The Pilsudski Institute invites you for a conference
"Polonian Nowy Jork"
Saturday, October 12, 2013 at the Piłsudski Institute.
Chair: dr Iwona D. Korga
Program:
Panel: Józef Piłsudski Friends in New York: 14:00- 15.45 (in Polish)
Prof. Anna Jaroszyńska – Kirchmann (ECSU) – The formation of the war and post-war Polish Diaspora in the world, the U.S. and New York – overview.
Prof. Mariusz Wołos (Pedagogical University in Krakow)– Immigration miseries of the first Uhlan of the Second Republic. General Boleslaw Wieniawa-Długoszowski in the United States in the years 1940-1942.
Krzysztof Langowski (Institute of National Remembrance) – The origins and activities of the Pilsudski Institute.
Cofee break
Panel: New York City Students and Polish Affairs: 16.15– 17.45 (in Englsh)
Luiza Newlin-Lukowicz (NYU) – The interaction of Polish and English in the speech of Polish New Yorkers
Piotr Puchalski (NYU) – The Rationale for Polish Colonial Activity in the Context of the Expedition to Liberia (1934-38)
Agnieszka Petla ( City College CUNY) – Expulsion of Poles and Germans after the end of WWII
Reception
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