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Presentations and discussions - October 2006
Oct 18 Expansion Project meeting at the Polish Home
Oct 13 Prof. Radzilowski talks about Anti-Semitism in Poland at the Polish Home
Oct 12 Prof. Radzilowski on Solidarity and the American labor movement at the UW
Oct 7 Polish Book Club meeting in Redmond
Oct 18, 7:30 pm: Expansion Project meeting at the Polish Home

Do you enjoy more parking space at the Polish Home? Come to discuss and support more changes at the Polish Home resulting from the Expansion Project! This is an open monthly meeting, everybody interested in the project is invited to come and discuss issues. Volunteers are also welcomed to the meeting!

Where: at the Polish Home, just drop by; refreshments are provided!

More: Polish Home Foundation, Polish Home

Oct 13, 8 pm: Prof. Radzilowski talks about Anti-Semitism in Poland at the Polish Home

Thaddeus Radzilowski, Ph.D

This is a second lecture by Dr. Thaddeus Radzilowski during his visit to Seattle. At the Polish Home he will focus on the Polish-Jewish relations and discussions about Jan Gross’s newest book FEAR - Anti-Semitism in Poland after Auschwitz.

 

Where: at the Polish Home; admission free

More: Piast Institute, Prof. Radzilowski

Oct 12, 7 pm: Prof. Radzilowski on Solidarity and the American labor movement at the UW

Thaddeus Radzilowski, Ph.D

Dr. Thaddeus Radzilowski is a historian specializing in East Central Europe and immigration issues. He is the president and co-founder of the Piast Institute, a think-tank based in Hamtramck, MI as well as professor emeritus of St Mary’s College in Orchard Lake, MI. His lecture will focus on Poles in the American labor movement as well as its relations with Solidarity. The lecture is organized by the UW Polish Studies Endowment Committee.

Where: Room #220, Kane Hall, at the University of Washington campus; admission free

More: Piast Institute, Prof. Radzilowski, UW PSEC

Oct 7, 11 am: Polish Book Club meeting in Redmond

The book for the meeting is Reisefieber by Mikolaj Lozinski, published by Znak in 2006. This is the first book by Lozinski, 25, a young sociologist who graduated from the Sorbonne in Paris. The book is a surprisingly mature treatment of a young man dealing with the death of his mother. The book is available in Polish, please see the Club website for more info. New members and guests are always welcome.

Where: Room #1 at the Redmond Library, NE 85th St, Redmond, admission free

More: Polish Book Club, about Lozinski and the book


 

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