Academics: Regional Studies
Poland in the Rockies, July 17-28, 2008: an international educational program bringing together university students and distinguished speakers from Canada, the United States, Great Britain and Poland for an immersion in “things Polish.”
Application deadline May 3, 2008, successful applicants receive a full scholarship.
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The Washington DC office of the Polish American Congress invites students to apply for internship positions.
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Polish Studies
2008 Events
Rethinking Poles and Jews: Troubled Past, Brighter Future
February 12, 7 –9 p.m.
Ella Weed Room(campus map)
2nd floor, Milbank Hall, Barnard College
Please enter the campus at the gate on Broadway at 117th Street and follow the signs north toward Milbank Hall.
With Robert Cherry, Koppelman Professor of Economics, Brooklyn College
Co-sponsored by the Polish Studies Program, Columbia and Barnard Polish Student Society and the East Central European Center
Registration: Please RSVP as soon as possible to Monika Urbanowicz at mu2113@columbia.edu
Poland in America's Crooked Mirror: The Case of Fear
February 18, 4 –6 p.m.
1501 IAB
With Professor Marek Chodakiewicz, Institute of World Politics, Washington and autor of "After the Holocaust: Polish-Jewish Conflict in the Wake of World War Two".
Co-sponsored by the Polish Studies Program and the Polish Society of Columbia
The Warsaw Stock Exchange and the Development of Capital Markets in Central and Eastern Europe
February 20, 6 p.m.
Feldberg Lounge, Warren Hall
With Ludwik Sobolewski LLD (President of the Management Board of the Warsaw Stock Exchange)
Please click here to RSVP
Energy Security Strategy for Central Europe
February 21-22, Conference Agenda
1501 IAB
Participants:
Minister Georg Wilhelm Adamowitsch, EU coordinator for Connections to Off-shore Wind in the Baltic and North Sea Areas and former State Secretary in Germany's Ministry of Economics
Ambassador Vaclav Bartuska, Prague, Czech Republic, Special Envoy for Energy Security in the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Matthew Bryza, Washington.DC, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs in the U.S. Department of State
Berris Ekinci, Head of Section of the Energy Department, Deputy Directorate General for Energy, Water and Environment, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Turkey
Pawel Konzal, Brussels, Belgium, Director of the Representative Office to the EU of the Polish Oil and Gas Company
Dr. John S. Micgiel, Director, East Central European Center, Columbia University
Dr. Piotr Naimski, Nowy Sacz, Poland, Vice Rector of the National Louis University in Nowy Sacz, Poland, former Secretary of State in the Ministry of Economy, Poland
Dr Anita Orban, Budapest, Hungary, Executive Senior Vice President of the International Centre for Democratic Transition
Minister Bohdan Sokolovski, Kiev, Ukraine, President Yushchenko's Representative for Energy
Sponsored by Columbia University's Polish Studies Program and The Higher School of Business, National Louis University, Nowy Sacz, Poland
Watch the video of this event:
February 21: Strategy
February 22: Strateg
Chopin Piano Recital
April 2, 7 p.m.
Kreuger Hall, 405 Millbank Hall (Barnard College, Columbia University at 117th & Broadway)
With Nimrod David Pfeffer: first prize winner of the Polish Student Society's International Piano Competition in December of 2007.
Cosponsored by the Columbia University Polish Student Society and the East Central European Center
Silk against Bullets: The Birth of Modern Soft Armor
April 17, 6 p.m.
Room 404, Barnard Hall
With Professor Slawomir Lotysz, Ph.D. (Charles C. Price Fellow at the Chemical Heritage Foundation.
Professor at the University of Zielona Gora, Poland.)
Cosponsored by the Columbia University Polish Student Society and the East Central European Center
Readings by Magdalena Tulli
April 29, 6:30 p.m.
Center for Architecture's reading series, 536 LaGuardia Place New York NY 10012. Tel. 212-683-0023
April 30, 3 p.m.
Columbia University, 310 Fayerweather Hall, 1180 Amsterdam Avenue
Please RSVP by April 29 to mu2113@columbia.edu
A rare opportunity to hear one of Europe’s most original new writers reading from her work. Magdalena Tulli is the author of Dreams and Stones (Sny i kamienie), In Red (W czerwieni), Moving Parts (Tryby), and Flaw (Skaza). Dreams and Stones won the prestigious Koscielski Foundation Prize in 1995, Moving Parts was nominated for the 2006 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and Flaw was a finalist for the 2007 Nike prize, Poland's most prestigious literary award.
