During the academic year 2017-18, UVA’s Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies organized four events as part of the Polish Lecture Series at UVA. In the Fall semester, we wel- comed Dr. Łukasz Michalski, director of the State Publishing In- stitute in Warsaw, who spoke about “Polish Culture under Nazism and Stalinism: Cultural

During the 2016-17 academic year, UVA’s Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (CREEES) organized three events as part of the Polish Lecture Series at UVA that focused on the theme of “Poland and the World.” The American Institute of Polish Culture has rightly pointed out that, “Poland has contrib- uted in important ways to

Documentary film screening Written and directed by Alex Storozynski Thursday, April 7, 2016, 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Monroe Hall 130 The screening will be followed by a talk by Alex Storozynskiand a Q&A with the audience. Thaddeus Kosciuszko fought for American independence and was decorated by George Washington with and Order of Cincinnatus. Later,

author Dr. Robert Geraci On September 16-19, 2010, the University of Virginia hosted abicentennial celebra on of the life and music of Fryderyk Cho- pin (1810-1849). The event was organized by the Departmentof Music and the Center for Russian and East European Studies, with nancial support primarily from the Page-Barbour Fund of the University of

The Polish Lecture Series was established by the American Institute of Polish Culture, Inc. at the time of the Kosciuszko Chair transfer. The endowment fund was created to supplement existing coursework with ongoing extra- curricular talks by leading scholars on Poland.