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| PIASA News and Announcements |
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HE John R. Davis, US Ambassador to Poland in 1989, banquet speaker at PIASA's 67th Annual Meeting at the Hyatt Regency Jersey City/On the Hudson on the evening June 13, 2009. |
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| Polish Institute's 67th Annual Meeting a Great Success |
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| Executive Directors Report June 2008 - June 2009 |
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| SKARBY POLSKIEJ KULTURY NA MANHATTANIE - RZECZ O ARCHIWUM POLSKIEGO INSTYTUTU NAUKOWEGO W NOWYM JORKU |
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PIASA ELECTS NEW MEMBERS TO ITS COUNCIL
PIASA's Board of Directors at its September 27, 2008 meeting elected the following persons to its Advisory Council for a three year term;
Dr. Marek Bartelik, Art Historian on the faculty of Cooper Union in New York City; Dr. Robert Blobaum Professor of History, West Virginia University; Dr. Norman Kelker, research scientist with Enzio Biochem Inc., a leading biotechnology company, Ms. Eve Krzyzanowski, veteran media executive, presently CEO of Branded Media Corporation , developed Financial News cable network that evolved into CNBC; and Dr. Timothy Snyder, Professor of East European History, Yale University. The other members of the Council elected previously for a stagerred three year term include; Dr. Frank Borkowski, President emeritus, Appalachian State University, Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Mr. Joseph E. Gore, President of Kosciuszko Foundtion; Zbigniew Kantorosinski, Library of Congress; Dr. Richard Okreglak , MD Washington, DC; Rev. John Pawlikowski, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago; Dr. Neal Pease, Professor of History, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Dr. Thaddeus Radzilowski, President PIAST Foundation; and Witold Sulimirski, Chairman, Kosciuszko Foundation. |
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DR. KATHLEEN CIOFFI NEW PIASA BOOKS SERIES EDITOR
Dr. Kathleen Cioffi was selected by the Polish Institute's Board of Directors to be the new Series Editor of PIASA BOOKS. She replaces Dr. Charles Kraszewski who now serves as Editor in chief of " The Polish Review". PIASA BOOKS is the publishing arm of the Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America based in New YorkCity. Dr. Cioffi received her Ph.D degree from New York University in Educational Thetre and is presently Production Editor at Princeton University Press . She is the author of many articles dealing with the Polish theatre; her book "Alternative Theatre in Poland, 1954-1989" won the AAASS Orbis Polish Book Prize in 1997. |
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| Dr. Thaddeus V. Gromada during "II Kongres Polskich Tow. Naukowych na Obczyznie" |
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PIASA TO HONOR NOBEL PRIZE LAUREATE
Dr. Thaddeus V. Gromada announced that PIASA's Board of Directors has scheduled the presentation of the "Casimir Funk Natural Science Award" to its member and fellow, Dr. Frank T. Wilczek, Professor of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, on the evening of December 9, 2008. Dr. Wilczek received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2004. Further details regarding the presentation program and gala reception will be available on PIASA's website in late September. |
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Polish Institute Elects New President, Vice Presidents, and Board Members - Dr. Thaddeus V. Gromada Becomes Ninth President of PIASA |
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| Executive Directors Report June 2007 - June 2008 |
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| Polish Institute's 66th Annual Meeting - Program |
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