Session 13. Morning.
The Four Year Sejm and the Question of Polish Independence
Chair - John Micgiel (Columbia University)
1. Richard Butterwick-Pawlikowski (University College London) - "The Question of Polish Independence, 1788-94"
2. Ramune Šmigelskyte-Stukiene (Lithuanian Historical Institute) - "Implementation of the Four-Year Sejm's Reforms in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania: Process and Problems"
3. Agnieszka Whelan (Old Dominion University) - "Before the Temple of Sibyl: Republican Rhetoric in the Gardens of Princess Izabela Czartoryska"

Sunday, Session 14. Morning.
Cold War Polish Political Emigration - Research Reports - I
Sponsor - Instytut Pamieci Narodowej
Chair - Slawomir Lukasiewicz (Institute of National Remembrance)
1. Janusz Wróbel (Institute of National Remembrance) - "Geography and Social Structure of Cold War Polish Political Emigration"
2. Slawomir Lukasiewicz (Institute of National Remembrance) - "Polish Party System in Exile 1945-1991"
3. Pawel Zietara (University of Warsaw) - "Interactions Between 'Country' and 'Exile'"
4. Malgorzata Ptasinska (Institute of National Remembrance) - "Culture in Exile"

Sunday Session 15. Morning.
Literature Across Borders
Chair - Ewa Wolynska (Central Connecticut State University)
1. Silvia G. Dapía (John Jay College, City University of New York and The Graduate Center) - "Two Ways of Thinking About Crime: Gombrowicz's 'A Premeditated Crime' and Borges's 'Emma Zunz.'"
2. Adam Kozaczka (Syracuse University) - "Noble Virtues and Warlike Masculinities: The Shared Language of Polish and Scottish Literary Nostalgia in the Long Nineteenth Century"
3. Christine Kenison (University of North Carolina) - "Borderland or Promised Land: a Comparative Analysis of Gustav Freytag's Soll und Haben [Debit and Credit] and Wladyslaw Reymont's Ziemia obiecana [The Promised Land]"
4. Krystyna Illakowicz (Yale University) - "Miss America Goes Shopping: Perceptions of American Women in Poland in the 1920s and the 1930s"

Sunday, Session 16. Morning.
Biotechnology to Improve Healthcare
Chair - Wlodek Mandecki (PharmaSeqi)
1. Krzysztof Kucharczyk (BioVectis) - "Biotechnology and Life Sciences Sector Development in Poland after 1989 and Potential Future Directions"
2. Wlodek Mandecki (PharmaSeqi) - "From Barcode to Electronic p-Chips: Advanced Tagging Methods for Biomedical Research and Beyond
3. Agnieszka Sirko (Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences) - "The Development of Subunit Vaccine Against Bird Flu"

Sunday, Session 17. Morning.
The Most Important Challenges for the Polish Economy in the XXI Century
Chair - Marzenna Weresa (Warsaw School of Economics)
1. Marzenna Weresa (Warsaw School of Economics) - "Innovation Policy in Poland"
2. Rafal Wieladek (European Commission) - "Poland in the Economic and Monetary Union"
3. Michal Szwabe (Warsaw School of Economics) - "Post-accession Migrations of Polish Labor"
4. Tomasz Napiórkowski (Warsaw School of Economics) - "American FDI in Poland"

Sunday, Session 18. Morning
Katyn Massacre: Source Materials in the USSR/Russia, Great Britain and the United States
Session In Honor of Prof. Anna Cienciala
Sponsor - Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Panstwowych
Chair - Wladyslaw Stepniak (National Archives, Warsaw)
1. Wladyslaw Stepniak (National Archives, Warsaw) - "Working on the English Language Version of the Soviet Documentation"
2. Natalia Lebedeva (Russian Academy of Sciences) - "Katyn Materials - The Way to the Truth"
3. Wojciech Materski (Polish Academy of Science) - "The Katyn Massacre Files in the Archives of the Russian Federation"
4. Krystyna Piórkowska (Independent Researcher) - "The Unknown Testimonies - U.S. English-speaking Witnesses on Film - The Work of Roy L. Towers, Jr. Video Recordings of Colonels John H. Van Vliet, Jr. and Donald B. Stewart"


LUNCH - 11:30-13:00 (11:30 am-1:00 pm)

Palace of Culture. Stalin's Stamp.

Sunday, June 22 - 13:00-15:00 (1:00-3:00 pm). Six Parallel Sessions. 

