Sixth World Congress on Polish Studies Kraków, Poland June 16-18

Sixth World Congress on Polish Studies

Kraków, Poland

June 16-18, 2017

Welcome to the

Sixth World Congress on Polish Studies

Co-Organized by The Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America The Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences The University of Gdańsk ______

Conference Organizing Committee

Chair — M. B. B. Biskupski (Central Connecticut State University) Vice Chair and Program Chair — James S. Pula (Purdue University Northwest) Chair of Administration and Finance — Bożena Leven (The College of New Jersey) Committee Members — Andrzej Białas (President, The Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences), Arkadiusz Janicki (Director of the Institute of History, University of Gdańsk), Anna Mazurkiewicz (President, Polish American Historical Association)

The organizers wish to thank the following people and organizations who organized two or more complete sessions for the Congress.

Silvia G. Dapía (John Jay College, City University of New York) Christopher Garbowski (Marie Curie-Skłodowska University) Arkadiusz Janicki (University of Gdańsk) Anna Mazurkiewicz (University of Gdańsk) Anna Reczyńska (Jagiellonian University) Maja Trochimczyk (Moonrise Press) Centre POLONICUM (University of Warsaw) Polish American Historical Association University of Gdańsk

Welcome to Kraków

Situated picturesquely along the banks of the Vistula River, the city of Kraków dates from at least as early as the 7th century. An important trading center, it was the capital of Poland from 1038 through 1596 and of the Grand Duchy of Kraków from 1846 through 1918. The site of many exam- ples of exquisite architecture that has been preserved for hundreds of years, in 1978 UNESCO des- ignated Kraków a World Heritage Site. The city’s attractions are many and varied, with only a few listed below.

There are a large number of tour companies tive example of common transportation in operating in Kraków offering everything from free that era. It includes tours of communist-era walking tours of the city to day-long or overnight architecture, a worker canteen for lunch, and trips to the surrounding area. an apartment preserving the lifestyle of aver- age people working in the steel mills. Cost: Expedia recommendations can be found here: about $55US. Website: https://www.expedia. https://www.expedia.com/things-to-do/search? com/things-to-do/communism-tour-to-nowa- location=Krakow®ionId=6035306&categories= huta-with-lunch.a192376.activity-details? Tours+%26+Sightseeing%7C&kword=+krakow_+ srp=true&location=Krakow&categories=Tours tours!m.ZzZz.4990000132028.0.185702805734. %20%26%20Sightseeing%7C %2Bkrakow%20%2Btours.+krakow_+tours& semcid=US.MULTILOB.GOOGLE.SEARCH.TS KAZIMIERZ — Located just south of the HOP&gclid=COi3qviX3tMCFZWHaQod7yAECg Wawel Castle, the Kazimierz district dates from the 14th century and is noted for its his- TripAdvisor recommendations can be found tory as a center of Jewish culture. Today it here: https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions- includes the old Jewish cemetery, syna- g274772-Activities-c42-Krakow_Lesser_Poland gogues, an excellent Galicija Jewish Mu- _Province_Southern_Poland.html seum, and exceptional cafes, restaurants, and nightlife. Every June it is the site of Private tours with local guides are offered here: Europe’s largest Jewish festival of culture https://www.toursbylocals.com/Krakow-Tours? and music and attracts visitors from around gclid=CPLc2ciY3tMCFV65wAod8C8JgQ the world. From the Rynek, walk south along Ulica Stradomska, past the Wawel, and you AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU — There are a num- will be entering Kazimierz. ber of tours operating to the German concentra- tion camps at Auschwitz-Birkenau priced from MUSEUMS — If museums are on your prior- about $35 to $80US depending on duration and ity list, you can obtain a two- or three-day what they include. A UNESCO World Heritage “Krakow Museums and Transport Official Site, the museum chronicles in very grim reality the brutal German extermination of an estimated Pass” which gives you access to the muse- 1.1 million people from all over Europe. The ex- ums listed below. The cost is about $25- perience is not for the faint-hearted as it will $35US depending on the length. This card surely stay with you long after you leave. For a also includes tram and bus tickets and gives tour recommended by TripAdvisor see: https:// you discounts at some restaurants and www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction ProductDetail? product=2145IT3&d=274772&aid Suf- shops. Some museums do not operate on fix=xsell&partner=Viator, but there are many Mondays. Tickets are available at four Tourist more. Information Points: 2 Jana Street (Main Mar- ket Square), 30 Rynek Główny (Main Market COMMUNIST TOUR — For those with a nostal- Square), 7 Józefa Street (Jewish district) or gia for depressive lifestyle, you can simulate at the Airport. Website: https://www.tripadvisor. least part of Poland’s socialist past with a “Communist Tour” to nearby Nowa Huta, once com/AttractionProductDetail? the largest socialist-planned steel industry in Po- product=5752KRK PASS&d=274772&aid land. Your tour will be by Trabant car, a diminu- Suffix=xsell&partner=Viator

Museums may be subject to change, but at this 13. Museum of Contemporary Art, ul. Lipowa writing include: 5.

1. Kraków National Museum — Main Bulding, 14. Galicja Jewish Museum, ul. Dajwór 19. ul. Kanonicza 18; Jan Matejko House, ul. 15. Benedictine Abbey in Tyniec, Benedyktyń- Floriańska 42; Józef Mehoffer House, ul. ska 37. Krupnicza 27; Gallery of 19th Century Polish Art, Rynek Główny 1-3; Europeum, The 16. Museum of the Home Army, ul. Wita European Culture Centre, Plac Sikorskiego Stwosza 13. 7; Szołayski House, Plac Szczepański 10; 17. Center for documentation of the Art of Emeryk Hutten Czapski Museum, ul. Piłsud- Tadeusz Kantor, ul. Nadwiślańska 2-4; Work- skiego 11. shop and Gallery, ul. Sienna 7/5.

