Olga Tokarczuk, Nobel Prize in Literature
Books by Olga Tokarczuk
UBC Library:
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Vancouver Public Library:
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Category: Poland
FollowGoGlobal Information Session for Students: CENES, October 7, 2019
Monday, October 7th, at 5:00pm in Buchanan Tower 997
Join us for an information session for students interested in studying abroad in Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies.
Also in Warsaw, Poland!
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Witnessing Auschwitz Seminar
https://students.ubc.ca/career/international-experiences/global-seminars/poland-witnessing-auschwitz
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Upcoming lectures with Dr Eunice Blavascunas (October 10 and October 11, 2019)
Mark your calendars!
Dr Eunice Blavascunas
Peasants and Cosmopolitics in Poland’s Białowieża Forest: Historical and Ethnographic considerations
Thursday, October 10, 2019 at 4:15 pm
Simon K.Y. Lee Global Lounge and Resource Centre (GLRC)
(Polish Discussion Club | Global Lounge | CENES)
Until Poland joined the EU in 2004 the country had a larger number of small family farms, a legacy of a much longer historical development that this lecture will explore. But what does this legacy of small farms mean for how “Europe’s last primeval forest” would develop in the post communist period? This lecture explores two competing versions of the peasantry and how they interact with cosmopolitan ecotourist development and nature conservation practices as farming has becoming obsolete in the hamlets of the ancient woodland.
Dr Eunice Blavascunas
The Forester as a Figure: Between Communism and Nationalism in Europe’s “Last Primeval Forest”
Friday, October 11, 2019 at 12:00 pm
FSC 1221 | 2424 Main Mall, Forest Sciences Centre
(Faculty of Forestry)
The Białowieża Forest in north eastern Poland is frequently touted as” Europe’s last primeval forest.” The forest complex is split between a strictly preserved national park and a larger timber producing forest. In an ethnograhic and historical analysis this lecture explores the figure of the forester, a figure that is entangled in both nationalist and communist pasts. As a figure, the forester is more than a civil servant working neutrally for the common good or the state. In a part of the world which experienced violent twentieth century histories, forest aesthetics and historical truths appear to emerge when regional inhabitants conjure the forester.
Please note that the first lecture is organized by Polish Discussion Club and Polish language students (Global Lounge and the CENES department). The second lecture is a guest lecture at the Department of Forestry.
If you have any questions, please contact: Helena G. Kudzia at hkudzia@mail.ubc.ca
Polish Studies: Scholarships / Stypendia
Stypendia / Scholarships
John Paul II Scholarship in Polish – University of Ottawa https://scholarships.uottawa.ca/p/a/17965/
Deadline: Oct. 31, 2018
Canadian Polish Millennium Fund
http://www.millenniumfund.ca/
Deadline: Sept. 15, 2018
The W. Reymont Foundation
http://www.reymontfoundation.com/
Deadline: November 2018
Adam Mickiewicz Foundation http://polishcanadians.ca/Adam_Mickiewicz_foundation_PL.htmlDeadline: Sept. 15, 2018
Dr. Jerzy W. Jarmasz Memorial Scholarship
http://www.phfweb.ca/
June, 30, 2018
Barka Foundation Volunteer and Travel Opportunity: Social Work & Polish Language
Barka Foundation Volunteer and Travel Opportunity:
Social Work & Polish Language
Application Deadline: May 16, 2018
For detailed information please contact Barka Foundation directly.
The main purpose of this project is provide an opportunity to young Canadians of Polish origin to develop or improve their skills in social work by acquainting them with the changes that have occurred in Poland in recent years. Participation in this project will also provide Polish-Canadian youth with an opportunity for a cultural exchange and improvement of Polish language skills.
Translating from Leśmianesque into English (culture.pl)
Bolesław Leśmian’s remarkable poetry may be a Polish favourite, but it’s been infuriating English-language translators for decades. Translation expert Marta Kaźmierczak talks to Culture.pl about why it’s so hard to translate Leśmian into English and what constitutes a good Leśmian translation.
Dr. Małgorzata Kołaczek “West vs. East” Nov 16 at 12:30pm in BuTo 997
“West vs. East” with Dr. Małgorzta Kołaczek . Nov 16 at 12:30pm in BuTo 997. All are welcome.
Polish Discussion Club: The Pianist
Polish Discussion Club: The Pianist
Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 5 pm (BuTo, 9th floor).
Event in English, open to UBC faculty and students.
Stanislaw Lem – ‘Solaris’ at BBC
Listen to ‘Solaris’ at BBC Radio!
