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The World Knew: Jan Karski’s Mission For Humanity

February 1 - March 15, 2015

Jan Karski The exhibit presents the story of Jan Karski and the events that led to Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel’s assertion that “Thanks to him, more than one generation continues to believe in humanity.” During World War II, as a courier of the Polish Underground State and emissary of the Polish government-in-exile, Jan Karski traveled […]

John Paul II’s Pilgrimage to Poland in June 1979: How Poland’s Communists Interpreted It

October 22, 2014 @ 7:30 pm

John Paul II The dramatic visit of Pope John Paul II to his native Poland in June 1979 was one of the most significant events of the twentieth century. Professor James Felak will draw from his research at the Archiwum Akt Nowych (The Central Archives of Modern Records) and Instytut Pamięci Narodowej (The Institute of […]

Femmes Fatales figures in late 19th and early 20th century Western art

May 1, 2014 @ 7:00pm

European and American art of the19th and early 20th centuries responded to the birth of the New Woman and the beginning of the feminist movement by categorizing women into two opposite types. They were presented either as blood-thirsty creatures from Greek mythology, as Salome obsessed with the decapitation of a lover, as poison flowers and vamps or as […]

Mission

Bridging Cultures through Education about Poland by sharing Polish intellectual, scientific, and artistic accomplishments.

Vision

The vision of the UW Polish Studies Endowment Committee is to create a leading West Coast Polish Studies Center at the University of Washington. In pursuit of this goal, we have established an Endowment Fund, we sponsor a Distinguished Polish Speakers Series, provide student scholarships, attract visiting scholars to the UW, and build partnerships with community organizations in the Pacific Northwest.