2. Gallery of Ancient Art, ul. Pijarska 9. MUSIC — 3. City Of Kraków History Museum, Town Hall 1. Krakow’s Royal Chamber Orchestra offers a Tower, Rynek Główny 1; The Barbican, ul. one-hour early evening concert at St Adal- Floriańska/ul. Basztowa; Defence Walls, ul. bert’s Church, plac Mariacki. Performances Pijarska 30; The Old Synagogue, ul. Szeroka range from classical compositions by Mozart, 25; Traditional Krakow Bourgeois House, plac Bach and Vivaldi to more contemporary jazz Mariacki 4; Eagle Pharmacy, plac Bohaterów and movie themes in the church’s unique Ba- Getta 19; Schindler’s Factory, ul. Lipowa 5; roque dome. The church dates to the 11th The History of Nowa Huta District, os. Słonec- century. Price about $20US. zne 17; Main Market Square Underground, Rynek Główny 1/4; Pomorska Street, ul. Po- 2. Chopin Piano Concert at Chopin Gallery at morska 3; Krzysztofory Palace, Rynek Główny 14 Slawkowska Street. This is a one-hour con- 36; Zwierzyniec House, ul. Królowej Jadwigi cert in a historic venue inside Bonerowski Pal- 42; Celestat, ul. Lubicz 16; The Cross House ace, a 15th century building on the UNESCO ul. Szpitalna 21. list of historic sites. Cost: about $17US. Web- site: https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction 4. Museum of Archeology, ul. Poselska 4; St. ProductDetail?product=5752CHOPIN&d= Adalbert’s Church, Rynek Główny 2; Exhibition 274772&aidSuffix=xsell&partner=Viator in Nowa Huda District Branice, ul. Sasanek 2A; 3. Klezmer Music can be enjoyed at the Isaac 5. The Seweryn Udziela Ethnographic Mu- Synagogue (https://www.classictic. com/en/ seum, plac Wolnica 1, ul. Krakowska 47; klezmer_music_in_krakow__ 6. St. Mary’s Basilica, plac Mariacki 6. taykh_group/34324/296849/), in the Klez- mer Music Hall in Chopin Gallery (https:// 7. Kraków Museum of Urban Engineering, ul. www. classictic.com/en/klezmer_music_in_ Wawrzyńca 16. klezmer_music_venue/29885/284230/), or in 8. Garden of Science, Aleja Pokoju 68. restaurants on the square on ul. Szeroka in Kazimierz. 9. Kraków Polish Aviation Museum, al. Jana Pawła II 40. 4. Folk Music and Dance Shows are available at the Jama Michalik Café (https:// 10. Museum of Photography History, ul. Józe- www.classictic.com/en/folk_show__music__ fitów 17. dance___dinner/29627/298829/) or the Tra- 11. Archdiocese Museum, ul. Kanonicza 19-21. dycyja Restaurant (https://www. classictic.com/en/krak%C3%B3w_folk_ mu- 12. Academy of Mining and Metallurgy Mu- sic_show/27270/332565/). seum, al. Mickiewicza 30.

NIGHTCLUBS — The “Krakow Club and Bar and is on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Crawl” offers guided visits to four nightclubs in- List. The tour takes you through underground cluding a one-hour open bar, free welcome tunnels and chambers, all cut by hand from solid shots, professional party guides, a photographer salt and decorated by amazing salt carvings. and VIP Club entry. Cost: about $15US. Office: There are about 360 steps so this may not be ul. Rynek Glowny 4. Website: http:// recommended for people with mobility issues. www.krakowcrawl.com/ The cost is about $45US. Website: https:// www.tripadvisor.com/AttractionProductDetail? RYNEK — Kraków’s main market square, the product=8735P6&d=274772&aidSuffix= Rynek Główny, was in use as a marketplace as xsell&partner=Viator early as the 13th century. Among its gems are historic townhouses, the Cloth Hall (Sukiennice; ZAKOPANE and TATRA MOUNTAINS — the current Renaissance version dates from There are several options for visiting the Za- 1555), the Town Hall Tower (Wieża ratuszowa), kopane area offered by various tourist compa- the 10th century St. Adalbert Church, and the nies including private automobile and bus ser- Gothic St. Mary's Basilica (Kościół Mariacki). vice. These range in price from about $60 to Today it is generally considered the best public $80US depending on the duration and what is square in Europe containing cafes, restaurants, included. One recommended by TripAdvisor can shops, museums, and historical sites. And not be found at https://www.tripadvisor.com/ all of the attractions are above ground, do not AttractionProduct Detail? miss the relatively new underground museum product=2145IT10&d=274772&aid Suf- beneath the Rynek where archeologists have fix=xsell&partner=Viator uncovered many artifacts from the city’s past. This is a day trip that includes a funicular ride For the underground museum see: http:// www.mhk.pl/branches/rynek-underground to the top of Mount Gubalówka with its beautiful panoramic views, time to explore traditional craft SCHINDLER FACTORY — The original site of shops, the Tatra Museum, and the old wooden the factory featured in the movie Schindler’s village of Chocholów before journeying back to List, the museum provides a capsule view of life Kraków. Tours depart at 8.45 am from the bus in Kraków under the German occupation. Ad- park at 11 Powiśle Street, opposite the Sheraton mission is about $15US. Address: Lipowa 4F . Hotel or between 8:00 and 8:30 am if being Website: https://www.tripadvisor.com/ picked up from a hotel. AttractionProduct Detail?product=28867P1&d= 274772&aidSuffix=xsell&partner=Viator

WAWEL CASTLE — A guided tour of the home of Poland’s royal family during the era when the city was the nation’s capital. This UNESCO- listed site originally constructed in the 14th century includes tapestries, artwork, preserved rooms of all description, and the resting place of many of Poland’s kings, queens, and prominent people. Cost: about $33US. Website: https:// www.expedia.com/things-to-do/guided-wawel- castle-tour.a450390.activity-details? srp=true&location=Krakow&categories=Tours% 20%26%20Sightseeing%7C

WIELICZKA SALT MINE — Wieliczka is The Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences Europe’s oldest salt mine, operating for at least ul. Sławkowska 17 700 years. It is about 6 miles outside of the city

The Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences

Banquet at ul. Krupnicza 33 just off map

Best Western Hotel Radisson Blu Hotel

Wawel Castle

KAZIMIERZ

FRIDAY, June 16

8:15-9:00 – BUSINESS MEETING — Large 9:45-10:45 – PLENARY SESSION: “The Year Auditorium of Kościuszko: How We Remember Him” — Chair: M. B. B. Biskupski (President, The Pol- Large Auditorium ish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America) Chair: Anna Mazurkiewicz (University of Gdańsk; President, Polish American Histori- 9:00-9:45 – OPENING CEREMONIES — Large cal Association) Auditorium Speakers: Piotr Drąg (Jagiellonian Univer- Chair: James S. Pula (Purdue University sity), “Tadeusz Kościuszko: How the Na- Northwest) tional Hero of Poland is Remembered in Speakers: Andrzej Białas (President, The Poland in the Bicentenary Year of His Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences) – M. Death” – James S. Pula (Purdue University B. B. Biskupski (President, The Polish Insti- Northwest), “Kościuszko in American His- tute of Arts & Sciences of America) – torical Memory” Arkadiusz Janicki (Director of the Institute of History, University of Gdańsk)

10:45-11:00 – Break (refreshments provided for registered participants).

