67 Doroczny Zjazd Polskiego Instytutu Naukowego w Ameryce

 

Wedlug Profesora Tadeusza Gromady , Prezesa Instytutu i przewodniczacego  Dorocznego Zjazdu, komitet programowy juz pracuje nad przygotowaniem konferencji.  Komitet programowy ma swoim skladzie dr. Jakuba Grygiela, Johns Hopkins University, dr. Patrice Dabrowski, Harvard University; dr. Paul W. Knoll, University of Southern California; dr. Charles Kraszewski, Kings College, PA; dr. Neal Pease, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, dr. Kathleen Cioffi, Princeton University Press;  dr. Donald  Pienkos, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee;  dr. Susanne S. Lotarski, Kongres Polonii Amerykanskiej DC  i dr. James Pula, Purdue University.  Sesje w naukach scislych beda organizowane przez dr Anne Hermanowski-Vosatka, Merck Research Laboratories, dr Zbigniew Darzynkiewicz, New York Medical College, i dr Hanna Kelker, New York University Medical School.   Naukowcy i absolwenci sa proszeni o przyslanie propozycji swojich tematow indywidualnych prezentacji lub tematow calych sesji i paneli dyskusyjnych do dr. Gromaday pod e mail [email protected] do 31 marca 2009.  Czlonkowie Komitetu Lokalnego to miedzy innymi Fredyryk Czulada, Prezes, Polskiej Fundacji Kulturalne w Clark, N.J. i  Janina Kedron, Zastepca Dyrektora, Polskiego Instytutu Naukowego. 

 

Przewiduje sie , ze przynajmniej setka naukowcow ze wszystkich regionow Ameryki wezmie udzial  w sesjach i panelach z roznych dyscyplin, n.p.historii, polityki, literatury, ekonomii, muzyki, nauk scislych,  itp. Uczestnictwo w konferencji nie jest ograniczone tylko do czlonkow PIASA ;  zaproszeni sa wszyscy zainteresowani intelektualnym i kulturalnym dziedzictwem Polski i Polonii.  Informacja o rejestracji, grupowych stawkach hotelu Hyatt Regency, rezerwacji miejsc na bankiecie 13 czerwca, itp. bedzie na stronie internetowej www.piasa.org  lub bedzie dostepna na zyczenia pod adresem PIASA 208  East 30th St., New York, N.Y. 10016.

POLISH INSTITUTE’S 67TH ANNUAL MEETING WILL BE HELD IN JERSEY CITY ON THE HUDSON JUNE 13-14, 2009

 

The 67th Annual Meeting of the Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America (PIASA) will be held on June 13-14, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency Jersey City Hotel 2 Exchange Place , Jersey City , over looking the  New York Harbor with a stunning sky line view of lower Manhattan.  The Hotel is adjacent to PATH train station to Manhattan, 15 minutes from Newark Liberty International airport with an easy access to  the New Jersey Turnpike.  This two day multi-disciplinary  conference on Polish , East Central European and Polish American studies is being organized in cooperation with the Polish Cultural Foundation, Clark, N.J..  According to Dr. Thaddeus V. Gromada, chairman of the Annual Meeting a Program Committee is hard at work preparing the conference whose main theme will be “1989: Annus Mirabilis; 20th Anniversary of Poland’s Independence”. 

 

The Program Committee  includes Dr. Jakub Grygiel, Johns Hopkins University; Dr. Patrice Dabrowski,  Harvard University; Dr. Paul W. Knoll, University of Southern California; Dr. Charles S. Kraszewski, Kings College PA;  Dr. Neal Pease, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Dr. Kathleen Cioffi, Princeton University Press; Dr. Donald E. Pienkos, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Dr. Susanne S. Lotarski, Polish American Congress DC  and  Dr. James S. Pula, Purdue University.  Sessions dealing with the natural sciences and the history of science are being organized by Dr. Anne Hermanowski-Vosatka, Merck Research Laboratories; Dr. Hanna Kelker, New York University School of Medicine and Dr. Zbigniew Darzynkiewicz, New York Medical College.  Scholars, scientists and graduate students are requested to send in their proposals for individual papers or preferably for full sessions to Dr. Gromada, by e mail [email protected]  by March 31, 2009.  Members of the local arrangements committee include  Frederick Czulada, President of the Polish Cultural Foundation.

 

  It is expected that more than one hundred scholars and scientists from all regions of the U.S.  will make their presentation at  panels/sessions  in various disciplines including history, political science, literature, economics, music, history of science, etc. Participation in the conference is not limited to members of PIASA.  Persons interested in the academic and cultural  issues dealing with Poland and Polonia are also invited.  All persons attending the conference are required to register and pay a registration fee.  Information regarding registration , hotel group rates at Hyatt Regency $169. per room, banquet reservations for the evening of June 13, etc. will be found on PIASA’s website www.piasa.org  or can be requested  by writing to PIASA 208 E. 30th St. New York, N.Y. 10016

 

The Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America (PIASA)

208 East 30th Street, New York, N.Y. 10016

 

Contact:  Dr. T.V. Gromada 336 940-5656; e mail [email protected]