Program:
FRIDAY, JUNE 7 (Registration begins at 8 a.m.)
9-9:15 Opening Session, Welcome: Feliks Gross, President, PIASA
9:15-10:55 Plenary Session
Poland's Entry Into Europe: The Impact of the European Community
on Poland and Vice Versa
Panelists: Daniel Fried, Special Assistant to the President
and Senior Director for Central and Eastern European Affairs at
the National Security Council; His Excellency Jerzy Kozminski,
Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to the USA; A Representative
of the E.U., TBA; Czeslaw Karkowski, NOWY DZIENNIK
11-12:55 Concurrent Sessions
1. Washington Perspectives on Ongoing Changes in Poland and U.S.
Relations with Poland. Chair: Susan Lotarski, U.S. Dept. of
Commerce; Panelists: U.S.
Government Officials, TBA
2. Polish Americans and their Contributions to the Art of
American Politics.
Chair: John Kromkowski, Catholic University of America, National
Center for Urban Ethnic Affairs. Panelists: John Kornacki,
Director of Legislative Resources, U.S. House of Representatives;
John Czwartacki, Press Secretary, House Republican Conference;
Elected Representives to the U.S. Congress, TBA.
3. Polish-American Encounters: Cross-Cultural Hurdles.
Presenters: Krystyna Stypulkowska-Smith, Foreign Service
Institute, U.S. State Dept.; Maya Peretz, Washington, D.C.;
Grazyna Drabik, City Univ. of New York.
4. Polish Literature: New Perspectives. Presenters: George
Gasyna, McGill University; Andrzej Karca, University of Chicago;
Jerzy Krzyzanowski, Ohio State University.
1-2 p.m. Lunch
2-3:55 Concurrent Sessions
1. The Future of Exchanges and International Programs with
Poland. Chair: Leonard Baldyga, Senior Consultant, IREX.
Panelists: Joesph E. Gore, President, Kosciuszko Foundation;
Andrzej Rabczenko, Counselor for Scientific and Technological
Affairs, Embassy of the Republic of Poland; Rosalind Swenson,
Office of Academic Programs, USIA; Allison Portnoy, SEED
Coordinator, USIA; Andrzej Tymowski, American Council of Learned
Societies; Piotr Ploszajski, Polska Academia Nauk, Warsaw.
2. The Catholic Church and Anti-Semitism in Poland: Panel
Discussion on a book of the same title by Ronald Modras.
Panelists: Michael Steinlaus, Franklin Marshall College; Eugene
Fisher, Secretary for Catholic-Jewish Relations, National Council
of Catholic Bishops, Washington, D.C.; John Grondelski, Associate
Dean, Seton Hall Univ. Comment: Ronald Modras, Saint Louis
University.
3. Thaddeus Kosciuszko: A 250th Birthday Observance. Chair: Frank
J. Turaj, American Univ. Presenters: James S. Pula, Catholic
Univ. of America; Francis E. Zapatka, American Univ.
4. Poles and Polish Americans: Family and Other Relations.
Presenters: Barbara Lobodzinska, New Brighton, Minnesota; Mary
Patrice Erdmans, University of North Carolina at Greensboro,
Helena Znaniecka Lopata, Loyola Univ., Chicago.
4-5:55 Concurrent Sessions, Panels
1. Polonia Cultural Organizations and the Future of the
Polish-American Community. Chair: Thaddues V. Gromada, Executive
Director, PIASA. Panelists: Representatives of the Kosciuszko
Foundation, Pilsudski Institute, American Council for Polish
Culture, Polish Museum of America, Polish American Historical
Association, Polish-American Cultural Center in Philadelphia,
American Institute of Polish Culture, St. Mary's College, Orchard
Lake, Mich.
2. Poland's History in the 20th Century: Recent Research.
Presenters: Andrew Kier Wise, University of Virginia; Michael S.
Healy, Loyola Univ., Chicago; Ewa Wampuszyc, University of
Michigan.
3. Post-Communist Poland: New Perspectives. Presenters: Witold
Lukaszewski, Sam Houston State University; Christopher
Olechowski, Columbia University.
4. Technology and Its Use in Teaching Polish and Communicating in
Polonia.
Presenters: Robert Debski, Stanford University and Jagiellonian
University; Martin Miszczak, Polish World Inc., internet
catalogue.
6:15-7:30 Reception
SATURDAY, JUNE 8
9-10:55 a.m. Concurrent Sessions
1. Poland and Russia, Competing Versions of History. Chair:
Andrzej S.
Kaminski, Georgetown Univ. Presenters: Tomasz Kolodziej,
Georgetown Univ.; Katya Nizheradze, Georgetown Univ.; Rodger
Potocki, Georgetown Univ.
2. Nicholas Copernicus' Professors. Chair: Nonna Slavinska-Holy,
Visiting Professor, Colegium Medicum Jagiellonian University.
Presenters: Erna Hilfstein, New York, N.Y.; Simone J. Scheumann,
Tenafly High School.
3. Culture versus Nature. Panel: Stanislaw Gross, New York
Medical College; Wojciech Rostafinski, NASA; Zofia
Borowska-Rzucidlo, Rockafeller Univ.
4. Science and Medicine: Recent Research: part 1. Chair: Lucas L.
Kulczynski, Georgetown Univ.; Presenters: E.M. Buda, Kensington,
Md.; Lynda B. Clerch, Georgetown Univ.; Anthony Herbowski,
Georgetown Univ.; Thomas Herzog, Georgetown Univ.; Robert
Kubiczek, Wheaton, Md.