Sunday, Session 19. Afternoon.
Cold War Polish Political Emigration - Research Reports - II
Sponsor - Instytut Pamieci Narodowej
Chair - Dariusz Stola (Polish Academy of Science)
1. Rafal Stobiecki (University of Lódz) - "Humanities in Exile"
2. Joanna Pylat (Polish University Abroad) - "Sciences in Exile"
3. Mariusz Olczak (Archive of New Records) - "Veterans' Organizations"
4. Joanna Wojdon and Bozena Szaynok (University of Wroclaw) - "Poles in United States After 1945"

Sunday, Session 20. Afternoon.
Foreign Policy of the Republic of Poland 1919-1939
Session In Honor of Prof. Anna Cienciala
Chair - Daria Nalecz (Ministry of Science and Higher Education)
1. Janusz Cisek (Jagiellonian University) - "The Centenary of World War I: A Discussion of the Responsibility of the European Powers"
2. Slawomir Debski (Center for Polish-Russian Dialogue and Understanding) - "Poland and the Powers behind the Versailles system 1919-1925"
3. Marek Kornat (Polish Academy of Science) - "Polish Foreign Policy 1933-1939 in the works of Professor Anna Maria Cienciala"
4. Mariusz Wolos (Polish Academy of Science) - "Zombie History - The Black Legend of Minister Józef Beck in Historiography"


Sunday, Session 21. Afternoon.
Tadeusz Kosciuszko in America
Chair - Adam Walaszek (Jagiellonian University)
1. James S. Pula (Purdue University) - "Kosciuszko's Influence as an American Military Leader"
2. Magdalena Micinska (Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sceince) - "Kosciuszko and Niemcewicz - the Sword and the Pen"
3. Graham R. Hodges (Colgate University) - "Kosciuszko and American Historians"
4. Michal Burczak (University of Warsaw) - "Creating an Enduring Myth of the National Hero: A Comparison of Tadeusz Kosciuszko and George Washington"

Sunday, Session 22. Afternoon.
Trajectories of Seeing and Belonging: U.S. and Poland - I
Sponsor: Adam Mickiewicz Institute
Chair - Krystyna Illakowicz (Yale University)
1. Maria (Masha) Shpolberg (Yale University) - "Towards 'Real' Realism: The Strategies of Polish Documentary Film 1956-1960"
2. Nadine Schwakopf (Yale University) - "Alea iacta est, Or: How Poetry Takes Place. Constellations of Signs in Stanislaw Drózdz's Works"
3. William Schreiber (Yale University) - "Inventing the Intelligentsia: The Other Polish Anthropological Tradition and Moving Beyond Nationalism"
4. Margaretta Midura (Yale University) - "Lifestyle and its Contribution to Public Health: A Comparison of Poland and the United States."

Sunday, Session 23. Afternoon.
Biochemical and Symbiotic Underpinnings of Evolution and Disease
Chair - Norman Kelker (Enzo Biochem, Inc.)
1. Magda Konarska (Rockefeller University) - "The Spliceosome: What It Is, How Does It Work, and Where Did It Come From?"
2. Barbara Kazmierczak (Yale University School of Medicine) - "Microbiome Acquisition and the Progression of Inflammation and Airway Disease in Cystic Fibrosis"
3. Thomas Wisniewski (New York University School of Medicine) - "Novel Therapeutic Approaches for Neurodegenerative Disorders"

Sunday, Session 24. Afternoon.
Religion in Post-World War II Europe
Chair - Ewa Wolynska (Central Connecticut State University)
1. Magdalena Nowak (University of Gdansk) - "Religion and National Integration in Galicia at the Turn of 19th/20th Century"
2. James E. Bjork (King's College London) - "Between Identity and Morality: The Catholic Church and National Rehabilitation of Volksdeutsche after the Second World War"
3. Piotr H. Kosicki (University of Maryland) - "Between Lublin and Louvain: His Holiness John Paul II and Europe's Catholic Universities"
4. Mikolaj Kunicki (St. Anthony's College Oxford) - "Martyrs, Saints and Heroes. The Portrayals of Church Leaders in Polish Contemporary Cinema"

BREAK - 15:00-15:20 (3:00-3:20 pm)

Biblioteka Uniwersytecka, University of Warsaw

Sunday, June 22 - 15:20-17:20 (3:20-5:20 pm). Six parallel Sessions. 