11:00-12:30 – Concurrent Sessions

Session 1: Economics, Politics, Society in Con- Chlebem Migration to Today (Organized by temporary Poland – The Annual Michael the Polish American Historical Association) Sendzimir Session — G. Labuda Hall — Large Auditorium Chair: Bożena Leven (The College of New Chair: Dominic A. Pacyga (Columbia College Jersey) -Chicago) Speakers: Krzysztof Bledowski Speakers: Megan Geigner (U.S. Naval Acad- (Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and emy), “Building the Kościuszko Statue in Innovation), “Poland’s Economic Gravitas in Chicago: Civic Performance and Chicago’s the Transatlantic Relationship” — Jan Na- Polonia” — Marek Liszka (Jagiellonian Uni- poleon Saykiewicz (Duquesne University), versity), “Polish Orava Highlanders at the “Economic Reforms in Poland: Ideas and Turn of the 20th and the 21st Century in the Implementation” — Andrzej Jaroszyński United States” — Mary Patrice Erdmans (Catholic University of Lublin), “Poland’s (Case Western Reserve University), American Foreign Policy: Social and Eco- “Residential Patterns of Polish Immigrants nomic Repercussions” in Chicago in the 21st Century”

Session 2: Tadeusz Kościuszko (Organized by Session 4: Author Meets Critics — Keely the University of Gdańsk) — K. Lanckoroń- Stauter-Halsted, The Devil's Chain: Prosti- ski Hall tution and Social Control in Partitioned Po- Chair: James S. Pula (Purdue University land, winner of the 2016 Halecki Prize — Northwest) Hall no. 26 Speakers: Anna Łysiak-Łątkowska Chair: Robert Blobaum (West Virginia Uni- (University of Gdańsk), “Tadeusz Kości- versity) uszko in the Eyes of the 18th Century Speakers: A roundtable discussion featuring French” — Arkadiusz Janicki (University of Robert Blobaum (West Virginia University), Gdańsk), “Kościuszko as a National Hero” Dobrochna Kalwa (Warsaw University), — Barbara Klassa (University of Gdańsk) – Nathaniel Wood (University of Kansas), “American Historiography on Kościuszko Krzysztof Zamorski (Jagiellonian Univer- and Pułaski” sity), and the author, Keely Stauter- Halsted (University of Illinois at Chicago) as Session 3: The Chicago Polonia: From the Za a respondent.

FRIDAY, June 16

11:00-12:30 – Concurrent Sessions

Session 5: Problems in Translation — Hall no. Elements in the American Translation of 24 Piękni dwudziestoletni (Beautiful Twenty- Chair: Katarzyna Jerzak (Pomeranian Univer- somethings) by Marek Hłasko” — Alek- sity, Słupsk) sandra Kremer (Harvard University), Speakers: Janusz Solarz (Indiana University), “Translation and Intonation in Poetry Re- “Emily Dickinson and Cyprian Kamil Norwid: cordings of Czesław Miłosz” Bland in Translation” — Ewa Kołodziejczyk (Institute of Literary Research), “Paratextual

12:30-13:30 (12:30-1:30 pm) – Lunch is provided for registered participants.

13:30-15:00 (1:30-3:00 pm): Concurrent Sessions

Session 6: Poland and the European Union sentatives of the Polish and Lithuanian after the Brexit Referendum: A Roundtable armed forces. Discussion — Hall no. 24 Chair: Christopher Garbowski (Maria Curie- Session 9: Polish Historians and Their Work — Skłodowska University) G. Labuda Hall Speakers: A discussion featuring Andrzej Chair: Marek Haltof (Northern Michigan Uni- Jaroszyński (Catholic University of Lublin), versity) Michał Kuź (Łazarski University, Warsaw) Speakers: Neal Pease (University of Wiscon- sin-Milwaukee), “Henryk Halkowski as His- Session 7: Nineteenth Century Polish Heroes torian of Jewish Kraków” — Marek Kornat and Anti-Heroes (Organized by the Univer- (Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University), sity of Gdańsk) — Large Auditorium "Polish Historians of Diplomacy in Exile Chair: Barbara Klassa (University of Gdańsk) (1945-1989)” — Andrzej T. Fretschel Speakers: Krzysztof Lewalski (University of (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Gdańsk), “Kajsiewicz versus Mikoszewski. “Contagion: a Girardian Response to Jan T. On Conflicts of Consciences and Polish Gross’s Neighbors” Roads to Freedom” — Piotr Derengowski (University of Gdańsk), “The Forgotten He- Session 10: The Many Faces of Literature roes and Anti-Heroes. Polish Participants in Chair: Lynn Lubamersky (Boise State Uni- the American Civil War” — Michalina Petel- versity) — K. Lanckoroński Hall ska (University of Gdańsk), “Polish Heroes Speakers: Thomas J. Napierkowski of Canada. The 150th Anniversary of the (University of Colorado-Colorado Springs), Canadian Confederation” “The Literary and Social Achievement of Krysia: A Polish Girl’s Stolen Childhood Dur- Session 8: The Security Situation in Eastern ing World War II” — Katarzyna Drąg (The Europe – One Year After the Warsaw Sum- Pontifical University of John Paul II in mit — Hall no. 26 Kraków), “A Voyage to America in the Work Chair: Stephen Olejasz (U.S. Army, Retired) of Polish Writers and Journalists in the Nine- Speakers: A panel discussion featuring Peter teenth Century” — Marek Sroka (University Doran (Center for European Policy Analy- of Illinois), “Migrating Volumes: Jewish Im- sis), Col. Ray Wojcik (U.S. Army Attaché at migrants from Kraków and Their Personal the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw), and repre- Book Collections, 1949-1950”

15:00-15:15 (3:00-3:15 pm) – Break (refreshments are provided for registered participants).

