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The Polish Studies Program at the University of Florida was founded in 2004
as a joint undertaking of the Center for European Studies and the Department of Germanic
and Slavic Languages. The goal of the program is the development of an innovative
curriculum of courses in Polish language and culture in order to provide students
with strong area skills over a broad range of topics within Polish Studies.
The program places a special emphasis on the culture and society of contemporary Poland.
From the fall of communism in Central and Eastern Europe in 1989 to its entry into the
European Union as one of ten new member states in 2004, Poland’s geopolitical position
has shifted radically. Contested conformity to Soviet dominance in the region has been
replaced by the enjoyment of the rights and the obligation to uphold the duties
accompanying the country’s status of important new European political and economic
partner. The country’s cultural landscape has undergone no less significant a
transformation. From a preoccupation with questions of national struggle against the
communist state there has been a shift in emphasis in Polish culture to a broad range
of topics rooted in the new socioeconomic order – popular culture; artists and the free
market; and Poland’s diverse legacy of ethnic, regional, and gender identities.
Finally, the achievement of cultural and academic freedom has given rise to the project
of rethinking and rewriting Polish national history, particularly that of the turbulent
nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The curriculum of the UF Polish Studies Program has
been designed to reflect this sea change in Polish culture and society.
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Fall 2007 Certificate
and Minor in East-Central European Studies
Starting in Fall 2007, all Polish Studies courses will count
towards a Certificate or Minor in East-Central European Studies.
For more information on these degree programs, please contact
caes@ufl.edu, ewamp@ufl.edu, or branoko@ufl.edu.
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04-14-2007 3rd
Annual Celebration of Polish Culture
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Summer 2007 Summer
2007: Summer Study in Poland (Kraków and Wroclaw)
- UF in Poland (Kraków and Wroclaw) is scheduled for July
1- August 15, 2006. Students will have the opportunity to earn
3-6 transfer credits by attending Polish language courses and selected
culture courses for four weeks at the renown Jagiellonian University
in Kraków. The final two weeks of the program will be held
in Wroclaw, Poland where students will complete a 3 credit seminar
taught by UF that focuses on understanding Poland's present through
the prism of a multicultural past. For more information on UF in
Poland, click here.
- Attention!!! Deadline for applications has been extended. Please
contact Ewa Wampuszyc or Chris
Caes for more
information.
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Past Events: |
Summer 2006
Summer Study abroad in Kraków, Poland
UF in Poland (Kraków and Wroclaw) is scheduled for July 1- August 15, 2006. Students will
have the opportunity to earn 3-6 transfer credits by attending Polish language courses and
selected culture courses for four weeks at the renown Jagiellonian University in Kraków. The final
two weeks of the program will be held in Wroclaw, Poland where students will complete a 3 credit
seminar taught by UF that focuses on understanding Poland's present through the prism of a multicultural past.
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more information on UF in Poland, click here. |
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04-01-2006
2nd Annual Polish Night at UF
Commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the Solidarity Movement! Saturday, April 1, 2006. Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art.
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04-16-2005
1st Annual Polish Night at UF: "Celebrating the EU!"
In conjunction with the declaration of an official week of national
mourning by the government of the Republic of Poland on the occasion of
the death of Pope John Paul II, UF's First Annual Polish Night was held.
Flyer for the event.
Article about this event at Nasza Floryda |
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