Poland, New Hope for Europe? A Conversation with Rafał Trzaskowski, Mayor of Warsaw. Annual Copernicus Lecture by Rafał Trzaskowski, Mayor of Warsaw. Sponsors: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, International Institute, Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia. September 19, 2024. video
"Europa": An Empirical Film about an Experimental Continent. CCPS Film and Lecture by Benjamin Paloff, professor of Slavic languages and literatures and of comparative literature, U-M. Sponsors: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies; Center for European Studies; Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies; Department of Comparative Literature; Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures; Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia. January 29, 2024. video
European Elections 2023. WCEE Panel with Julián Casanova, professor of contemporary history, University of Zaragoza, and visiting professor, Central European University, Budapest/Vienna; Brian Porter-Szűcs, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of History, U-M; Peter Terem, professor of international relations, Matej Bel University, Banská Bystrica; Annemarie Toebosch, lecturer of Germanic languages and literatures. Moderator: Geneviève Zubrzycki, William H. Sewell Jr. Collegiate Professor of Sociology, WCEE Director, U-M. Sponsors: Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia; Center for European Studies; Copernicus Center for Polish Studies; Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies. October 25, 2023. video
Poland: Here, There, and Elsewhere. Panel at the CCPS 50th Anniversary Symposium with Raymond A. Patton (PhD History ’11, MA Russian and East European Studies ’05), associate professor of history, City University of New York; Jessica C. Robbins-Panko (PhD Anthropology/Graduate Certificate Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies ’13), associate professor of cultural anthropology, Wayne State University; Lenny A. Ureña Valerio (PhD History ’10), associate research professor of history, University of New Mexico. Moderator: Geneviève Zubrzycki, William H. Sewell Jr. Collegiate Professor of Sociology and CCPS Director, U-M. October 9, 2023. video
Polish Studies, Then and Now. Panel Discussion at the CCPS 50th Anniversary Symposium with Anna Cichopek-Gajraj (PhD History ’08), associate professor of history, Arizona State University; Paulina Duda (PhD Slavic ’17), visiting assistant professor, Brown University; assistant professor, Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology; Keely Stauter-Halsted (PhD History ’93), professor of history and Stefan & Lucy Hejna Family Chair in the History of Poland, University of Illinois at Chicago; Ewa Wampuszyc (PhD Slavic ’04, MA Russian and East European Studies ’96), content review manager, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Moderator: Brian Porter-Szűcs, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of History, U-M. October 9, 2023. video
Survivors Saving Survivors. Annual Copernicus Lecture by Jonathan Ornstein, Chief Executive Officer, JCC Krakow, and Chuck Fishman, Photographer. Sponsors: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies; Frankel Center for Judaic Studies; Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies; Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia. March 22, 2023. video
Other Kinds of Beauty: Aesthetic Valuation and the Making of Cities in Eastern Europe. CCPS Lecture by Anastasiya Halauniova, postdoctoral researcher, Centre for Sociological Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium). Sponsors: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies; Center for European Studies; Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies; Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia. February 15, 2023. video
Poland as a Front-Line State: How to Defend Pax Europaea. Annual Distinguished Lecture on Europe by Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz, Polish Ambassador to Russia (2014-16), Director of Strategies 2050, Warsaw. Sponsors: Center for European Studies, Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia. September 29, 2022. video
Russia's War on Ukraine and Its Global Impact. WCEE Distinguished Lecture by Lech Wałęsa, President of Poland (1990-95), Nobel Peace Prize winner (1983). Sponsors: Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia, Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, Democracy & Debate, Weiser Diplomacy Center. September 13, 2022. video
How to Write History from Below and Why it Matters: A Conversation with Adam Leszczyński about his People’s History of Poland. CCPS Lecture with Adam Leszczyński, journalist, sociologist, and historian. Sponsors: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies; Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies; Department of History; Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures. March 16, 2022. video
WCEE Teach-In on Ukraine. Moderated by Geneviève Zubrzycki, professor of sociology and WCEE Director, U-M. Sponsors: Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia; Center for European Studies; Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies; Copernicus Center for Polish Studies; Department of Political Science; International Institute; Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures. March 11, 2022. video collection
