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Presentations and discussions 2004 |
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Dec 18 |
Polish Book Club
meeting |
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Dec 5 |
Meeting NY- to- Redmond
roller-skater
at the Polish Home |
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Nov 22 |
Making of Europe
from 1850 to present at UW |
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Oct 25 |
Milosz book reading
at the Elliot Book Company |
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Oct 11 |
Lecture on Environmental Impacts of the EU
Enlargement at UW |
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Oct 9 |
Polish Book Club
meeting in a Seattle library |
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Oct 3 |
Warsaw Rising 44:
Prof. Chodakiewicz lectures at UW |
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Oct 2 |
Warsaw Rising 44: the CNN
documentary about the Uprising and a public lecture at the SCL |
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June 19 |
Polish Book
Club meeting at the new Seattle Library |
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June 6 and 12 |
CNN Documentary
on
Warsaw Uprising |
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June 4 |
J and S. Pagacz talk about
Lake Baikal at the Polish Home |
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May 21 |
Polish Book Club meeting in
Redmond |
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May 13 |
Prof. Poznanski at
BOB |
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May 14 |
Prof. Poznanski talks on Transitional Economies at UW |
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Dec 18, 1- 3 pm: Polish Book Club meeting |
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The books for the
next meeting scheduled for the meeting are
Jasnie
Panicz by Joanna
Siedlecka, publ.
Proszynski & S-ka, 2003, about the great
writer Witold
Gombrowicz, and
Moj
przyjaciel zdrajca
by Maria Nurowska, publ.
Santorski & Co, 2004, about Colonel Ryszard
Kuklinski, the famous spy who reported the
martial law plans against Solidarity to the CIA.
Both books
are
available at the LEW desk at the SPL
(new central library). New members can borrow the books as well; the SPL
card is not required.
Where:
Seattle
Central Public Library (the new library), room 5 level 4;
admission free
More:
Polish Book Club, for
info about books contact
Leszek Chudzinski,
SPL librarian,
(206) 684-0849 or (206) 733-9661
and Hanna Gil,
Hanna Gil, 425-957-9029 |
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Dec 5, 5:30 pm:
Meeting NY-to-Redmond roller-skater at the Polish Home |
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Krzysztof
Dzienniak is a roller-skater from
Warsaw who skates across the American continent to
Redmond. He started
from New York on Aug
28, 2004 and as of Dec 1 near
Snoqualmie Pass
on I-90. His stated goal is to meet Bill Gates to bring to his
attention the situation of two girls from
Poland, 7
year old Monika who was born with hydrocephalitis and 10 year old
Patrycja who lost a foot in an accident. Mr. Dzienniak will talk
about his great adventure and his mission.
How to donate money to Monica and
Patricia fund (pdf file)
Where:
at the Polish Home,
1714 18th Ave in
Seattle; admission free
More:
in English
Voices
that must be heard, in
Polish
Super Express |
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Nov 22, 4 pm: Making of
Europe
from 1850 to present at UW |
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The European
Science Foundation Network, "Tensions of Europe: Technology and
the Making of Europe, 1850 to the Present," is a pan-European
project devoted to understanding the impact of technology on
European society over the past hundred years or so. The speaker is
Dr. Karen Freeze of UW whose responsibility within the Network is
to ensure Central and Eastern European involvement and to provide
the West European participants with a historical framework for
understanding critical issues in technology in the former
communist countries. In her talk she will outline critical legacy
issues that the new EU members will have to compensate in future.
Where: Smith 115 at the UW campus, admission free, snacks and
drinks from 3:30 pm
More:
www.histech.nl/tensions |
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Oct 25, 7:30 pm:
Milosz
reading at Elliott Bay |
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The Elliot Bay
Mandelstam Society invites to a meeting focusing on reading &
discussion of Czeslaw Milosz’s last new book,
Second Space (Ecco Press). The poems have been
translated by the author and Robert Hass. The Society meets once a
month at the Elliot Bay Book Company to read and discuss works of
various poets.