Sunday, Session 25. Afternoon II.
Transnational Migrations
Chair - Donald E. Pienkos (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
1. Milosz K. Cybowski (University of Southampton) - "The Polish Great Emigration and the Jewish Question, 1831-1836"
2. Barbara Cieslinska (University of Bialystok) - "Labor Migration and Migrant Lifestyles: The Case of Emigration from the Podlaskie Region to USA"
3. Pieter De Messemaeker (University of Ghent) - "Bundism Abroad: Transnational Networks in Early 20th Century Belgium, the Case of the Alter Family"
4. Jannis Panagiotidis (Free University Berlin) - "What is the German's Fatherland? The GDR and the Resettlement of Ethnic Germans from Socialist Countries (1949-1989)"

Sunday, Session 26. Afternoon II.
Tadeusz Kosciuszko in Poland
Chair - Anna Mazurkiewicz (University of Gdansk)
1. Anna M. Rosner (University of Warsaw) - "Jewish Participation in the Kosciuszko Uprising"
2. Anna Cortes (University of Warsaw) - "Tadeusz Kosciuszko and the Defense of Warsaw in 1794"
3. Jaroslaw Czubaty (University of Warsaw) - "Republican in a Changing World: The Political Position and Attitudes of Tadeusz Kosciuszko 1798-1817"
4. Joanna Wojdon and Jakub Tyszkiewicz (University of Wroclaw) - "The Changing Image of Tadeusz Kosciuszko in Postwar Polish Education"

Sunday, Session 27. Afternoon II. 
Trajectories of Seeing and Belonging: U.S, and Poland II
Chair - Krystyna Illakowicz (Yale University)
1. Damian Weikum (Yale University) - "Rich in Opportunity and Devoid of Absurdity: Polish Film After 1990"
2. Christel Oropesa (Yale University) - "The Totalizing Machine"
3. Diana Lech (Yale University) - "Rebellion and the Inescapability of Form: Gombrowicz's Ivona and Mrozek's Tango"
4. Katarzyna Rojek (Yale University) - "Man of Marble, Blind Chance, Snow White Russian Red: Demystifying Inherited Realities"
5. Robert Juchnicki (Yale University) - "The Fight for Freedom and the Role of Women: the Cinematic Perspective"

Sunday, Session 28. Afternoon II.
How Poland is Developing its Space Capabilities
Chair - William Klepczynski (Global Timing Services, LLC)
1. Piotr Wolanski (Committee on Space Research, Polish Academy of Science) - "Poland in Space"
2. Wlodzimierz Lewandowski (Committee on Space Research, Polish Academy of Science) - "Poland's Contribution to the EU Programs COPERNICUS and GALILEO"
3. Zbigniew Klos (Space Research Center, Polish Academy of Science) - "The Place of Poland in Worldwide Space Activity"

Sunday, Session 29. Afternoon II.
The Interwar Era
Chair - Neal Pease (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
1. Beryl Nicholson (Independent Scholar) - "Hour Zero: Rebuilding Lives and Livelihoods in Eastern Poland, 1920-24"
2. Michal Kasprzak (Ryerson University) - "The Revolution is Nigh: Why Interwar Polish Communists Could Not Accept the Second Republic"
3. Pawel Styrna (Institute of World Politics) - "The Wellisz Family: A Case Study in Jewish Assimilation"

Sunday, Session 30. Afternoon II.
History Through Biographies and Memoirs
Chair - Christopher Garbowski (Maria Curie Sklodowska University)
1. Maja Trochimczyk (Moonrise Press, Los Angeles) - "On Fashion, Portraits, and the Professional Image of Maria Szymanowska (1789-1831)"
2. Jan Chroboczek (Institute of Microelectronics, Electromagnetism and Photonics, France) - "What Jan Brozek Found Out About Copernicus in His Travel to Warmia in 1618"
3. Martin Müller-Butz (Friedrich-Schiller University Jena) - "Imperial Russia in Polish Memoirs and Autobiographies"
4. Aleksandra Gruzinska (Arizona State University), "Franco-Polish Relations: Marie Curie (1867-1934) and Françoise Giroud (1916-2003). The Life Trajectories of Two Prominent Women"

DINNER - On Your Own

Ballroom in the Royal Castle, Warsaw.

Monday, June 23 - 9:30-11:30. Six Parallel Sessions. 

