POLISH 403 First – Year Polish MTWTHF 10:30-11:20 at Savery, Room 167 Instructor: Krystyna Untersteiner Polish 403 is the third class in a three quarter course sequence of first year (beginning) Polish. Students should be familiar with the material covered in Polish 401 and 402 (first 15 chapters). After the whole year’s sequence, the students…
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FALL QUARTER POLISH 401
SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 2018 at the University of Washington Club on the UW campus Silent auction, music and cocktails start at 5:30 PM Dinner at 7:00 PM This year, Poland celebrates the 100th anniversary of regaining independence after 123 years of partitions between its three neighbors. Pianist, composer and statesman Ignacy Jan Paderewski played a…
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Polish cinema is often seen as dark, cryptic, and often depressing with its focus on history. Yet, Martin Scorsese says, “Humour and tragedy are very close in Polish cinema”. New Polish cinema is becoming transnational and liberated, especially after the political transformation of 1989 and, more recently, the 2005 law regulating the film industry. What…
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