FRIDAY, June 16

15:30-16:45 (3:30-4:45 pm): Concurrent Sessions

Session 11: Polish Economic Opportunities — tion” — Aleksandra Galasińska (University Hall no. 24 of Wolverhampton), “Catching Up With Ex- Chair: Jan Napoleon Saykiewicz (Duquesne pats. Migrants’ Identity and (Social) Media” University) — Andrew Asher (Indiana University), Speakers: Marek M. Michalski (The Catholic “Engaging with Researchers in Practice: An University of America), “Entrepreneurial Investigation of Polish Early-career Schol- Capitalism: Challenges and Opportunities ars’ Information Workflows” for China and Poland” — Krzysztof Ku- charczyk (Kucharczyk Techniki Elektrofore- Session 14: Polish Federalism — Hall no. 26 tyczne), “The Economic Role of Sciences in Chair: Robert Szymczak (Pennsylvania State Modern Societies” — Richard A. University-Beaver) Walawender (Miller Canfield), “Electric and Speakers: Andrzej Pieczewski (University of Autonomous Vehicles – Why Poland Could Łódź), “Polish Federation Plans Over the be a Global Leader” Centuries" — Kamil Kowalski (University of Łódź), “Federalization of Western Europe in Session 12: Twentieth Century Polish Heroes American Conceptions of Foreign Policy and Anti-Heroes (Organized by the Univer- 1947-1952” — M. B. B. Biskupski (Central sity of Gdańsk) — G. Labuda Hall Connecticut State University) – “European Chair: Neal Pease (University of Wisconsin- Geo-Politics and Polish Federalism: Piłsud- Milwaukee) ski and Sikorski/Retinger” Speakers: Magdalena Nowak (University of Gdańsk), “Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytskyi - Session 15: Polish Literature (I) — K. Lanck- Ukrainian Hero - Polish Anti-Hero” — Anna oroński Hall Mazurkiewicz (University of Gdańsk), Chair: Marek Haltof (Northern Michigan Uni- “Stanisław Mikołajczyk and Stefan Korboń- versity) ski: An American Feud” — Arnold Kłonc- Speakers: Łukasz Wodzyński (University of zyński (University of Gdańsk), “Leaders of Toronto), “‘Sauternes, Bingen!’ Tomasz the Polish Diaspora in Sweden 1945-1989” Różycki’s Twelve Stations and the Poetics of Romance” — Jolanta Wrobel Best Session 13: Migration Studies and the Choices (University of Houston Downtown), “The Young Polish Scholars Make — Large Audi- Priest, Jester, and Laughter. Philosophical torium Implications of Poland’s Cellar of the Rams Chair: Dorota Praszałowicz (Jagiellonian (Piwnica pod Baranami) Cabaret by Piotr University) Skrzynecki” — Robert Looby (University of Speakers: Michał Garapich (Roehampton Lublin), “From Kuszelewska to Masłowska University), “The Hidden Transcripts of and Back Again” Polonian Discourse. An Anthropological Take on Power and Class in Polish Migra-

Reception 18:00-20:00 (6:00-8:00 pm) Reception for those registered for the conference. This will be hosted by the United States Consul General Walter Braunohler at the Consul General’s residence Aleja Grottgera 12 (a taxi is recommended) 31-043 Kraków

SATURDAY, June 17

7:30-9:00: Board of Directors Meeting of the Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America (Open to Board members only) — Hall no. 26

9:00-10:30: Concurrent Sessions

Session 16: The Influence of Images: Photo- Session 18: War in the Carpathians, 1912-1952 graphs and Film — K. Lanckoroński Hall — Hall no. 24 Chair: Anna Muller (University of Michigan- Chair: Paul J. Best (The Carpathian Institute) Dearborn) Speakers: Jarosław Moklak (Jagiellonian Speakers: Michał Zgorzałek (Maria Curie- University), “Fr. Maksim Sandovich and Skłodowska University), “Man-made Mon- Russian Neo-Slavism (1911-1914)” — sters: a Comparative Study of the Monster Stanisław Stepien (Southeast Research and Ryszard Fox in Film” — Marek Haltof Institute, Przemyśl), “Przemyśl in the Two (Northern Michigan University), “The Most World Wars” — Bohdan Halczak (Zielona Important Polish Film? The Impact of The Góra University) – “The Polish-Slovak Bor- Last Stage (Ostatni etap, 1948) on the Fu- der, 1944-1947” ture Representations of Nazi German Camps” — Ania Hyman (American Univer- sity), “Between Cultures, Between Theories: Session 19: Topics in Polish Culture — G. La- The Late Nineteenth Century Bacha Bazi buda Hall Rituals of Russian Turkestan Through the Chair: Patrice M. Dabrowski (Harvard Lens of Leon Barszczewski” Ukrainian Research Institute) Speakers: Agata Rejowska-Pasek (Jagiellonian University), “Socio-cultural Session 17: Polish Diaspora Communities — Contexts of Humanistic Marriage Ceremo- Large Auditorium nies in Poland” — Louise Wrazen (York Chair: Arnold Kłonczyński (University of University), “Ethnographic Encounters: Sto- Gdańsk) ries, Conversations, and Musical Lives from Speakers: Pien Versteegh (Avans University the Tatras” — Grzegorz Krzeszowski of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands), (University of Rzeszów), “The Genesis of “Settling Down: Polish Communities in the Easter Guards (‘Turki’) in Poland” Netherlands and Belgium (1890-1930)” — Stephen M. Leahy (Shantou University, China), “The Long Conservative Movement Session 20: Issues in Language Studies —Hall and the Myth of the White Ethnic Backlash no. 26 in Milwaukee, 1958-1964” — Krzysztof Chair: Justyna Zych (University of Warsaw) Wasilewski (Zbigniew Herbert Regional and Speakers: Anna Rabczuk (University of War- Municipal Public Library, Gorzów), “Polish saw), “Language Politeness and its Role in Immigrants as Anarchists and Socialists in Higher Language Competence: The Case of the U.S. Press in the Early 20th Century” Polish” — Mirosława Podhajecka (University of Opole), “Polish Americans and the History of Bilingual Lexicography: The State of Research”

10:30-10:45: Break (refreshments are provided for registered participants).

