Events

Congratulatory Letter from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Professor Piotr Gliński on the 80th anniversary of the establishment of The Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences in America.

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 … Read more

Online registration is now open to participants in PIASA’s 8th World Congress at the University of Bialystok. 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 … Read more

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.

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 … Read more

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 … Read more

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 … Read more

In this special issue of The Polish Review, vol. 66, no. 2 (2021), scholars from around the globe offer their insights into the literary works of Nobel Laureate Olga Tokarczuk. Leading scholars from Poland, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States explore the full range of Tokarczuk’s literary output, with special attention to her … Read more