Cosponsored by Archipelego Books, the Polish Cultural institute, the Center for Architecture and Columbia University Polish Student Society
Polish Certification Exam
May 3 & 4,
International Affairs Building
Part 1: Saturday May 3rd: 10a.m. to 1p.m. Room 410 IAB
Part 2: Saturday May 3rd: 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Rooms 1101, 901 & 902 IAB
Part 3: Sunday May 4th: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Rooms 1101, 901 & 902 IAB
Please contact Dorota Andraka at Andraka@aol.com
Fall 2007 Highlights
Dealing with the Past in East-Central Europe
December 2-3, 2007
An international conference with: Jon Elster (Columbia University), Marek Kornat (Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw), Zdislaw Krasnobebski (University of Bremen), Pawel Machcewisz (University of Torun), John Micgiel (Columbia University), Piotr Naimski (Former Vice-Minister for Economics, Poland and Higher School of Business, National-Louis University, Nowy Sacz), Lavinia Stan (Concordia University, Montreal), Rafal Stobiecki (University of Lodz), Oldrich Tuma (Institute of Contemporary History, Prague), Helga Welsh (Wake Forrest University), Bronislaw Wildstein (Rzeczpospolita)and Artur Wolek (Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw).
Watch the video of this event:
Welcome and Keynote speech: John S. Micgiel and Jon Elster
Lustration in Poland: Artur Woltek, Bronislaw Wildstein, Piotr Naimski
The Politics of History and How Central Europe Deals with its Past:
Part 1: Czech Republic, Germany & Romania: Question and Answer Session
Part 2: Poland
With generous funding from the Semper Polonia Foundation, Warsaw and The Kosciuszko Foundation, New York City
Co-sponsored by the East Central European Center and the Institute for the Study of Europe
Institutional Change After Communism
October 31, 2007
With Leszek Balcerowicz, Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Poland. Visiting Fellow of the Watson Institute, Brown University.
Co-sponsored by the East Central European Center and the Institute for the Study of Europe
Watch the video of this event
Energy Diversification in Poland
September 17, 2007
With Piotr Naimski, Vice-Minister for Economics, Poland Sponsored by Columbia University's East Central European Center.
"Energy security is becoming a dominant issue in current international relations. There is unquestionably an increasing dependency of the energyconsuming countries on the energyproducing countries. Thus the two sides are not equal partners, since the producers appear to have the advantage of dictating the rules on the energy market. The situation of Europe can serve as an example. While domestic fossilfuel resources decrease (the decrease of natural gas production in Great Britain and Denmark is particularly significant), Europe is becoming increasingly dependent on the imported hydrocarbons. The EU's energy import dependence will increase from 50% of total EU energy consumption today to 65% in 2030. Due to the fact that existing transit infrastructure in Central and Eastern Europe operates in EastWest direction we can assume that Europe's dependency on hydrocarbons will be based on Russian resources mainly..."
Read Vice-Minister Naimski's full statement
Further reading:
Appendix 1 - oil policy
Appendix 2 - natural gas policy
Appendix 3 - letter of Prime Minister Marcinkiewicz
Appendix 4 - energy factsheet of Poland
Appendix 5 - Russian natural gas exporting routes
Appendix 6 - Baltic Pipe
Appendix 6 - LNG terminal and Baltic Pipe
Appendix 6a - Baltic Pipe
Appendix 6b - Baltic Pipe
Appendix 7 - Druzba cut off
Appendix 8 - Caspian oil corridor
Appendix 9 - Russian energy strategy 2020
Appendix 10 - Russian_gas_and_oil_for_Europe
Appendix 11 - Gazprom_in_Europe
Appendix 12 - Turkey_energy_transit_corridor
2007 Events
A Film Showing of "Solidarność, Solidarność," commemorating the events of August 1980.
September 13, 6–9 p.m.
1512 IAB
A coproduction of 13 prominent Polish directors: Filip Bajon, Jacek Bromski, Ryszard Bugajski, Jerzy Domaradzki, Feliks Falk, Robert Gliński, Andrzej Jakimowski, Jan Jakub Kolski, Juliusz Machulski, Małgorzata Szumowska, Piotr Trzaskalski, Andrzej Wajda, and Krzysztof Zanussi. With Ewa Turczanska, postproduction coordinator. 113 minutes, in Polish with English subtitles.
Energy Diversification in Poland
September 17, 12–1:15 p.m.
1501 IAB
With Piotr Naimski (Vice-Minister of Economics, Warsaw)
Read Vice-Minister Naimski's full statement
No Simple Victory: Europe at War, 1939-1945
September 24, 1501 IAB, 6 p.m.
Professor Norman Davies discusses his latest book (Viking/Penguin, 2007).
Love and Revolution: The Intellectual History of Marxism in Poland as Lived Experience
October 2, 12 –1.30 p.m.
1219 IAB
With Professor Marci Shore, Yale University
Polonia: Columbia Wants You
October 15, 4–7 p.m.
1501 IAB
An information session on college admission for members of the Polish-American community, cosponsored by the Polish Slavic Federal Credit Union
Between Dawn and the Wind
October 16, 7 p.m.
CU Bookstore, 2922 Broadway & 115th St.
Poetry Reading and Discussion with the author, Professor Anna Frajlich (Columbia University)
Ukraine-EU Relations: Ukraine's Quest for Mature Nation Statehood
October 16-17, 2007
Washington, DC
This annual conference brings together prominent representatives from academia, the private sector and the governments of Ukraine, the United States and Europe, to monitor Ukraine's progress towards fuller integration into the Euro-Atlantic community and stronger bilateral relations with the United States. This year's conference featured the following prominent speakers:
Krzysztof Bobinski (EU-Polska)
Zbigniew Brzezinski (Senior Counselor/CSIS)
Jan Bugajski (CSIS)
Igor Chalupec (PKN-Orlen/Fmr. Pres.)
