Was the year 1956 a turning point in the Cold War? What events during the 1956 had an impact on course of the world history? Is the de-stalinization in the USRR and the Soviet ruled countries all about Krushchev and his secret speech during the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union?…
Polish soldiers fought in many countries and many fronts of World War II. The event “The Polish War” will be devoted to their fight and the fate after the war. “Roger Moorhouse, author of “First to Fight”, will tell the fascinating story of Poland’s defence against German and Soviet invasion in 1939, one of the…
Since Poland’s accession to the European Union in May 2004, Poles have become the largest foreign-born population in the UK. But what does the British public know about them, apart from the pre-conception that they are good workers? They are of course much more than that. They are doctors, engineers, artists, scientists and academics. Their…
The Centre for Polish-Lithuanian Studies is planning its activities for this year. Unless there is a return of COVID restrictions, it is planning to hold a symposium in the spring, and run some online talks, details of which will be published soon. In the first event, hosted by the Kościuszko Foundation this Thursday (23 September),…
In March 1984, as Poland was recovering from martial law, picture restorer Helen de Borchgrave travelled to the beleaguered country carrying provisions and forbidden books. This talk gives a glimpse of what life was like in Gdansk, Warsaw and Krakow. During the following years, Helen returned to Krakow, to restore masterpieces at the Royal Wawel…
The Janusz Kurtyka Foundation is organizing a Conference entitled “Memorial Candles in Our Hands: The Advantages Polish Scholarship and Museum Studies on the Commemoration of Holocaust Sites Have Brought for Polish – Jewish Relations”. The Conference entails a special review of the Polish tributes to Holocaust victims in Polish territories, as regards memorial sites and…