Monday, Session 31. Morning.
Reflections of the Polish Diaspora (Sponsor - Polish American Historical Association)
Chair - Harriet Napierkowski (University of Colorado-Colorado Springs)
1. Arnold Klonczynski (University of Gdansk) - "Nationally and Religiously: Commemorations in the Life of the Polish Diaspora in Sweden, 1945-1989"
2. Anna Brzozowska-Krajka (Maria Curie-Sklodowska University) - "The Private and Public Face of Ethnicity Across Cultural Borders: the Uniqueness of the Góral Diaspora in America"
3. Thomas J. Napierkowski (University of Colorado-Colorado Springs) - "The Khaki Boys Series: Images of Polish Americans 1918-1920"
4. Grazyna Kozaczka (Cazenovia College) - "Girling of a Polish American Child: Models of Femininity in Immigrant and Ethnic Adolescent Narratives"

Monday, Session 32. Morning. 
Poland in World War II
Chair - Angela Pienkos (Polish Center of Wisconsin)
1. Boguslaw Winid (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) - "Polish Weapons in the September Campaign"
2. Jaroslaw Garlinski (Independent Scholar) - "The Polish Independent Parachute Brigade and the Warsaw Uprising, 1944"
3. Michael Peszke (Independent Scholar) - "History of the Polish Special Duties Flight 1586: Defenders of Warsaw"
4. Anna Topolska (University of Michigan) - "Memory and the Representation of the Second World War in Post-War Poland: the Case of the Museum of Fort VII in Poznan"

Monday, Session 33. Morning.
Józef Retinger:  The Polish Man of Mystery and Modern Europe
Chair - Zdzislaw Najder (Institute of Central and Eastern Europe)
1. Jan Pomian (Independent Scholar) - "Introduction"
2. M. B. B. Biskupski (Central Connecticut State University) - "Retinger, the Mexican Years"
3. Thierry Grosbois (University of Luxembourg) - "Sikorski, Retinger and the European Idea"
4. Andrzej Pieczewski (University of Lódz) - "Joseph Retinger and European Integration after WW II: Central and Eastern Europe Question"
5. Wladyslaw Bulhak (Institute of National Remembrance) - "The Foreign Office, the SOE and Retinger's Trip to Poland in 1944"

Monday, Session 34. Morning. 
Polscy pisarze w Stanach Zjednoczonych po II wojnie swiatowej. Najnowsze badania - I
Session is in Polish (w jezyku polskim)
Chair - Beata Dorosz (Institute of Literature, Polish Academy of Science) and Maciej Patkowski (Association of Polish Writers, New York & Warsaw)
1. Wojciech Ligeza (Jagiellonian University) - "Szkicowanie Ameryki Pólnocnej (w utworach polskich emigrantów"
2. Waclaw Lewandowski (Mikolaj Kopernik University, Torun) - "Ameryka Kazimierza Wierzynskiego"
3. Józef Olejniczak (University of Slask, Katowice) - "Józef Wittlin w nielubianym miescie"
4. Beata Dorosz (Institute of Literature, Polish Academy of Science) - "Jan Wolny - nieznany pisarz polityczny w 'Tygodniku Polskim' Jana Lechonia (1945-1947)"

Monday, Session 35. Morning. 
Between Inclusion and Exclusion: Excess, Transgression, and Recycling
Chair - Ewa Barczyk (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
1. Tamara Trojanowska (University of Toronto) - "Reading Polish Culture: Modes of Cultural Transgression"
2. Lukasz Sicinski (University of Toronto) - "Between Language and Reality: Rubbish in Miron Bialoszewski's Prose"
3. Lukasz Wodzynski (University of Toronto) - "Liquid Borders: Modernity and the Rise of the New Woman in Stefan Zeromski's 'A Story of Sin'"
4. Piotr Kajak (University of Warsaw) - "Crossing (pop)cultural borders in teaching Polish as a Foreign/Second Language"

Monday, Session 36. Morning.
Crossing Borders in the East Bloc
Chair - Dagmara Jajesniak-Quast (European University, Viadrina)
1. Dariusz Stola (University of Warsaw) - "Crossing the Borders of Communist Poland"
2. Igor Tchoukarine (Macalester College) - "Tito's Yugoslavia, the Soviet Bloc, and Global Tourism in the 1950s and 1960s"
3. Mark Keck-Szajbel (European University, Viadrina) - "Poland as Paradise. Finding Freedom in People's Poland"
4. Zdenek Nebrenský (Imre Kertész College, Jena) - "Tourism as a Political Message: Transnational Interaction and the Travelling of Czechoslovak Youth After Stalin's Death"