SATURDAY, June 17

10:45-12:15: Concurrent Sessions

Session 21: Poland – Australia – Communism Theme” — Shoshana Ronen (University of Chair: Anna Mazurkiewicz (University of Warsaw), “From Krasnystaw to Tel-Aviv and Gdańsk) — K. Lanckoroński Hall Back: The Terrible Power of Guilt and Re- Speakers: Adrian Rudziński (Flinders Univer- morse in Avoth Yeshurun’s Poetry” — Ra- sity, South Australia), “Emigré Poles and chel F. Brenner (University of Wisconsin- Australian Anti-Communism 1947–57” — Madison), “The Holocaust and the Church in Victor Korbacz (Flinders University, South Early Holocaust Polish Fiction: The Case of Australia), “Emigré Poles, the Australian Stanisław Rembek” Catholic Church and Anti-communism in the 1950s” — Patryk Pleskot (Institute of Na- tional Remembrance, Warsaw), “Solidarity Session 24: The Eastern Carpathian Mountains Dimension of the Cultural Activities of the before World War I: Their “Discovery,” De- Polish Diaspora in Australia from 1980 to velopment, and Scientific Study — G. La- 1989” — Jan Lencznarowicz (Jagiellonian buda Hall University), “Polish-Australian Relations in Chair: Paul J. Best (The Carpathian Institute) the late 1970s and early 1980s” Speakers: Patrice M. Dabrowski (Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute), “Forgotten Hero: Father Sofron Witwicki and the Session 22: Preserving Historical Memory — ‘Discovery’ of the Hutsul Region of the East- Hall no. 24 ern Carpathians” — Łukasz Quirini- Chair: Ewa E. Barczyk (University of Wiscon- Popławski (University of Łódź), “Visitors to sin-Milwaukee) the Resorts of the Eastern Carpathian Speakers: Sebastian Tyrakowski (Emigration Mountains Before World War I” — Leszek Museum in Gdynia), “The Emigration Mu- Rymarowicz (Carpathian Society, Warsaw- seum in Gdynia” — Alan Lockwood Kraków) – “‘Pozhyzevs’ka’: The Longest (Independent Scholar), “The Museum of the Functioning High-Mountain Scientific Station Second World War in Gdańsk: Grand Open- in the Eastern Carpathians” ing, Uncertain Future” — Anna Topolska (Adam Mickiewicz University), “Curating the Second World War: Museums and Monu- Session 25: 120 lat Tansmana: O muzyce i ży- ments of Poznań’s Citadel” ciu kompozytora-emigranta (1897-1986) — Session is in Polish — Hall no. 26 Chair: Maja Trochimczyk (Moonrise Press) Session 23: The Pervasiveness of the Theme of Speakers: Maja Trochimczyk (Moonrise the Holocaust in Jewish, American-Jewish, Press), “Tansman ‘In Tempo Americano,’ Israeli, and Polish Literatures — Large Audi- 1941-1946” — Małgorzata Gamrat torium (University of Warsaw), “Tansman o Chair: Rachel F. Brenner (University of Wis- Muzyce Polskiej - Analiza Pism Kompozy- consin-Madison) tora” — Andrzej Wendland (Tansman Fes- Speakers: Lucyna Aleksandrowicz-Pędich tival Łódź), “W poszukiwaniu Złotego Runa. (SWPS University of Social Sciences and Rzecz o zaginionej operze Aleksandra Humanities in Warsaw), “The Holocaust in Tansmana” Pre-Holocaust Historical Novels by Polish and American Writers: the Persistence of the

12:15-13:15 (12:15-1:15 pm): Lunch is provided for registered participants.

SATURDAY, June 17

13:15-14:45 (1:15-2:45 pm): Concurrent Sessions

Session 26: Polish America’s Support for Po- ited” — Magdalena Heydel (Jagiellonian land (Organized by the Polish American University) – “‘Intermolecular Mockery and Historical Association)—Large Auditorium Derision, an Inbred Superlaugh.’ On Eng- Chair: Stephen M. Leahy (Shantou Univer- lish Translations of Gombrowicz’s Ferdy- sity, China) durke” — Piotr Świercz (Jesuit University Speakers: Dominic Pacyga (Columbia Col- Ignatianum) – “Polishness, Politics, and the lege Chicago), “To Struggle for the Home- Facilitated Life in Witold Gombrowicz’s land: The Chicago Polonia in Two World Works” Wars” — Robert Szymczak (Pennsylvania State University-Beaver), “The American Slav Congress in Perspective, 1941-1951” Session 29: Józef Piłsudski w 150 rocznicę — Renata C. Vickrey (Central Connecticut urodzin (Organized by the Józef Piłsudski State University), “World War I and Poland’s Institute of America) — Session is in Pol- Independence: Efforts of Connecticut Polo- ish. — Hall no. 26 nia” Chair: Magda Kapuścińska and Ewa Babiarz (Józef Piłsudski Institute of Amer- ica) Session 27: Under a Common Sky – Ethnic Speakers: Andrzej Nowak (Jagiellonian Groups in the Commonwealth of Poland Univeristy), “Król-Duch: Piłsudski we włas- and Lithuania — Hall no. 24 nej wyobraźni i w politycznej rzeczywisto- Chair: Robert Blobaum (West Virginia Uni- ści” — Mariusz Wołos (Pedagogical Uni- versity) versity of Kraków), “Polski oręż jako cel Speakers: Robert Kostro (Polish History Mu- nadrzędny. Działalność wojskowa Józefa seum), “The Multucultural Heritage of the Piłsudskiego w latach 1908-1914” — Wi- Commonwealth of Poland and Lithuania” — esław Wysocki (Cardinal Stefan Wyszyń- Michał Kopczyński (Museum of the History ski University in Warsaw), “Związki Józefa of Poland, University of Warsaw), “National Piłsudskiego z Jasną Górą. Śladami upa- Identity Before Nationalism: the Case of the miętnienia Marszałka w klasztorze” Commonwealth of Poland and Lithuania” — Igor Kąkolewski (Center of Historical Re- search, Polish Academy of Sciences, Ber- Session 30: On Symphonies of Henryk Mikołaj lin), “Neighbors With Each Other or Beside Górecki (1933-2010) — G. Labuda Hall Each Other? Ethnic and Religious Diversity Chair: Maja Trochimczyk (Moonrise Press) and Integration in the Commonwealth of Speakers: Martina Homma (Bela Verlag, Poland and Lithuania” Cologne), “Gorecki’s Symphonies no. 1 and no. 2: On Expansion and Restriction in Gorecki’s Personal Style” — Maja Tro- Session 28: Witold Gombrowicz (I) — K. Lanck- chimczyk (Moonrise Press), “Górecki Con- oroński Hall ducts Górecki: The Third Symphony in Los Chair: Silvia G. Dapía (John Jay College, City Angeles” — Andrzej Wendland (Tansman University of New York) Festival Łódź), “Górecki’s Fourth Sym- Speakers: Michał Markowski (University of phony ‘Tasman Epizody’ - The Phenome- Illinois at Chicago), “Transforming the Form- non and Mystery” less: Gombrowicz and Modernism Revis-

14:45-15:00 (2:45-3:00 pm) Break (refreshments provided for registered participants).