Where: at the Elliott Book
Company, 101 S. Main
St, Seattle;
admission free
More:
Second Space ,
Milosz,
Elliot Bay Mandelstam Society,
Elliot
Book Company |
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Oct 11, 3:30 pm: Lecture on
Environmental Impacts of the EU Enlargement at UW |
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Dr. Adam Budnikowski will have a
lecture Environmental
Impacts of the EU Enlargement: A Central and East European View.
The European Union has been the principal driving force
in raising environmental standards across
Europe. The recent enlargement is perhaps the most
concrete example of this as the countries of Central and
Eastern Europe have moved rapidly to increase levels
of environmental protection under the guidance of the European
Union. Dr. Budnikowski is the Director
of the Institute
of International Economics
at the Warsaw School of Economics and the author of many books and
studies.
Where:
Thomson Hall 317,
University
of Washington
More:
more info (206) 543 4852 |
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Oct 9, 1 pm: Polish Book Club meeting in a
Seattle library |
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The books to
be discussed at the next meeting are
Zlote
Ogniwa.
Polska-Europa by Norman Davies, about
intertwining and interdependencies of Polish and European
histories, and
Nie
wszystko na
sprzedaz, by Beata
Tyszkiewicz, a memoir of the famous
Polish actress. Both books are in Polish and are available at the
Seattle Central Public Library in several copies thanks to a grant
from the SPL. Please inquire at the information desk at the LEW
Dept. New members are always welcome.
Where:
North
East Branch,
Seattle
Public Library, 6801
35th Ave. N.E. Seattle,
WA
98115, 206-684-7539
More: Hanna Gil, (425)
957-9029 or
Leszek Chudzinski,
SPL librarian, (206) 733-9078 or (206) 733-9621, about
Polish Book Club |
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Oct 3, 7 pm:
Warsaw Rising 44: Prof. Chodakiewicz
lectures at UW |
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Prof. Marek Chodakiewicz
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Prof.
Chodakiewicz will also lecture on the historical and political
context of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising at the
University of Washington.
Dr. Chodakiewicz is Research Professor of History at the Institute
for World Politics in
Washington,
D.C.. He
comes as a guest of the UW Polish Studies Endowment Fund
Committee. After the lecture the Committee invites to a
traditional reception.
Where:
At the Kane Hall on the
University of Washington
campus; admission free.
More:
article by prof.
Chodakiewicz can be read
here |
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Oct 2, 2 - 4 pm:
Warsaw Rising 44:
the CNN documentary about the Uprising and a public lecture
at the
Seattle Central Library |
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Prof. Marek Chodakiewicz
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The movie is the
recent excellent CNN documentary on the Warsaw Uprising featuring
original film clips from the Uprising as well as commentary by
former national security advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski and historian
Norman Davies. Prof. Marek Chodakiewicz will have a public lecture
on the historical and political context of the Uprising and on
making the movie. Prof. Chodakiewicz
is “the man behind the movie”—he was the main consultant for the
documentary, as well as a consultant for the documentary
exhibition in Seattle. This event has been organized by
the Polish Home Foundation and also supported by the Seattle
Public Library and UW Polish Studies Endowment Fund Committee.
Where: at
the Microsoft Auditorium,
Seattle Central Library, 1000 Fourth Ave, Seattle, at the
4th Ave floor; admission free.
More:
volunteers
needed, contact:
Ryszard Kott;
details of other events at the
PHF website.
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June 19, 1- 3 pm - Polish Book Club
meeting at the new Seattle Library |
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The book for
the next meeting is Madame
by Antoni Libera, published by
Wyd.
Znak
in 1998. Madame,
Libera's debut novel, was a bestseller
nominated for the Nike, the most important Polish literature
award, and was awarded the prestigious Andrzej
Kijowski award. The novel is a
humorous, self-ironical portrait of the author’s coming of age in
the reality of communist
Poland
at the close of the 1970s. The book has been translated into many
languages including English (see Amazon). As usual, the book of
the month can be borrowed from the club members below. New members
are always welcome at club meetings.
Added bonus: sightseeing of the new Library!