LUNCH - 11:30-13:00 (11:30 am-1:00 pm)

The Royal Castle and Plac Zamkowy

Monday, June 23 - 13:00-15:00 (1:00-3:00 pm)

Monday, Session 37. Afternoon.
Crossing Digital Borders-Negotiating Cultural Displacement: International Students in the U.S. and Poland
Chair - Ewa Barczyk (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
1. David Gunkel (Northern Illinois University) - "Negotiating Cultural Difference in the Digital Communication Era: A Pilot Study of International Student Experience in the U.S. and Poland"
2. Agnieszka Stasiewicz-Bienkowska (Jagiellonian University) - "Home in the Digital World: The Shifting Meanings of Here and Away-International Student Exchange"
3. Ann Hetzel Gunkel (Columbia College) - "The Boundary Event: Digital Natives In-between Cultures"

Monday, Session 38. Afternoon.
Post-War Commemoration and Documentation
Chair - Lukasz Jasina (John Paul II Catholic University)
1. Sheila Skaff (Columbia University) - "Ryszard Kapuscinski's Cold War Photography"
2. Christopher Garbowski (Maria Curie Sklodowska University) - "The Glorious Dead and Commemoration in Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan and Wajda's Katyn"
3. Piotr Szczypa (Maria Curie Sklodowska University) - "Heroes and the Monstrous Event of the Holocaust in Schindler's List and Korczak"
4. Józef Marek Haltof (Northern Michigan University) - "The Last Stage (1948) and the Politics of Commemorating Auschwitz"

Monday, Session 39. Afternoon.
Polscy pisarze w Stanach Zjednoczonych po II wojnie swiatowej. Najnowsze badania - II
Session is in Polish (w jezyku polskim)
Chair - Beata Dorosz (Institute of Literature, Polish Academy of Science) and Maciej Patkowski (Stowarzyszenie Pisarzy Polskich, Nowy Jork - Warszawa)
1. Ewa Kolodziejczyk (Independent Scholar) - "Czeslaw Milosz w Biuletynie 'Poland of Today' (1946-1950)"
2. Aleksander Madyda (Mikolaj Kopernik University, Torun) - "Najnowsze badania zycia i twórczosci Zygmunta Haupta - tendencje i postulaty"
3. Grazyna Kubica-Heller (Jagiellonian University) - "Proza etnograficzna Alicji Iwanskiej"
4. Alicja Szalagan (Polish Academy of Science) - "'American Dream' Maria Kuncewiczowa w Stanach Zjednoczonych"

Monday, Session 40. Afternoon.
A Re-evaluation of the Radziwill Family's Role in the History of the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth
Chair - Paul Knoll (University of Southern California)
1. Karin Friedrich (University of Aberdeen) - "Radziwill's Self-importance: Communication, Cultural Capital and Ego-documents in the Life of a Lithuanian Magnate"
2. Lynn Lubamersky (Boise State University) - "Scenes from the Life of Barbara Radziwillowa Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place"
3. Kristina Sabaliauskaite (Independent Scholar) - "Silva Rerum I, Silva Rerum II, and Silva Rerum III - Between Fact and Fiction: Recreating the Early Modern Culture of the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth in Contemporary Literature"
4. Steven Seegel (University of Northern Colorado) - "Mapping Old Poland-Lithuania: Reassessing the Legacy of Loss and Erasure."

Monday, Session 41. Afternoon.
Crossing Borders with Educational Bridges
Chair - Stephen M. Leahy (Shantou University, China)
1. Joanna Król (University of Szczecin) and Teresa Wojcik (Villanova University) - "The Portrayal of the United States in Polish Curricula and Textbooks during the Stalinist Period (1948-1956)"
2. Mary Kay Pieski (Kent State University) and Teresa Wojcik (Villanova University) - "Exchanging Gifts of Language, Culture, and Friendship: The Kosciuszko Foundation Celebrates Twenty-Four Years of the Teaching English in Poland Program (TEIP)"
3. Katarzyna Drag (Pontifical University of John Paul II) and Piotr Drag (Jagiellonian University) - "Cultural Experiences in Europe: Study Abroad Programs at American Universities"
4. Dorota Klus-Stanska (University of Gdansk) - "Cognitive Partnership in School Education as a Condition for Bridging the Generation Gap"

BREAK - 15:00-15:20 (3:00-3:20 pm)

Souvenirs from Warsaw - Lowicz-style dolls. 