World War II Survivor Testimonies
World War II Survivor Testimonies by Wojciech Oleksiak
Leicestershire Council has recently made public the recorded memories of the Poles and their families living in the county. Why have Poles been living there for over 60 years now? Would you believe that people who were deported to Siberia faced even worse hardship after the war?
Discovering the Hidden Brilliance of Poland’s Poetry for Children
From:
Discovering the Hidden Brilliance of Poland’s Poetry for Children
… Just think about what they do – the non-physical thoughts and emotions of the writer are converted into sound (the basic form of language), then pictures (letters started out as pictograms), then infinitesimally complex sequences of words, sentences and paragraphs, which are then printed on cut-down pulped trees so that countless others can use the light flying in from the nearest star, bouncing off the page and inside their eyeballs, to convert their reflection into the same thoughts and emotions the writer was feeling at the time of writing… or, as is often the case, the very opposite to what the writer wanted the reader to think and feel.
Yad Vashem: After the Uprising
From:
Yad Vashem: After the Uprising: Life Among the Ruins of the Warsaw Ghetto
Even after the 16th of May, 1943, a number of undetected bunkers remained in the area of the former ghetto. It seems that hundreds of Jews still lived among the ruins of the ghetto, even after its official liquidation. Due to the harsh conditions and the presence of Germans in the area, only a small number of these Jews managed to survive for any extended period of time.
POLS 200 Student Projects #1
NOTE: These are parts of student presentations for POLS 200.
Polska Gościnność: Wartości i Tradycje Rodzinne
Excerpts from: Polish Hospitality: Cemented Values and Family Traditions by Vanessa Adebowale & Aleksandra Rahman
Gościnność jest związana z hojnością, zwyczajnym byciem kiedy się jest potrzebnym, samym zjawieniem się. Nauka o polskiej gościnności to nauka o polskich wartościach, normach, zwyczajach i ideologiach zbudowanych i utrzymywanych wśród Polaków. Chcemy powiązać polską gościnność z instytucjami takimi jak rodzina, tradycje, patriotyzm i religijność.
Tożsamość “Matki Polki”
Tożsamość “Matki Polki” jest tematem wielu badań naukowych. W Historii Polski było wiele wojen i kobiety musiały zająć się interesami, domem, i rodziną. Podtrzymywały tradycje religijne i patriotyczne przez poświęcenie dla rodziny i ojczyzny. Czyli, mieć rodzinę i dzieci, chodzić do kościoła, modlić się w domu, posyłać dzieci do szkoły, sprzątać w domu, i gotować posiłki domowe. Ta rola kobiety została utrzymana do dzisiaj i jest największym powodem
utrzymywania Polskich tradycji.
Katolicyzm
90% (dziewięćdziesiąt procent) Polaków jest katolikami, dlatego też religia i Polskie państwo są bardzo ze sobą powiązane. Religijność Polaków miała bardzo duże znaczenie w walce przeciwko Komunizmowi. Papież Jan Paweł II(drugi), który był przywódcą ruchu, popularyzował wartości szczerości, szanowania się, dyscypliny, i sprawiedliwości.
Katolicyzm miał wpływ na życie Polaków: Stoczniowcy Gdańscy klęczący i przyjmujący Komunię Świętą są świadectwem polskiej religijności, która przetrwała niestabilną Polską historię. Prawo przyjęte w 1998(tysiąc dziewięćset dziewięćdziesiątym ósmym roku), że chrześcijańskie wartości muszą być szanowane w nauce i religijne instrukcje muszą wrócić do szkół podstawowych i średnich.Polskie dzieci będą wychowywane według tych wartości.
Jest normalne że te dwa fakty stały się wartościami narodu polskiego.Te wartości utwierdziły tradycje gościnności które obserwujemy w dniu dzisiejszym.
Auschwitz-Birkenau Virtual Tour
Auschwitz-Birkenau Virtual Tour
created by Auschwitz Memorial & Museum
http://panorama.auschwitz.org/
Basic information on Auschwitz
http://auschwitz.org/en/press/basic-information-on-auschwitz/
Auschwitz, the Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, is the most recognizable symbol of the Holocaust and place of genocide in the world. Never, and in no other camp or extermination center did the SS murder such a great number of Jews from nearly all the Nazi occupied Europe. However, many people do not know that Poles constituted nearly 40% of the prisoners registered in the camp and that those incarcerated and murdered there included also: the Roma, Soviet POWs and prisoners of over twenty nationalities. And only experts will know the role Auschwitz was to play in the Nazi German settlement plans of Eastern Europe, which – aside from exterminating the Jews – posited also the destruction of the majority of the Slavic population.
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Why You Should Learn Polish?