Where:
Central Library, room #6, 4th floor, 1000 Fourth Ave., Seattle, (206)
386-4636, admission free, in Polish.
More:
about the Polish Book Club:
www.polskaksiazka.org for info or books Jagoda Sondej
jasosna@comcast.net, or Hanna Gil
hgil@zipcon.net, the library
www.spl.org/default.asp?pageID=branch_central&branchID=1
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June 6 & 12, at 5 pm & 8 pm (PST) - CNN Documentary on
Warsaw Uprising |
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Warsaw Rising: the Forgotten Soldiers of World War II
is a special documentary about the Warsaw Uprising, Aug 1 – Oct 2,
1944. The program has been very well prepared by the CNN with rare
movie clips from Warsaw
during the Uprising, testimonials from Uprising veterans and frank
commentary by Zbigniew Brzezinski and Norman Davies. The
documentary honors Polish underground soldiers and ordinary
Warsaw
citizens who in summer 1944 fought for 63 long days under Nazi
siege and lost. The program is a must for everybody who wants to
understand the depth of bitterness of Polish modern history and
Polish debates about the Uprising.
Where:
the CNN channel, June 6 at 5 pm and 8 pm PST, repeated June 12 at
the same time.
More:
CNN press release,
www.PolishNewsSeattle.org/WarsawUprising.htm |
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June 4, 8 pm - J. & S. Pagacz talk about
Lake Baikal at the Polish Home |
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Julia and
Stanislaw Pagacz are researchers from
Poland, currently working at the
Olympic Nat. Park, WA. They made four trips to
Lake Baikal
region and authored two guide books and a photo-album ‘Siberia:
In the Baikal land of the Buryats’.
Their rich slide presentation will show beautiful landscape of the
lake and surrounding mountains, unique flora & fauna of the region
and will focus on Buryat people and
their culture, including their temples and monasteries.
Supported
by
the Polish
Home Foundation.
Where:
at the Polish Home,
1714 18th Ave.
Seattle;
admission free
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May 21,
8 pm -
Polish Book Club meeting in Redmond
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The book to be
discussed at the next meeting is a new bestseller
Co z ta
Polska by Tomasz
Lis, Wyd.
Rosner i
Wsp., 2003.
The book proved to be controversial and hotly debated and discusses the
current political and economical situation of
Poland.
As usual the book of the month can be borrowed from the club members as
per contacts below. New members are always welcome at club meetings.
Where:
Jerzy's
Coffee, 16727
Redmond Way
(behind Exxon at the split with
Cleveland St
coming from 520), in
Redmond;
admission free, in Polish.
More:
about the Polish Book Club:
www.polskaksiazka.org, for info or books Jagoda Sondej
jasosna@comcast.net or Hanna Gil hgil@zipcon.net |
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May
13,
7
pm -
Prof. Poznanski at
BOB |
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Prof. Kazimierz Poznanski |
Kazimierz Poznanski is a professor of Jackson School of International
Studies. His talk, The Politics of No-Politics: Second Phase of
Poland's Transition will focus on interplay of politics and economy in
Poland as a scene of quickly changing political configurations. What
follows is a clear disconnect between the rotation of ruling parties and
the needs of national economy. Roots of this dysfunctional politics can
be found in the underlying economic system that had emerged from
post-1989 reforms.
BOB
or (Between Oder and Bug)
is an organization that combines UW's
students, alumni, faculty and community members interested in all
matters related to Central and Eastern Europe.
Where:
College Inn Pub (back room),4006 University Way NE, Seattle, (206) 634-2307; admission free
More:
http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/cv/faccv/k-p/pozananski.html |
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May 14,
12:30 -
Prof. Poznanski talks on Transitional Economies at UW |
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Prof. Kazimierz Poznanski |
Kazimierz Poznanski
is a professor of Jackson School of International Studies, UW. His
interest in transitional, post-communist
economies have been subject to several of his lectures and books. This
lecture will focus on economies of
Eastern Europe
and
Uzbekistan.
Where: Room
#215, Denny Hall, at the UW campus in
Seattle;
admission free
More:
http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/cv/faccv/k-p/pozananski.html |