SATURDAY, June 17

15:00-16:30 (3:00-4:30 pm): Concurrent Sessions

Session 31: Polish Participants in the American mentyna Suchanow (Independent Revolution and Civil War (Organized by the Scholar), “Gombrowicz and His Editorial Polish American Historical Association) — Adventures in the European Context” — Large Auditorium Piotr Seweryn Rosół (Independent Chair: Piotr Derengowski (University of Scholar) – “Becoming Gombrowicz: On the Gdańsk) Way of Trans-Subjectivity and Trans- Speakers: Anthony Bajdek (Northeastern Modernity” University, retired), “Revisiting the Subject of West Point and the Secular Sainthood of Tadeusz Kościuszko in the Early American Session 34: Józef Piłsudski (Organized by the Republic” — Tomasz Pudłocki University of Gdańsk) — Session is in Pol- (Jagiellonian University), “The Polish Dele- ish — Hall no. 26 gation to the U.S. Pulaski Celebrations, 1929 – Honoring the Glorious Past or Mere Chair: Jacek Lubecki (Georgia Southern Uni- Propaganda?” — Michał Krzysztof versity) Mydłowski (University of Warsaw), Speakers: Tadeusz Stegner (University of “Krzyżanowski’s Civil War” Gdańsk), “Luteranie i Piłsudski – jak Naczel- nik jednoczył kraj i obywateli różnych wyznań” — Eugeniusz Koko (University of Session 32: Early Polish-Lithuanian History and Gdańsk), “Piłsudski i Rusini – perspektywa Literature — Hall no. 24 rozwoju relacji polsko-rusińskich w XX Chair: Neal Pease (University of Wisconsin- wieku” — Przemysław Różański Milwaukee) (University of Gdańsk), “Przewrót majowy Speakers: Paul Knoll (University of Southern Józefa Piłsudskiego w wybranych tytułach California, Emeritus) – “Translatio studii: prasy amerykańskiej.” Universities Come to East Central Europe (Bohemia, Poland, Hungary)—a Compara- tive Approach” — Lynn Lubamersky (Boise Session 35: Immigrant Social Identities — G. State University), “Anna Stanisławska’s Or- Labuda Hall phan Girl of 1685: Autobiography of a Co- Chair: Mary Patrice Erdmans (Case Western erced Marriage” — Ramunė Šmigelskytė- Reserve University) Stukienė (Lithuanian Institute of History, Speakers: Anna Fiń (Pedagogical University Vilnius), “Development of the Bureaucratic of Kraków), Witold Nowak (University of System in the Polish-Lithuanian Common- Warsaw), Michał Nowosielski (University wealth (1764–1794)” of Warsaw), “Social Participation of Polish Immigrants in the United States: Between Tradition and Contemporary Challenges” — Session 33: Witold Gombrowicz (II) — K. Hubert Izienicki (Purdue University North- Lanckoroński Hall west), “Which Identities Matter?: Cross- Chair: Silvia G. Dapía (John Jay College, City Cultural Analysis of Social Identities Among University of New York) Polish Gay Men” — Beata Halicka Speakers: Jerzy Jarzębski (Jagiellonian Uni- (University of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznań), versity), “Gombrowicz and Politics” — Kle- “Polish Immigrants in the USA as Actors of the Post-war Period: Construction of Identity in Biographical Research”

16:30-16:45 (4:30-4:45 pm) Break (refreshments provided for registered participants).

SATURDAY, June 17

16:45-18:15 (4:45-6:15 pm): Concurrent Sessions

Session 36: World War I — Hall no. 26 and the currency of an idea featuring Chair: Magdalena Nowak (University of Katarzyna Jerzak (Pomeranian University, Gdańsk) Słupsk), Marzena Grzegorczyk (Reverie Speakers: Joseph Hapak (Moraine Valley Chase Productions), Paweł Kozłowski College, Emeritus), “Two Polish Army (Pomeranian University, Słupsk), Marcin Camps: Sille-le-Guillaume, Sarthe, and Ni- Wołk (Nicolaus Copernicus University, To- agara-on-the Lake, Ontario” — Helen Sin- ruń) gleton (Curtin University), “Three Places of the Mind, Three Stakes of the Heart: Tracing Session 39: Problemy edytorstwa tradycyjnego Identity in the Realization of an Independent i cyfrowego na przykładzie materiałów z Poland from a Second-Generation Austra- archiwum Polskiego Instytutu Naukowego w lian View” — Jacek Lubecki (Georgia Ameryce — Session is in Polish — Hall Southern University), “The Russian Revolu- no. 24 tion of 1917-18 and Poland” — Edmund Chair: Beata Dorosz (Institute of Literary Re- Osysko (Independent Scholar), “The Politi- search, Polish Academy of Sciences) cal Legitimation of Polish Military Elites: Speakers: Beata Dorosz (Institute of Literary 1918-1939” Research, Polish Academy of Sciences), “Z czym musi zmierzyć się edytor? – na przyk- Session 37: Lublin and Problems of Urban His- ładzie korespondencji Jana Lechonia i torical Memory — Large Auditorium Kazimierza Wierzyńskiego” — Barłomiej Chair: Christopher Garbowski (Maria Curie- Szleszyński (Institute of Literary Research, Skłodowska University) Polish Academy of Sciences), “Współpraca Speakers: Christopher Garbowski (Maria edytorów tradycyjnych i cyfrowych; zar- Curie-Skłodowska University), “The City as ządzanie projektami edycji cyfrowych” — a Lieu de Memoire: Lublin and Its Historical Konrad Niciński, Agnieszka Kochańska, Districts, Monuments and Symbols” — Paweł Ryżko (Institute of Literary Re- Janusz Kopaczek (Via Jagiellonica Foun- search, Polish Academy of Sciences), dation), “Via Jagiellonica: The Kraków – “Charakterystyka edycji cyfrowych – cechy i Lublin – Vilnius Route and the Challenges of zalety” Its Gaining Recognition for the UNESCO World Heritage List” — Piotr Szczypa Session 40: Lithuanian and Polish Religious (Maria Curie-Skłodowska University), History — G. Labuda Hall “Interwar Lublin in the Crime Fiction of Mar- Chair: Neal Pease (University of Wisconsin- cin Wroński” Milwaukee) Speakers: Antoni Mironowicz (University of Session 38: Witold Gombrowicz (III): Polish Białystok), “Orthodox Culture in Poland and Emigré Literature and Literary Criticism: the Grand Duchy of Lithuania to the End of Life of an Idea from ACLA 1994 to PIASA the XVIII Century” — Stanisław Obirek 2017 — K. Lanckoroński Hall (University of Warsaw), “Why the Polish Chair: Silvia G. Dapía (John Jay College, City Pope Became the Highest (not only Moral) University of New York) Authority for So Many Poles” — Anna Speakers: A roundtable discussion of the life Niedźwiedź (Jagiellonian University), “‘Pole of a conference paper, the life of its idea, -Catholic’ redefined? Anthropological Analy- sis of the 2016 Catholic World Youth Day in Kraków”

Do not forget the reception and banquet this evening! For further information see the next page.

SATURDAY, June 17

19:00 (7:00 pm) Reception and Banquet

Audytorium Maximum at the Jagiellonian University ul. Krupnicza 33 (33 Krupnicza Street)

(Separate registration is required for the reception and banquet)

Banquet Speaker Prof. Andrzej Białas

(President, The Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences)

Sunday program continues on the next page.

