Tag: History

We Are History Keepers Workshop

The Ethnic Heritage Council and the UW Libraries present another edition of the We are History Keepers Virtual Workshop. This is a shortened version of the workshop on preserving history of local ethnic communities. Please check the workshop website for details of this program and of another one coming in September. There will be

Ethnic Minorities in Polish Lands

The Jagiellonian Law Society and the Kosciuszko Foundation present a webinar Ethnic Minorities in Polish Lands by Prof. Marek Dziekan and Dr. Maria Kobielska. This is the first of a series of webinar on dealing with various ethnic minorities that have lived or are living in “Polish lands.” Poland is

(Why) Did Socialism Fail in Poland?

The UW Polish Studies Endowment Committee invites you to an online lecture (Why) Did Socialism Fail in Poland? by Brian Porter-Szutz. Prof. Porter-Szutz teaches history at the Univ. of Michigan – Ann Arbor and specializes in economic and intellectual history of capitalism and socialism as well as of the Roman Catholicism

Mistress of the Brush: Olga Boznańska

The Kosciuszko Foundation Online Programs present the webinar A Polish Mistress of the Brush: Olga Boznańska by Ewa Bobrowska. Dr. Bobrowska is an art historian based in Paris with interest in the 19th c. and the 20th c. Polish artists working abroad. Olga Boznańska (1865-1940) was one of the most renowned

Beyond the Battle of Warsaw

The Kosciuszko Foundation Online Programs present the webinar Beyond the Battle of Warsaw, The Polish-Soviet War of 1919-1920 in Western Geopolitics by Piotr Puchalski. Dr. Puchalski is an Assistant Professor of modern European history at the Pedagogical University in Cracow. The Battle of Warsaw, fought on August 12-25, 1920, also known as

Movie “Radioactive”

The Amazon original movie studio presents Radioactive, directed by Marjane Satrapi based on the graphic novel by Laurel Redniss of the same title. This 2019 biopic of the double Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie (nee Maria Skłodowska) features a brilliant performance by Rosamund Pike as Madame Curie with Sam Riley as Pierre