Is Polish the most difficult language out there? Some seem to think so. But there are plenty of reasons why you should learn it anyway!
Fall in love with Poland…
Auschwitz Memorial: online lessons
Auschwitz: a German Nazi concentration and extermination camp. See the online lesson about its development: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_1/
Konkurs języka polskiego „Ja a Polska”
Interesujesz się Polską kulturą? Uczysz się polskiego? A może dopiero planujesz zacząć swoją przygodę z językiem polskim? Spróbuj swoich sił w konkursie „Ja a Polska”! Napisz o swoich przeżyciach, wrażeniach, wspomnieniach, związkach albo po prostu skojarzeniach związanych z Polską.
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Poland’s Enigma mathematicians honoured
Featured story at BBC
Polish mathematicians who laid the groundwork for cracking the WW2 Nazi Enigma code, are being honoured at the country’s embassy in London.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37668115
Vancouver Polish Film Festival October 21-23, 2016
Main website: http://www.vpff.ca/
OCT 23, 2016 – 2PM
The Mother of Kings | Matka Królów
Poland | Drama | 127 minutes | 1982
Director: Janusz Zaorski
An impoverished widowed mother expecting her fourth child deals with nearly 25 years of political oppression in this stark drama.
OCT 21, 2016 | 9:20 PM
Blindness | Zaćma
Poland | Drama | 114 minutes | 2016
Director: Ryszard Bugajski
Haunted by her ruthless past, a former high-ranking security officer in Poland’s communist government seeks an audience with the Primate of the Polish Catholic Church, in this compelling drama from Ryszard Bugajski (Interrogation).
Go Global Experience Fair
WHEN: October 5, 11am-5pm
WHERE: Irving K Barber Learning Centre
WHAT: The annual Go Global Experience Fair
This is a great opportunity to get information about the exciting exchange and study abroad programs.
students.ubc.ca/globalexfair
VIFF: The Last Family
Application deadline for Witnessing Auschwitz 2016
Witnessing Auschwitz is still accepting applications for 2016 program.
Deadline: October 29, 2015 at 3:00 pm
For more information on application process please check:
http://bozenakarwowska.arts.ubc.ca/witnessing-auschwitz/
About the program
Auschwitz was a place in which several frequently conflicting agendas of the Nazi Germany intersected: it was an industrial compound, a concentration camp, a medical research site, and an extermination facility; it served to imprison, terrorize, enslave, and kill. Moreover, Auschwitz is a site of conflicted memories that raises the question how, and if at all, it can be remembered and commemorated in ways that resist both sentimentalization and the recourse to conventional literary or cinematographic imagery. In fact, one of the most pressing issues of the Holocaust studies is the question: how to educate about Nazi crimes when there are no more survivors to share their stories.
This program takes a multi-disciplinary approach and will give you the chance to take part in lectures, seminars and workshops in Poland, where you will have direct access to historical archives, museums, and leading experts in all relevant disciplines related to the Holocaust studies.You will conduct independent studies at sites of mass extermination, as well as research issues related to the Holocaust in the context of social responsibilities of researchers and professionals.
Witnessing Auschwitz
From the Auschwitz – Birkenau website:
Autentyzm – doświadczenie – pamięć. Seminarium badawcze studentów University of British Columbia (MCEAH – Memorial and State Museum of Auschwitz-Birkenau)
For more articles please check Prof. Bozena Karwowska website available at http://bozenakarwowska.arts.ubc.ca/witnessing-auschwitz/press/
Polish Digital Library (Biblioteka Narodowa)
Please check www.polona.pl
National Library of Poland (Biblioteka Narodowa):
books, maps, films, photographs and archival documents can be accessed from anywhere through the Polona website. Check it out!
Please check the date! GoGlobal info session: study in Poland!
There was a mistake in the original e-mail, please update your calendars:
Information session about GoGlobal study abroad:
Wed, Sept 30th at 4 pm
Buchanan Penthouse
The info session is for students who may be interested in study abroad in Poland, Russia, or Latvia.
GoGlobal representatives will be at the event to talk about our partnerships. These now include partnerships with the University of Warsaw, Kazan Federal University (Russia), and the University of Latvia (in Riga).
Please forward to your classmates and colleagues! Hope to see you there!
Polskie Radio
Polskie Radio – http://www.polskieradio.pl/
Poland’s national publicly funded radio broadcasting.
Available channels:
Program 1 (Jedynka – One) – information, music
Program 2 (Dwójka – Two) – cultural, classical music
Program 3 (Trójka – Three) – alternative, jazz, rock
Program 4 (Czwórka – Four) – educational, youth