Monday, June 23 - 15:20-17:20 (3:20-5:20 pm). Six Parallel Sessions.

Monday, Session 42. Afternoon II.
Crossing Borders: Migration and Cultural Maintenance
Chair - Stephen M. Leahy (Shantou University, China)
1. Pien Versteegh (Windesheim University of Applied Sciences) - "People on the Move: Polish Migration from Germany to the Netherlands and Belgium"  (1890-1930)
2. Wesley Adamczyk (Independent Scholar) - "The Power of Identity: Polish Children in Exile"
3. Irvin Ungar (Historicana) - "Building Bridges: The Legacy of Polish-Jewish Artist Arthur Szyk, Fighter for Justice and Freedom"
4. Donald E. Pienkos (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) and Angela Pienkos (Polish Center of Wisconsin) - "An Enduring Tie: One Family's Century-long Connection Linking its Branches in Poland and America"

Monday, Session 43
The Polish 20th Century: Issues of Historical Memory
Chair - Jerzy Kochanowski (University of Warsaw)
1. Patrice M. Dabrowski (University of Vienna) - "Manipulating Memory of the Great War and Its Aftermath in the Eastern Carpathians"
2. Neal Pease (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) - "Not a Stone Upon a Stone: The Demolition of St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Warsaw"
3. Piotr Wróbel (University of Toronto) - "Triple Memory: Poles, Ukrainians, Jews, and the Pogrom of Boryslav, Eastern Galicia/Western Ukraine, in July 1941"
4. Stephan Lehnstaedt (German Historical Institute, Warsaw) - "'Remembering' World War II in Warsaw: German Occupiers in the Face of Legal Persecution after 1945"

Monday, Session 44.
Strategies of Evasion, Flight and Resistance Among the Jews of Poland and the Diaspora
Chair - Olga Linkiewicz (Polish Academy of Science)
1. Teresa A. Meade, (Union College) - "From Assimilation to 'Hidden Jew': Mia Truskier in Poland and the Diaspora"
2. Robert Mindelzun (Stanford University School of Medicine) - "Memories of Childhood in the Work Camps of Siberia and Komi SSR, 1939-44"
3. Daniel J. Walkowitz (New York University) - "Looking for Bubbah: Jewish Heritage Tourism in the Post-89 Era"
4. Fábio Koifman (Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro) - "Making their Way from Europe to Brazil:  Contributions of Jewish Poles to the Culture and Arts of Brazil"

Monday, Session 45.
Polscy pisarze w Stanach Zjednoczonych po II wojnie swiatowej. Najnowsze badania - III
Session is in Polish (w jezyku polskim)
Chair - Beata Dorosz (Institute of Literature, Polish Academy of Science)
1. Janusz Pasterski (Univesity of Rzeszów) - "Problem  dwukulturowosci w poezji Andrzeja Buszy i Bogdana Czaykowskiego"
2. Jolanta Pasterska (Univesity of Rzeszów) - "Zakorzenienie w pamieci:  przypadek Floriana Smiei"
3. Grazyna Borkowska (Polish Academy of Science) - "O twórczosci Anny Frajlich"

Monday, Session 46.
The EU in the Financial Framework 2014 -2020 - Implications for the Polish Economy
Chair - Elzbieta Kawecka-Wyrzykowska (Warsaw School of Economics)
1. Elzbieta Kawecka-Wyrzykowska (Warsaw School of Economics) - "Polish Position on EU Budgetary Policy"
2. Adam Ambroziak (Warsaw School of Economics) - "Regional State Aid in Poland"
3. Artur Nowak-Far (Polish Ministry of Foreign Affair) - "EU Legal Framework of Economic Changes in Poland"

Monday, Session 47.
Swiat malarza i fotografa
Session is in Polish (w jezyku polskim)
Chair - Hanna Chroboczek Kelker (New York University School of Medicine)
1. Malgorzata Mizia (Tadeusz Kosciuszko Kraków University of Technology) - "Sztuka architektury"
2. Jan Hausbrandt (Independent Scholar) - "Polska-tak jak bylo (lata 1970-1984)"
3. Rafal Olbinski (Independent Artist) - "Zalety dwuznacznosci"

BANQUET

Maja Trochimczyk at Barbakan and the Old Town Walls. 

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Photos (c) 2010-2013 by Maja Trochimczyk