11-12:55 p.m. Concurrent Sessions
1. Polish National Identities. Chair: Thaddeus V. Gromada, Jersey
City State College. Presenters: Brian Porter, University of
Michigan; Raymond C. Taras, Tulane Univ.; Andrzej Kaminski,
Georgetown Univ.; Gabriel Simoncini, New York University.
2. Economic, Politics, and Society in Contemporary Poland. Chair:
Michael Sendzimir, President T. Sendzimir, Inc. Panels: Jan
Napoleon Saykiewicz, Duquesne Univ.; Halina Niedzielska,
Association Technique de l'Importation Charbonniere; Richard
Hunter, Seton Hall Univ.
3. Newest Research in Polish American Studies. Presenters: Karen
Majewski, University of Michigan; Bozena Buda, University of
Maryland; M. B. Biskupski, St. John Fisher College.
4. The Polish Image in the United States and Canada. Chair:
Eugene Kusielewicz, St. John's University. Panelists: Jacek
Galazka, Hippocrene Books; Irene Tomaszewski, co-author of
ZEGOTA.
5. Science and Medicine: Recent Research, part 2. Chair: Chris J.
Michejda, NCI-FCRDC. Presenters: Lucas J. Kulczynski, Georgetown
Univ.; Zofia Laszewska, Greenville, R.I.; Ann M. Lewicki,
Washington, DC; Agata Marriot, Washington Hosp. Center, DC; Maria
Michejda, Georgetown Univ.
1-2 p.m. Lunch
2-3:55 Concurrent Sessions
1. Polish Politics after the 1995 Presidential Elections
(co-sponsored by the Polish Studies Association). Chair: Lawrence
D. Orton, Georgetown Univ.
Panelists: Raymong C. Taras, Tulane Univ.; Steve Stoltenberg,
Director, Polish Studies Program, Foreign Service Institute;
Krzysztof Jasiewicz, Washington and Lee Univ.; Jacek Kalabinski,
Gazeta Wyborcza, U.S.
correspondent; Grzegorz Kostrewa-Zorbas, formerly with Polish
Foreign Ministry.
2. Language in Public Service. Presenters: Janusz Wrobel, St.
Mary College, Orchard Lake, Mich.; Tadeusz Witkowski, University
of Michigan; Malgorzata Schlottmann, Ohio State Univ.
3. Morality and Ethics: Contemporary Issues in Eastern Europe.
Chairs: Nonna Slavinska-Holy, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian
Univ.; Erna Hilfstein, New York, NY. Panel: Zenon Goubar,
University of Lviv; George Kamen, Psychotheraphy Institute, New
York; A. Leznicka-Los, Univ. of Warsaw; Krystyna
Piotrowska-Breger, Akademia Ekonomiczna, Krakow; Witold Kawecki,
New Britain General Hosp.
4. Science and Medicine: Recent Research, part 3. Chair: Lucas J.
Kulczynski, Georgetown Univ. Presenters: K. Kasprzak, Frederick,
Md.; Jan Walecki, Kaiser Permanente, Washington, DC; Andrzej
Wojdyla, Georgetown Univ.; Izabela Sipowicz, Bialystok Academy of
Medicine.
5. Polish-Latin American Studies: Newest Perspectives. Chair:
Edmund Urbanski, Howard Univ. Presenters: Danuta Batorska,
University of Houston; Krzystof Szymoniuk, Univ. of Maryland;
Piotr Chmielinski, Herdon, Va.; Danuta Eycerz, CESLA, Warsaw;
Janina Kusielewicz, Hacksensack, N.J.
4-5:55 Concurrent Panels
1. Ethical Dilemmas of Newly Emerging Economies: The Case of
Poland.
Presenters: Agnes P. Olszewski, Institute for International
Business; Richard Hunter, Seton Hall Univ.; Tadeusz Kondratowicz,
Bear, Stearns Investments Corp.; Constantin V. Galskoy, New
Country Development, The Reader's Digest Association Inc.; Leo V.
Ryan, DePaul Univ.
2. Polish-German Relations in Historical Perspective. Presenters:
Virginia R.
Mitchell, Univ. of Rochester; Elizabeth Morrow Clark, University
of Kansas; Anna M. Cienciala, University of Kansas.
3. Trzecia Wartosc (The Third Value): A Panel Discussion on a
Theory Developed by Danuta Mostwin. Panelists: Thaddeus
Radzilowski, St. Mary's College, Orchard Lake, Mich.; Janusz
Wrobel, St. Mary's College, Orchard Lake, Mich.; Malgorzata
Schlottmann, Ohio State Univ. Comment: Danuta Mostwin.
4. Polish Arts and Music. Presenters: Anne Swartz, Baruch College
and Graduate Center, CUNY; Danuta Batorska, University of
Houston.
5. Science and Medicine: Recent Research, part 4. Chair: Lucas J.
Kulczynski, Georgetown Univ. Presenters: G. Czerwinski, N.
Tarasova, C.J. Michejda, W.
Rice, W.M. Cholody, E. Appella, M. Bansal, NCI-FCRDC.
6:15-7:15 Reception
7:15-9:30 Banquet. Principal Address: "Can Democratic Capitalism
Succeed in Poland and Central Europe?" Michael Novak, Winner of
the 1994 Templeton Prize in Religion, former U.S. ambassador.