The seminar series on twentieth century Polish history was initiated at PUNO in 2013. It provides a forum for scholars and the wider public to engage with new historical scholarship. Scholars from a range of British and Polish universities have presented research in progress and discussed their recent publications. Details of previous seminars can be […]
Ladies and Gentlemen Vivid expression of a modern language is able to bring intellectual dilemmas not only to individuals but also to social groups. All meetings of the Polish Culture Course at PUNO are a rare opportunity for launching creative discussions and linguistic interpretations relating to the scope of behaviours of representatives of various social […]
Prof. Ewa Lewandowska-Tarasiuk - head of the PUNO Polish Culture Course (almost 70 years of tradition in London), invites you to a unique seminar of Prof. Jakub Z. Lichański: "Stanisław Lem - a cure for all the evil of this world?" The event will be held online on the ZOOM platform, on Wednesday - 2 […]
Ladies and Gentlemen Prof. Ewa Lewandowska-Tarasiuk (Dean of the Humanities Department), and Regina Wasiak-Taylor, MA (Chair of the Association of Polish Writers Abroad), are pleased to invite you to a special celebration of the World Poetry Day .One of our poets used to say: Being a poet is occasional, not permanent... We shall try to […]
Dr Piotr Puchalski (Pedagogical University of Kraków) Poland and the Colonies: Rethinking the Inter-war Period In his talk, Puchalski will present selected findings from his book Poland in a Colonial World Order: Adjustments and Aspirations, 1918-1939. Contextualising inter-war Poland in a changing world of empires, nation-states, dominions, protectorates, mandates and colonies, the author charts how, […]
Joseph Conrad, Colonialism and Africa. Profesor Robert Hampson (University of London, Institute of English Studies). In this talk, Professor Hampson will consider Conrad’s engagement with colonialism in his African fiction. Although Conrad is associated in the popular mind with Africa, his early fiction drew on his experiences in the Malay Archipelago, and the Malay archipelago […]
On Wednesday, 11th May 2022 at: 18:00 UK (19:00 in Poland), feel free to join our next Polish Culture Course’sonline meeting. It’s another event we carry out as a part of the seminar cycle called:THEY are gone, the WORD is left... It’s a commemoration meeting relating to unforgettable authors of the Polish literature in exile, […]
Dr hab. Pawel Duber (Nottingham Trent University) Tytus Komarnicki – Dyplomata i uczony (1896-1967) In this seminar, Dr Duber will talk about his forthcoming book: a biography of Tytus Komarnicki, a Polish diplomat, lawyer, and historian. Although nowadays his name is remembered mainly for his achievements as a historian after 1945, Komarnicki was a talented […]
Dear Colleagues, The next twentieth century Polish history seminar will take place on Wednesday (26 October) at 6.15pm via Zoom. Professor Joshua Zimmerman (Yeshiva University, New York) will discuss his new book Jozef Pilsudski: Founding Father of Modern Poland. (See: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674984271 ). The Zoom link is pasted below. Details of forthcoming seminars can be found […]
Tourism is one of the industries that have been hit hardest by the COVID-19 Pandemic. Destinations recorded one billion fewer international arrivals in 2020 than 2019. The future of tourism was discussed with a base of current challenges in restarting tourism globally, at this year panel on “Tourism resilience and building forward better” (during the […]
Dear Colleagues, The next twentieth century Polish history seminar will take place on Wednesday 23 November at 6.15pm via Zoom. Judith Vocker (University of Leicester) will give a presentation titledIn the Name of the German Nation” The German jurisdiction in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation of the General Government (1939-1944). Details of forthcoming seminars can […]
Dear Colleagues, The next twentieth century Polish history seminar will take place on Wednesday 14 December at 6.15pm via Zoom. Artur Roland Kozlowski (WSB University, Gdansk) will give a presentation titled In the Name of the German Nation” The German jurisdiction in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation of the General Government (1939-1944). Zoom link is […]