Conference presenters are invited to submit extended versions

of their papers for possible publication in

The Polish Review a peer reviewed, international, English language, interdisciplinary academic journal published by the Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America in cooperation with the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences in Kraków, Poland. The Polish Review is ab- stracted in Historical Abstracts, ABC POL SCI, America: History and Life, Index of Arti- cles on Jewish Studies, MLA International Bibliography, and International Political Sci- ence Abstracts. It is also listed among the journals recognized by the American His- torical Association and the Polish Ministry of Science. Contributions and correspon- dence dealing with editorial matters should be sent to the editor, Prof. Neal Pease, at [email protected]. Submissions should be sent via e-mail attachment in Microsoft Word with citations following the Chicago or Turabian style. Quotations, phrases or publication titles in languages other than English should be followed by English translations in parentheses. The editors accept no responsibility for statements of fact or opinion made by contributors.

SUNDAY, June 18

9:00-10:30: Concurrent Sessions

Session 41: Eastern Europeans in North Amer- logne), “Miejsce Pamięci w historii sztuki XIX ica — Hall no. 24 wieku” — Natalija Manzurenko (University Chair: Pien Versteegh (Avans University of of Warsaw), “The Fate of Polish Mounds on Applied Sciences, the Netherlands) the Territory of Modern Ukraine” Speakers: Marcin Frybes (CADIS-EHESS- Paris), “An Overview of American Polonia’s Support to Solidarity (1980-1989)” — Session 44: International Issues in Modern Pol- Katarzyna Skorek (HEC Montréal), ish History — G. Labuda Hall “Expressions of Nostalgia Across Genera- Chair: Stephen Olejasz (U.S. Army, Retired) tions in a Polish Canadian Community” — Speakers: Aleksandra Gruzińska (Arizona Cezara O. Crisan (Purdue University North- State University, Emerita), “On the Paris- west), “From Solidarity to Competition: The Moscow Express: Crossing Europe During Racial Experience of Eastern European Im- the Cold War Reign (1977)” — Jakub Tysz- migrants” kiewicz (University of Wrocław) – “Human Rights in U.S. Policy Toward Poland During the Carter Administration” — Grzegorz Session 42: Social Biographies of Ethnographic Kozłowski (Polish Ministry of Foreign Af- Museum Collections — K. Lanckoroński Hall fairs) – “Transatlantic Relations: Challenges Chair: Anna Muller (University of Michigan- and the Way Ahead” Dearborn) Speakers: Magdalena Zych (Jagiellonian Uni- versity; Seweryn Udziela’s Ethnographic Session 45: Education and Information — Museum), “Awkward Objects of Genocide: Large Auditorium Ethnographic Museology and Folk Art Col- Chair: Teresa G. Wojcik (Villanova University) lections” — Andrzej Dybczak (Jagiellonian Speakers: Teresa G. Wojcik (Villanova Uni- University; Seweryn Udziela’s Ethnographic versity), “Understanding the Impact of a Museum), “Where Being an Ethnographer Short-Term Teaching Experience in Poland Doesn’t Sound Great” — Grażyna Kubica on U.S. Volunteers” — Magdalena Black- (Jagiellonian University), “Konstanty Pod- more (University of Manitoba), “‘My Father horski’s Collection of Aboriginal Art in the is a Very Interesting Man.’ Using Oral His- Kraków Ethnographic Museum” tory to Teach Polish Cultural Studies” — Katarzyna Jez (European University Viadrina), “From Users for Users: the Inno- Session 43: Topics in Polish Culture —Session vative Online Platform for Polish Studies – is in Polish — Hall no. 26 www.pol-int.org” Chair: Tamara Trojanowska (University of Toronto) Speakers: Małgorzata Mizia (Kraków Techni- cal University), “City and Culture” — Katharina Ute Mann (University of Co-

10:30-10:45: Break (refreshments are provided for registered participants)

SUNDAY, June 18

10:45-12:15: Concurrent Sessions

Session 46: The Post-Solidarity Immigrant — Elizabeth Stewart (Yeshiva University), Wave in the United States of America — “Symptomatology and Phenomenology of Large Auditorium Memory Post-1977: Baader Meinhof and Chair: Adam Walaszek (Jagiellonian Univer- the ‘Wonderful, Wonderful Times’” — Sil- sity) via G. Dapía (John Jay College, City Uni- Speakers: Joanna Wojdon (University of versity of New York), “Transitional Histori- Wrocław), “The Reception of the Solidarity cal Memory and the Chilean Dictatorship” Emigration by the American Polonia” — Mary Patrice Erdmans (Case Western Re- serve University), “Relations between Mi- Session 49: Chapters in International Rela- grants and the Homeland in a Time of Politi- tions — Hall no. 26 cal Transition. The Case of the Polish Chair: Cezara O. Crisan (Purdue University American Economic Forum, 1989-1990” — Northwest) Sonia Caputa (University of Silesia), “(Post) Speakers: Christian Tyler Ruth (University communist Homelessness? Identity and Be- at Albany, State University of New York), longing in Dagmara Dominczyk’s The Lull- “Historical Famine: Comparing European aby of Polish Girls” and African Food Scarcity in the Cold War” — Lisa Payne Ossian (Des Moines Area Community College), “‘The Grimmest Session 47: Topics in Polish Studies Spectre’: The World Famine Emergency, (Organized by the Centre POLONICUM, Herbert Hoover's Mission, and the University of Warsaw) — Hall no. 24 ‘Invisible Years,’ 1946-1947” — Nameeta Chair: Tamara Trojanowska (University of Mathur (Saginaw Valley State University), Toronto) “Understandings, Imaginations, and Repri- Speakers: Justyna Zych (University of War- mands in a Cold War Friendship Between saw), “From an Immigrant’s Voice to a Cos- Poland and India” mopolitan Perspective in the Contemporary Polish Novel: the Case of Grażyna Plebanek’s Writing” — Andrzej Zieniewicz Session 50: Jan Karski: World War II Through (University of Warsaw), “The Pole–Explorer, “Humanity’s Hero” — G. Labuda Hall Returning to the Province” — Piotr Kajak Chair: Krystyna Zamorska (Queens Col- (University of Warsaw), “Polish Hip-Hop: lege, City University of New York) How an Imported (sub)Culture Became Our Speakers: Helena Duffy (University of Lon- Own” don), “Jan Karski as a Double Victim in a Differend: A Lyotardian Reading of Yannick Haenel’s Novel” — Barry Langford Session 48: Trauma as Collective Memory — (University of London), “Framing Impossi- K. Lanckoroński Hall ble Memory: Remembering, Return, Rein- Chair: Jacek Lubecki (Georgia Southern Uni- carnation and (Secret) Agency in Jan Kar- versity) ski’s Screen Portrayals” — Krystyna Zam- Speakers: Ruth A. Bevan (Yeshiva Univer- orska (Queens College, City University of sity), “Trauma as Collective Memory: The New York), “Jan Karski and The Story of a Politics of Remembering/Not Remembering” Secret State in American Translation”

12:15-13:15 (12:15-1:15 pm): Lunch is provided for registered participants.

