Polish Cultural Association

News about the events organized by the Polish Studies Center....

 

 

Polish Studies Center's Annual Christmas Party

 December 10. 2008

 

 
Tuesday, December 9th, 6:00 to 8:00 pm

Leo R. Dowling International Center

111 South Jordan Avenue, Bloomington

 

Come and celebrate the holiday with the sharing of traditional Polish greetings and the singing of Polish Christmas carols

Please bring a dish to share. The Center will provide ham, turkey,dinner rolls, soft drinks, and all dinner ware.

Polish Studies Center

Theater of the Eigth Day Performance

Poland’s legendary avant-garde theater, the Theater of the Eighth Day,
concludes its first-ever tour of the United States with four performances in Bloomington
(after a well-reviewed sojourn in New York). Their latest play, “The Files,” was
translated into English by our own Bill Johnston. More details can be found on our
website (www.indiana.edu/~polishst); suffice it to say that this is an historic occasion
no one should miss. Polish-speakers: note that one performance will be in Polish. This
visit is sponsored by the College of Arts and Humanities Institute and the Polish
Cultural Institute of New York.

On Wednesday, November 12, at 2:30-4:45 in Student Building 231, the theater ensemble
will present and answer questions about short films of their work (including archival
footage from the 1970s), in conjunction with a class taught by Professor Anya Royce of
Anthropology. Space is limited, but visitors are welcome.

Performances of The Files begin on Thursday the 13th, at 7:30 at the John Waldron Center
downtown. Tickets ($10 general admission, $8 for students or seniors) can be purchased by
following the link on our website. The 7:30 performances on Thursday, Friday, and
Saturday (Nov 13-15) are in English; the 2:30 matinee on Saturday is in Polish.

 

Agnieszka Graff Lecture

Thursday the 13th, at 4PM, feminist scholar and activist Agnieszka Graff will give a
talk in the IMU Persimmon Room, entitled “Our Innocence, Foreign Perversions: Gender and
Sexuality in Polish Nationalist Discourse.” You may also meet Agnieszka Graff at the
pizza luncheon on Friday at the Polish Studies Center. Dr. Graff’s visit is possible
thanks to the Institute for Advanced Studies and the Horizons of Knowledge Fund, among
others.

 

Jeffrey Kopstein Lecture

Thursday will also feature a visit by University of Toronto

political scientist Jeffrey Kopstein. He will give two talks, sponsored principally by
the Indiana Democracy Consortium as well as Jewish Studies. First, at 10AM in Woodburn
218, he will speak on “The Crisis in Democracy Promotion: Competing Transatlantic
Visions.” Since Poland has become a major player in democracy promotion, this is sure to
be of interest. Then, at 5PM, in Student Building 150, he will present his research on
Poles and Jews during World War II: “Primed to Hate? Local Political Milieux and Jewish
Persecution in Occupied Poland.”

 

Polish Cultural Association Fixes up the Polish Studies Center

We are currently working together with the Polish Studies Center to renovate and update the space. We hope that we can modernize the center and  put forth our contribution. We will start the renovations   on November 15, 2008. 

 

POLISH CAMPFIRE :

It has come to our attention that there is a chance of rain on Friday. If it does in fact rain we will have to cancel the campfire. :(

 

Polish Table

An opportunity to meet others who study Polish! Any level of Polish is welcome.

Every Thursday at 6pm

Runcible Spoon

412 E 6th St
Bloomington, IN 47408
(812) 334-3997

Runcible Spoon

 

Anna Niedzwiedz Lecture

The Polish Studies Center  presents a lecture by a visiting scholar Anna Niedzwiedz.

Thursday, October 9th, 4.00 pm

Redbud Room, Indiana Memorial Union

Our Lady of Czestochowa: religious or national symbol of Poland?

 

What is the importance of the image of Our Lady of Czestochowa in Polish
culture and popular religiosity? During the Communist period, this image
served as a powerful symbol of political resistance to Communist rule. In
today's Poland, mass religiosity dedicated to Our Lady coexists with new
global and transnational relations. Using an ethnographic approach, Dr.
Niedzwiedz will explore this powerful symbol and religious image, examining
connections between nation and religion in the recent past and today.

Anna Niedzwiedz teaches cultural anthropology at the Jagiellonian University
in Krakow. She is the author of Obraz i postac. Znaczenia wizerunku Matki
Boskiej Czestochowskiej (Image and Figure: Meanings of the Icon of Our Lady
of Czestochowa) by Jagiellonian University Press (2005)

Please join us for a reception following the lecture.

This lecture is free and open to the public. If you have a disability and
need assistance, arrangements can be made to accommodate most needs.

For more information please contact the Polish Studies Center

at polish@indiana.edu or 812-855-1507