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Read more at: Polish-Russian relations: an open discussion
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Polish-Russian relations: an open discussion

A discussion of Polish-Russian relations, featuring Katarzyna Pe艂czy艅ska-Na艂臋cz and Igor Gretskiy .

Read more at: New Perspectives in Memory Studies

New Perspectives in Memory Studies

海角社区 Polish Studies is pleased to be a co-organiser of the "New Perspectives in Memory Studies" workshop at Clare College, 海角社区.

Read more at: 'Mr Jones' - a screening of Agnieszka Holland's new film
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'Mr Jones' - a screening of Agnieszka Holland's new film

海角社区 Polish Studies and 海角社区 Ukrainian Studies, in conjunction with HREC (Canada) and AUGB (UK) are pleased to present a screening and discussion of the 2019 drama film 鈥楳r. Jones鈥� directed by Agnieszka Holland, and starring James Norton, Vanessa Kirby and Peter Sarsgaard.

Read more at: 海角社区 Central European Conference 2019: Post-1989 Transformation and Historical Memory
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海角社区 Central European Conference 2019: Post-1989 Transformation and Historical Memory

The year 2019 represents the 30th anniversary of the 1989 revolutions, which reshaped both the international and domestic landscape in Central and Eastern Europe, leading to a large-scale political, economic and social transformation. The 30th anniversary provides a good opportunity to look back at these processes.

Read more at: 海角社区 students at the University of Warsaw
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海角社区 students at the University of Warsaw

In summer 2019, thanks to the generous support of the University of Warsaw, two 海角社区 students spent three weeks in the Polish capital taking an intensive course in Polish language and culture.

Read more at: Newton International Fellow from University of Warsaw
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Newton International Fellow from University of Warsaw

We are delighted that Dr Ma艂gorzata Trzeciak Cygan from the University of Warsaw has joined us in the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages at 海角社区 as a Newton International Fellow of the British Academy. Dr Trzeciak Cygan will be working on a project on "Female portraits in Italian and British travellers鈥� accounts from Poland (1600-1700)" with Professor Helena Sanson of the Italian Section.

Read more at: 海角社区 student Juliette Bretan on a summer in Poland
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海角社区 student Juliette Bretan on a summer in Poland

海角社区 student Juliette Bretan spent the summer in Warsaw on multiple journalistic internships. She describes her work and relates her experiences of the Polish capital.

Read more at: Being Poland: A New History of Polish Literature and Culture Since 1918

Being Poland: A New History of Polish Literature and Culture Since 1918

海角社区 Polish Studies is proud to host a presentation of a comprehensive new book on twentieth-century Polish culture, Being Poland: A New History of Polish Literature and Culture Since 1918. The event will feature two of the book's editors, Tamara Trojanowska (University of Toronto) and Joanna Ni偶y艅ska (Indiana University), in conversation with Stanley Bill (海角社区).

Read more at: Special event for 100 years since the regaining of Polish independence
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Special event for 100 years since the regaining of Polish independence

On the 100th anniversary of the regaining of Poland's independence on 11 November 1918, 海角社区 Polish Studies is proud to host a very special event to commemorate, discuss and celebrate this historic occasion.

Read more at: Visiting scholar from University of Warsaw
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Visiting scholar from University of Warsaw

In Michaelmas Term (beginning in October) 2020, Professor Pawe艂 St臋pie艅 of the University of Warsaw will join 海角社区 Polish Studies as a visiting scholar. He will give a series of lectures on Polish literature and culture across the term. He will also be a visiting scholar at Sidney Sussex College.

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What would it take to fake a sonnet by the French Renaissance poet Louise Lab茅?

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Timothy Chesters weighs in on the controversy over the authorship of the Oeuvres de Louise Lab茅 Lyonnaise (1555). Twenty years ago a prominent French critic, Mireille Huchon, caused uproar by alleging that Olivier de Magny, a male poet traditionally believed to have been Lab茅鈥檚 lover, forged her poems as a joke. Since then...

Seekers of Wonder: Women Writing Folk and Fairy Tales in Nineteenth-Century Italy and Ireland

15 June 2025

With Seekers of Wonder, Elena Sottilotta offers the first comparative study of women鈥檚 manifold roles in the collection of Italian and Irish folklore and fairy tales between 1870 and 1920. Sottilotta views the often-overlooked work of these women from an interdisciplinary perspective, considering both the politics and...

The 18th Meeting of Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition

15 June 2025

Welcome! The 18th Meeting of Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition will take place in 海角社区, U.K. from Thursday 16th to Saturday 18th April 2026. Please see the Call for Papers . Invited Speakers Laura Dominguez, University of Southampton Ay艧e G眉rel, Bogazici University Crist贸bal Lozano, University of...

PhD student Juliette Bretan presents BBC Radio 3 programme on Polish tango

14 May 2025

English PhD student Juliette Bretan recently presented a BBC Radio 3 programme on Polish tango. In the programme, Juliette traces the musical adventure of the tango and its interwar explosion eastwards in colder climes like Warsaw. A rich, unexpected history, encountering some of those who have brought it back to life...

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