SUNDAY, June 18

13:15-14:45 (1:15-2:45 pm): Concurrent Sessions

Session 51: Everyday Life in Poland Under Kraków) Communism as a Pushing Factor of the Pol- Speakers: Anna Brzozowska-Krajka (Maria ish Emigration — K. Lanckoroński Hall Curie Skłodowska University), “A Spiritual Chair: Joanna Wojdon (University of Wro- Leader in Polonian Reality: A Cultural Analy- cław) sis of Jan Władysław Gromada’s Correspon- Speakers: Barbara Klich-Kluczewska dence (on the 70th anniversary of The Tatra (Jagiellonian University), “Socialist Moder- Eagle)” — Danuta Ciesielska (Polish Acad- nity and Married Couples in Crisis: Public emy of Science), “Stanisława and Otton Debate on Divorce, Private Tactics and Nikodym: ‘A Couple in Science’” — Judith Gender Policy in Communist Poland” — Kelly (Independent Scholar), “Jerzy Popie- Katarzyna Stańczak-Wiślicz (University of łuszko’s Travels to the United States and Warsaw), “Deprivation of Everyday Life and Canada” Coping Strategies During the Crisis of the 1980s in Poland: An Analysis of Women’s First-person Narratives” — Agnieszka Fic Session 54: Religion in Poland — Hall no. 24 (University of Wrocław), “Housing Difficulties Chair: Jacek Lubecki (Georgia Southern Uni- in Post-war Poland: A Case Study of Wro- versity) cław in the 1960s” Speakers: Robert E. Alvis (Saint Meinrad Seminary), “Sister Maria Faustyna Kowalska Session 52: Post-Solidarity Immigrants in Can- and Her Confessors: Agency, Authority, and ada — Large Auditorium the Modern Female Mystic” — Claire M. Chair: Adam Walaszek (Jagiellonian Univer- Anderson (Siena Retreat Center), “Poland sity) in an Interspiritual Age” — Boncho Dragiy- Speakers: Anna Reczyńska (Jagiellonian ski (New York Institute of Technology – University), “Canada’s and the Polish Dis- Nanjing, China), “Christ’s Letter to the Tole- apora’s Assistance to Polish Immigrants dans” Arriving in Canada in the 1980s” — Magda- lena Paluszkiewicz-Misiaczek (Jagiellonian University), “The Polish Com- Session 55: Polish Responses to People with batants’ Association in Canada and Its Sup- Physical Impairments (Organized by the port for the Solidarity Movement and Polish Centre POLONICUM, University of Warsaw) Refugees in the 1980s” — Eugenia Sojka — Hall no. 26 (University of Silesia), “The Voice of the Chair: Magdalena Szpilman (Pomeranian Post-Solidarity Other in Canada. Edward University, Słupsk) Zyman’s and Marek Kusiba’s Complex Af- Speakers: Aleksandra Święcka (University of fective Responses to Their Diasporic Condi- Warsaw), “Polish Deaf as a Cultural Minority tion” in Contemporary Polish Culture” — Andrey Tikhonov (University of Wrocław), “Political Session 53: Individual Contributions in the Pol- Agency and Visual Impairment: Polish and ish North American Diaspora — G. Labuda American Non-profit Organizations” — Mag- Hall dalena Szpilman (Pomeranian University, Chair: Anna Fiń (Pedagogical University of Słupsk), “Cochlear Implants as Medical and Cultural Phenomena”

14:45-15:00 (2:45-3:00 pm): Break (refreshments are provided for registered participants)

SUNDAY, June 18

15:00-16:30 (3:00-4:30 pm): Concurrent Sessions

Session 56: Polish Artists in North America University School of Medicine), “Protective Chair: Grażyna Kubica (Jagiellonian Univer- Antibodies Against HIV-1 Infection” — Jo- sity) — K. Lanckoroński Hall anna Tisończyk (Jagiellonian University) – Speakers: Marek Nowotnik and Stefan “The Fight Against Multiple Myeloma ― Władysiuk (Polish Institute of Arts and Sci- When the Teamwork is a Key” ences in Canada), “Rafał Malczewski in Canada” — Monika Nowak (Jagiellonian University), “Power of Beauty: Maria Werten Session 58: Beyond Borders – How to Get – the Intriguing Polish American Artist and Involved, Expand Networks, and Remain in Art Propagator” — Anna Rudek- Touch Online — Hall no. 24 Śmiechowska (Independent Scholar), “The Chair: Anna Labentz (Pol-Int) Magnificent Seven: Studies on the Art of This is a discussion session for those inter- Chosen Polish Illustrators Working in the ested in exploring online opportunities for U.S.” promoting Polish studies, as well as a workshop on the www.pol-int.org online platform. Session 57: Topics in Science — G. Labudny Hall Chair: Jack Walecki (Kaiser Permanente, Retired) 15:00 (3:00 pm) — Board of Directors Meet- Speakers: Jack Walecki (Kaiser Permanente, ing, Polish American Historical Association Retired), “Congenital Heart Diseases in (open to Board members only) — Hall no. 26 Children” — Mirosław Gorny (New York

The Polish Institute of Arts & Science of America

expresses its gratitude to the

The Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences

for its invaluable assistance in hosting this conference and the

University of Gdańsk

for its assistance in organizing the program.

The Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America

congratulates the following honorees for 2017

The Ludwik Krzyżanowski Award for the best article in The Polish Review in 2015 — Rafał Wnuk and Piotr M. Majewski, “Between Heroization and Martyrology: The Second World War in Selected Museums in Central and Eastern Europe.”

The Oskar Halecki Award for Polish History — Keely Stauter-Halsted, The Devil’s Chain: Prosti- tution and Social Control in Partitioned Poland (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2015).

The Bronisław Malinowski Social Sciences Award — Marysia H. Galbraith, Being and Becoming European in Poland: European Integration and Self-Identity (London: Anthem Press, 2014).

The Casimir Funk Natural Sciences Award — Andrew V. Schally, Professor of Pathology and Professor in the Division of Hematology/Oncology, Distinguished Medical Research Scientist, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Miami.

The Tadeusz Sendzimir Applied Sciences Award — Ann Wojcicki, CEO of 23andMe. The Wacław Lednicki Humanities Award — Ursula Phillips for her translation of Zofia Nałkowska’s interwar novel, Boundary (Northern Illinois University Press, 2016).

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Join Us Next Year for the

76th Annual Conference

of the

Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences

at Columbia University in New York City

All participants in the Sixth World Congress on Polish Studies in Kraków will receive an e-mail call for papers in the early autumn.

The Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America wishes to thank the co-organizers of the Sixth World Congress on Polish Studies

We also wish to thank the following for their support of the Congress.

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