Welcome to the Polish Studies Program!
The Polish Studies Program at the University at Buffalo has entered a period of programmatic development. We aspire to engage students, scholars and the community whose knowledge and interests center on the Polish experience. The Program's mission involves a broad approach to the discipline that situates Polishness in its historical contexts of cosmopolitanism, transnationalism and diaspora. We seek to provide a contemporary international perspective that reflects the nation's new position as a member of the European Union, incorporating, at the same time, the Polish experience outside of Poland as reflected in the Polish community in Buffalo.
News and Events
Polish Studies Program would like to invite all UB students to the Polish Studies Minor Launch Event that will take place on April 1, 2008, in 830 Clemens Hall at 5:30 PM.
We will focus on the introduction of the redesigned Polish Studies Minor but everyone who is interested in Poland and Polish heritage is more than welcome to join us! We would like you to meet our faculty and staff members and get the opportunity to ask all the questions concerning both the Program and the matters related to Poland. You will also have the chance to hear what courses are going to be offered in the fall 2008 and spring 2009.
We would also like to hear your opinions on how to develop and improve Polish Studies Program. If you want to learn anything specific about Poland and/or have any ideas on what we should include and discuss during the event, we are waiting for your suggestions!
Pizza and drinks will be served.
Global Gender Studies at the University at Buffalo together with Canisius College, Permanent Chair of Polish Culture, Deans of College of Arts and Sciences at UB, English Department, Polish Studies Program, Visual Studies Department, IREWG and Humanities Institute present:
Transitions Between Feminity and Art
Tuesday, April 1, 4:30 PM
120 Clemens Hall
Poland in Art: Evening with Chopin and Art
Wednesday, April 2, 6:30 pm
Baird Hall, Concert Hall (second floor)
Please read the attached Poland in Art flier for more information
Admission is free
Professor John Baugh, Margaret Bush Wilson Professor in Arts and Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis: The Evolution of Linguistic Diversity in American Schools and Society.
Thursday, February 28, 2008, Screening Room at the Center for the Arts, North Campus.
This presentation examines the social and geographic diversity of linguistic usage in the United States, with special attention to the unique linguistic legacy of U.S. slave descendants of African origin. Several social controversies, including Ebonics, affirmative action, and bilingual education will be introduced, along with other demographic diagnostics that are relevant to voice identification. Research results from the American Linguistic Heritage Survey inform international comparisons with the educational and economic plight of Black families in South Africa, Brazil, and the suburbs of Paris. The discussion concludes with a brief introduction to cases of linguistic profiling, including relevant policy applications.
The Comparative Literature Department and The Polish Studies Program present
a special lecture in the Just Theory series:
Michal Pawel Markowski, Jagiellonian University, Krakow:
"Aesthetics and Existence: The Case of Bruno Schulz"
Thursday, February 7, 2008
5:30 PM, 640 Clemens Hall, Seminar Room