Art, Museums, and Politics in Poland: A Conversation with Anda Rottenberg. Annual Copernicus Lecture with Anda Rottenberg, art historian, critic, writer, and curator. Sponsors: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies; Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies; Museum Studies Program; Institute for the Humanities. March 7, 2022. video
Refugee Crises in Contemporary Europe, From the English Channel to the Polish-Belarusian Border. WCEE Lecture with John A. Young, Senior Staff Development Officer, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; Geneviève Zubrzycki, Professor of Sociology, WCEE Director, U-M. Sponsors: Weiser Center for Europe & Eurasia; Center for European Studies; Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies; Copernicus Center for Polish Studies; Frankel Center for Judaic Studies; University Musical Society. February 18, 2022. video
From There to Here: The Yiddish Origins and Cultural Travels of Fiddler on the Roof. WCEE Roundtable with Mikhail Krutikov, Preston R. Tisch Professor of Judaic Studies and professor of Slavic languages and literatures, U-M; Anita Norich, Tikva Frymer-Kensky Collegiate Professor Emerita of English and Judaic Studies, U-M; Karolina Szymaniak, assistant professor of Jewish studies, University of Wrocław and Jewish Historical Institute. Sponsors: Weiser Center for Europe & Eurasia; Center for Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies; Copernicus Center for Polish Studies; Frankel Center for Judaic Studies; University Musial Society. February 16, 2022. video
Cuts: An Oral History of Transformation. CCPS Lecture by Aleksandra Leyk, researcher, Educational Research Institute (IBE), Warsaw; Joanna Wawrzyniak, associate professor of sociology, University of Warsaw. Sponsors: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies; Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies. February 10, 2022. video
Is a Polexit on the Horizon? Poland's Domestic Politics, Law, and the EU. WCEE Roundtable with Marcin Menkes, associate professor, Warsaw School of Economics, and visiting professor of law, U-M; Sławomir Sierakowski, political analyst and co-founder, Krytyka Polityczna; Jarosław Szczepański, assistant professor of political science and international relations, University of Warsaw, and Academy of Justice, Institute of Law (Warsaw). Moderator: Geneviève Zubrzycki, professor of sociology and CCPS/WCEE director, U-M. Sponsors: Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia; Center for European Studies; Center for Political Studies; Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies; Copernicus Center for Polish Studies; Law School. November 17, 2021. video
The Carpathians: Discovering the Highlands of Poland and Ukraine. CCPS lecture by Patrice Dabrowski, associate, Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute. Sponsors: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies; Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies. October 27, 2021. video
Translating Pan Tadeusz: A Conversation with Bill Johnston. CCPS Lecture with Bill Johnston, Indiana University. Co-sponsor: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies. September 22, 2021. video
Poland and Hungary: Two Autocratic Attempts to Overthrow Liberal Democracy. CREES Noon Lecture by Bálint Magyar, research fellow, Central European University (CEU) Democracy Institute. Visit the link for a free, open-access download of The Anatomy of Post-Communist Regimes by Bálint Magyar and Bálint Madlovics. Sponsors: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies; Copernicus Center for Polish Studies. April 14, 2021. video
The Themersons and the Art of Translation. CCPS Lecture by Jasia Reichardt, writer and curator. Sponsors: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies; Center for Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies. April 8, 2021. video
Poland’s Place in Europe: Mission Accomplished? CCPS Lecture by Jacek Stawiski, editor-in-chief, TVN24. Sponsors: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies; Center for European Studies; Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies. March 1, 2021. video
Avant Jazz from Poland: Free Improvisations by Mikołaj Trzaska and Macio Moretti. CCPS concert with Mikołaj Trzaska, saxophonist, bass clarinetist, and composer; and Macio Moretti, drummer and bassist. Sponsors: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies; Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies. February 20, 2021. video
Gender Politics and the Populist Moment: Will the East Save the West? CCPS Lecture by Agnieszka Graff, associate professor at the American Studies Center, University of Warsaw. Sponsors: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies; Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies; Women's and Gender Studies Department. We apologize for technical difficulties including audio disruptions during the first portion of the lecture. February 1, 2021. video
