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PIASA statement
The Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences views with deep concern the recent action of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland in passing legislation on the ownership of media (the so-called Lex TVN). The bill represents a threat to Poland’s most highly watched and influential independent television channel. As an international organization of scholars, we … Read more
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 … Read more
Newsletter Vol. 1, No. 3 July 2021
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 … Read more
Poland Today: The State of the Republic
Panelists Anna Grzymala-BusseStanford University Monika NalepaUniversity of Chicago Genevieve ZubrzyckiUniversity of Michigan Moderator: Michael Bernhard, University of Florida Tuesday, May 25, 2021, 1:00pm EDTclick here to register The Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences (PIASA) and the Center for European Studies at the University of Florida are pleased to announce and co-host a virtual conversation … Read more
Virtual event and presentation featuring Professor Grażyna Kozaczka from Cazenovia College
The Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences is pleased to announce a virtual event and presentation by Professor Grażyna Kozaczka from Cazenovia College. The title of her presentation is “Being a Woman in Polish American Fiction.” During this event, Professor Kozaczka will be formally presented with the Institute’s 2020 Waclaw Lednicki Award in the Humanities … Read more
Virtual event and presentation featuring Professor Anna Krakus of the University of Copenhagen
The Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences is pleased to announce a virtual event and presentation featuring Professor Anna Krakus of the University of Copenhagen on Saturday, May 1, from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m., US Eastern Time. During this event, Professor Krakus will be formally presented with the Institute’s 2020 Ludwik Krzyzanowski Award for the … Read more
Virtual event and presentation featuring Professor Dominic Pacyga of Columbia College
The Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences is pleased to announce a virtual event and presentation featuring Professor Dominic Pacyga of Columbia College, Chicago, on Saturday, April 24, from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m., US Eastern Time. During this event, Professor Pacyga will be formally presented with the Institute’s 2020 Oskar Halecki Polish History Award in … Read more
Newsletter Vol. 1, No. 2 April 2021
To open my remarks for this issue of the newsletter, I had hoped to begin with a note of enthusiasm for our upcoming conference in Białystok. Alas, this was not to be. In February, together with our hosts from the University of Białystok, we decided the risks to public health and the possibilities of another … Read more