John Micgiel (Columbia University)
Jan Pieklo (PAUCI)
Janusz Reiter (Ambassador of Poland to the US)
For more information
Od "Kanalu" do "Katynia" - 50 lat polskiej szkoly filmowej. (In Polish)
October 30, 6p.m.
1219 IAB
Maria Kornatowska (State Film, TV and Theater School, Lodz). Introduced by Professor Anna Frajlich-Zajac (Columbia University)
Institutional Change After Communism
October 31, 5.30p.m.
1501 IAB
Leszek Balcerowicz (Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Visiting Fellow of the Watson Institute, Brown University
Co-sponsored by the East Central European Center and the Institute for the Study of Europe
Watch the video of this event
Polish Language Regents Exams
November 4, 12–4 p.m.
411 and 413 IAB
For more information, contact Ms. Jolanta Szulc at jszulc@aol.com.
Teach Europe 2007: Contentious Politics - Poland's Place within the EU
November 9, 12.30–1.30p.m.
1501 IAB
Professor Slawomir Józefowicz (University of Warsaw, Visiting Professor at SUNY-Buffalo)
Swieto Niepodleglosci. Kilka uwag.
November 11, 3p.m.
Pilsudski Institute, 180 Second Avenue
Krzysztof Ruchniewicz, University of Wroclaw
Spotkanie z Dr. Ewa Kurek, autorka ksiazki "Poza Granicami Solidarnosci. Stosunki Polsko-Zydowskie 1939-45"
November 13, 7p.m.
Kurier Plus, 145 Java Street, Greenpoint
A meeting with Ewa Kurek, author of a book on Polish-Jewish relations 1939-1945
Spotkanie z Dr. Ewa Kurek, autorka ksiazki pt. stosunki polsko-zydowskie 1939-1945
November 15, 6p.m.
Pilsudski Institute, 180 Second Avenue, New York City
A meeting with Ewa Kurek, author of a book on Polish-Jewish relations 1939-1945
Spotkanie z Dr. Ewa Kurek , autorka ksiazki "Poza Granicami Solidarnosci. Stosunki Polsko-Zydowskie 1939-45"
November 16, 7.30p.m.
Polsko-Amerykanskie Centrum Kultury, 1-3 Monroe Street, Passaic, New Jersey
A meeting with Ewa Kurek, author of a book on Polish-Jewish relations 1939-1945
Book Release Party for "Astonishments"
November 15, 7p.m.
Labyrinth Books, 536 W.112th Street, New York City
Edited by Grazyna Drabik and David Curzon
Polish-American Relations During the Cold War
November 19, 12p.m.
1219 IAB
Professor Jakub Tyskiewicz (Wroclaw University and University of Massachusetts)
Igor Newerly's Workshops
November 19, 6p.m.
1510 IAB
Jan Zielinski (University of Fribourg, and Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University). Introduced by Professor Anna Frajlich-Zajac (Columbia University)
I will oppress you with my strange love... The Friendship of Czeslaw Milosz and Zbigniew Herbert: fascination, disillusionment and bitterness.
November 26, 6p.m.
1510 IAB
Andrzej Franaszek (Tygodnik Powszechny). Introduced by Professor Anna Frajlich-Zajac (Columbia University)
Polityka zagraniczna a wizerunek panstwa. O doswiadczeniu II Rzeczypospolitej
November 29, 6p.m.
Pilsudski Institute, 180 Second Avenue, New York
Marek Kornat (Polish Academy of Sciences)
A Night Of Chopin: Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition
December 1, 7p.m.
Sulzberger Parlor: 3rd Floor Barnard Hall, Barbard College. 117th & Broadway
Free concert, open to the public. Please RSVP Monika Urbanowicz at mu2113@columbia.edu
Cosponsored by Columbia and Barnard Polish Student Society.
Dealing with the Past in East Central Europe
December 2-3, Schedule
1501 IAB
An international conference with: Jon Elster (Columbia University), Marek Kornat (Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw), Zdislaw Krasnobebski (University of Bremen), Pawel Machcewisz (University of Torun), John Micgiel (Columbia University), Piotr Naimski (Higher School of Business, National-Louis University, Nowy Sacz), Lavinia Stan (Concordia University, Montreal), Rafal Stobiecki (University of Lodz), Oldrich Tuma (Institute of Contemporary History, Prague), Helga Welsh (Wake Forrest University), Bronislaw Wildstein (Rzeczpospolita)and Artur Wolek (Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw).
With generous funding from the Semper Polonia Foundation, Warsaw and The Kosciuszko Foundation, New York City
View the conference "1956 and Its Impact on the Soviet Bloc," sponsored by Columbia University's East Central European Center
and the Harriman Institute, on November 2 and 3, 2006. Read more