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Cambridge to launch Polish Studies programme

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̽��ֱ��signing will mark the grant of 15 million złotys (approximately £3.1 million), allocated to the ̽��ֱ�� of Warsaw by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education, to endow in perpetuity a Polish Studies Programme at Cambridge.

̽��ֱ��programme will provide opportunities for research collaboration, as well as teaching in Polish language, literature and culture.

̽��ֱ��programme’s research output will be complemented by a series of high-profile public events that will aim to stimulate research in Polish culture and society, and promote greater understanding of Poland’s role in European history as well as its position as a rising economic power.
̽��ֱ��new initiative will build on the success of the existing four-year pilot programme in Polish Studies at the ̽��ֱ��, led by Dr Stanley Bill of Cambridge’s Department of Slavonic Studies and supported by the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP), the M.B. Grabowski Fund, the Zdanowich Fund and Cambridge’s School of Arts and Humanities.

Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, Vice-Chancellor of the ̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge, signed the agreement with the Rector of the ̽��ֱ�� of Warsaw, Professor Marcin Pałys.

Professor Martin Millett, Head of the School of Arts and Humanities at the ̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge, said: “We are delighted to be strengthening this relationship with our colleagues in Poland, which is not only of strategic importance to the ̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge, but of significant import at this time in the history of Europe.”

“ ̽��ֱ��continuity of Polish Studies at the ̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge is an opportunity for both parties to develop teaching and research cooperation,” said Assistant Professor Maciej Duszczyk, Vice Rector for Research at the ̽��ֱ�� of Warsaw. He added: “An Advisory Board for the new Polish Studies programme at Cambridge –consisting of representatives from the ̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge, the ̽��ֱ�� of Warsaw, and the Foundation for Polish Science—will be tasked with setting the framework for our collaboration.”

̽��ֱ��agreement was concluded with the support of Poland’s Ministry of Science and Higher Education.

In the autumn, representatives of both universities will meet in Warsaw to take part in an event to mark the enhanced collaboration.

Polish language, literature and culture will be a permanent feature of the ̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge’s research and teaching following the signing, today, of an agreement with the ̽��ֱ�� of Warsaw.

We are delighted to be strengthening this relationship with our colleagues in Poland, which is not only of strategic importance to the ̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge, but of significant import at this time in the history of Europe.

Prof Martin Millett

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British and Polish ̽��ֱ�� leaders reaffirm strong academic links

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̽��ֱ��strength, and the considerable untapped potential, of academic links between the ̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge and Poland were in evidence during the recent visit of a group of senior Polish scientists and university leaders.

̽��ֱ��Polish delegation, including Professor Marcin Palys, Rector of Warsaw ̽��ֱ��, and Professor Maciej Żylicz, President of the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP), were in Cambridge last month for a round table on UK-Poland scientific collaboration. They were welcomed by the Vice-Chancellor of the ̽��ֱ�� of Cambridge, Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, and by Dr Stanley Bill, Director of the ̽��ֱ��’s pilot initiative for Polish Studies.

Marking the first anniversary of the launch of the Polish Studies initiative, Dr Bill said: “ ̽��ֱ��high level meeting of leaders from British and Polish institutions generated a very fruitful exchange of ideas for future cooperation in science and innovation. It was especially encouraging to see consensus on the importance of the humanities in this process. Research collaboration in any area is a form of cultural exchange, and requires mutual respect and understanding.”

He added: “ ̽��ֱ��new initiative in Polish Studies in the Department of Slavonic Studies at Cambridge precisely aims to provide British students with knowledge of Poland's culture and language, while also educating the broader public through a series of special events. We believe that this work will form an important part of the process of building bridges between the UK and Poland across a range of areas.”

Commenting on the discussions about student mobility and researcher exchange, Professor Palys said: “ ̽��ֱ��interest for collaboration in scientific projects is clearly rising.” He expressed his support for the work of the Polish Studies programme, which, he said, “will trigger more research in humanities and beyond”.

At the end of the visit, which was supported by the British Embassy in Warsaw, Professor Żylicz remarked: “Poland has huge potential, and already quite significant scientific achievements in many fields of science. ̽��ֱ��United Kingdom brings to the table a culture of excellence in scientific work. As we gradually get to know each other and start to work together our scientific efforts may bring outstanding results.”

̽��ֱ��anniversary of the Polish Studies initiative has been marked with a 'fruitful exchange' of ideas.

Tony Bowden

Uniwersytet, Warsaw

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Cambridge Polish Studies to host inaugural free lecture

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̽��ֱ��POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews was opened in Warsaw only last October.

On the site of the former Warsaw Ghetto, it is a spectacular modern award-winning building with extensive collections presenting the whole thousand year history of the Jewish community in Poland, once the largest Jewish Community in the world, which was almost entirely destroyed during the Holocaust.

̽��ֱ��core exhibition area includes a multimedia narrative with interactive installations, paintings and oral histories.

“A virtual tour of the POLIN Museum of the history of Polish Jews in Warsaw” is a free event on Friday 16 January from 5pm in the William Mong Hall at Sidney Sussex College.

̽��ֱ��Museum’s Programme Director Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett will conduct a stunning virtual tour illustrating the museum’s philosophy and how Poland is rediscovering the Jewish dimension of its history.

This will be followed by a broader discussion on the subject of Jewish memory in contemporary Poland with Dr Roma Sendyka, a researcher at the Jagiellonian ̽��ֱ�� in Krakow.

Cambridge Polish Studies was launched in October 2014, like the Museum, in the ̽��ֱ��’s Department of Slavonic Studies.

This innovative pilot initiative – sponsored by the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP), the M. B. Grabowski Fund, Trinity College’s Zdanowich Fund, and the School of Arts and Humanities – combines undergraduate education in Polish literature and language with a rich cycle of special events, including guest speakers, public debates, film screenings, and academic conferences.

̽��ֱ��initiative aims to make Cambridge a key centre for the study of Poland in the UK and beyond.

Dr Stanley Bill, the new Lecturer in Polish Studies, said: “We cannot understand the history of Polish culture without the Jewish thread. For centuries the Polish lands were a place of refuge for the Jewish people and a hotbed of religious and cultural innovation.

“Today, many Poles are keen to rediscover this aspect of their own history, learning about the vibrant communities that formed an important part of Polish life before the Nazi genocide. ̽��ֱ��POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews is already making a crucial contribution to this process.”

Dr Bill works largely on twentieth-century Polish culture, with strong interests in Polish-Jewish and Polish-Ukrainian relations.

Before coming to Cambridge, he worked at the Jagiellonian ̽��ֱ�� in Krakow, Poland.

He did his Ph.D. in Comparative Literary Studies at Northwestern ̽��ֱ�� in the United States. He originally hails from Perth, Australia.

This event is part of an emergent research cluster within the department concentrating on the shared multicultural heritage of today’s Poland and Ukraine.

In Easter term, the eminent Polish philosopher Agata Bielik-Robson will come to Cambridge to discuss the work and legacy of the great Polish-Jewish writer, Bruno Schulz, who was murdered by the Nazis in 1942 in a region that now belongs to Ukraine.

In June, Cambridge Polish Studies will organize a major international conference on Polish-Ukrainian relations in partnership with Cambridge Ukrainian Studies.

For free registration for the event on 16 Januaryclick here

Remembering and celebrating the rich thousand-year Jewish dimension of Poland’s history will be the theme of the first major event hosted by the recently-launched Cambridge Polish Studies, an initiative of the Department of Slavonic Studies.

We cannot understand the history of Polish culture without the Jewish thread

Dr Stanley Bill

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