Someone Else’s Problems: The Dissident Author Post-Dissidence. CREES Noon Lecture by Benjamin Paloff, associate professor of Slavic languages and literatures and of comparative literature, U-M. Sponsors: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies; Copernicus Center for Polish Studies. November 18, 2020. video
Interview with Agnieszka Holland. Annual Copernicus Lecture with Agnieszka Holland, film director. Interviewed by Johannes von Moltke, professor of Germanic languages and literatures and of film, television and media, Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia acting director, U-M; and Benjamin Paloff, associate professor of Slavic languages and literatures and comparative literature, Copernicus Center for Polish Studies acting director, U-M. Sponsor: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies. November 6, 2020. video
Music and Resilience in Early Postwar Poland. CREES Noon Lecture by Mackenzie Pierce, assistant professor of musicology, U-M. Sponsors: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies; Copernicus Center for Polish Studies. October 28, 2020. video
Assessing the State of Play in Polish Politics: The 2020 Presidential Elections. CCPS Panel with Anna Grzymała-Busse, Michelle and Kevin Douglas Professor of International Studies, Stanford University; Benjamin Paloff, associate professor of Slavic languages & literatures and comparative literature, U-M; Brian Porter-Szűcs, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of History, U-M. Sponsors: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies; Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies. October 15, 2020. video
Hint: My Books Aren’t Really about Sex and Drugs. Annual Copernicus Lecture by Dorota Masłowska, author. Sponsor: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies. February 19, 2020. video
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews and the Politics of History in Today’s Poland. CCPS Lectuure by Dariusz Stola, professor of history, Institute of Political Science, Polish Academy of Sciences. Sponsors: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, Department of History, Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, Weiser Center for Europe & Eurasia. October 24, 2019. video
Space and Spirit, or How to Make a Historical Atlas of Hasidism. CCPS/Frankel Lecture by Marcin Wodziński, professor of Jewish history and literature, University of Wrocław. Sponsors: CCPS, Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, Department of History. April 2, 2019. video
The Polish Athens: Zakopane as a Center of Polish Culture. CREES Noon Lecture by Maciej Krupa, journalist and mountain guide. Sponsors: CREES, Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, Adam Mickiewicz Institute. February 6, 2019. video
100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918. CCPS Lecture by Maciej Krupa, journalist and mountain guide, to open the exhibition by the same name. Sponsors: CCPS, Adam Mickiewicz Institute. February 4, 2019. video
Poland’s Centennial: An Evening of Reflection and Celebration. CCPS Panel & Recital with Matthew Bengtson, assistant professor of music, U-M; Paul Brykczynski (PhD History ‘13), historian; Benjamin Paloff, associate professor of Slavic languages & literatures and comparative literature, U-M. Moderator: Geneviève Zubrzycki, CCPS director. Sponsor: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies. November 16, 2018. video
Contemporary Poland Fighting for Democracy. Annual Copernicus Lecture by Barbara Nowacka, politician and progressive activist; former leader of Poland’s United Left coalition. Sponsors: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies. October 15, 2018. video
Poland, the EU, and Illiberal Democracy. Conversations on Europe lecture by Krzysztof Śmiszek, human rights lawyer, activist, and managing editor of The Anti-Discrimination Law Review; WCEE Distinguished Fellow, U-M. Sponsors: Center for European Studies, CREES, Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, International Policy Center, Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies, Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia. September 11, 2018. video
European Regions: Ethnopolitical Mobilization in Upper Silesia. CREES Noon Lecture by Magdalena Dembinska, associate professor of political science, Université de Montréal. Sponsors: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies; Copernicus Center for Polish Studies. January 10, 2018. video
The West’s Democratic Challenge: Central Europe’s Variant and What America Can Do. WCED Lecture by Daniel Fried, Distinguished Fellow, Atlantic Council; and former National Security Council Senior Director, Ambassador to Poland, and Assistant Secretary of State for Europe. Sponsors: Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies, Center for European Studies, Copernicus Center for Polish Studies. January 9, 2018. video
Problematizing Populism: The Polish Radical Right and the Return of National Communism. CREES Noon Lecture by Brian Porter-Szűcs, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of History, U-M. Sponsors: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies; Copernicus Center for Polish Studies. September 20, 2017. video
The Glory and Poverty of the ’68 Generation. Annual Copernicus Lecture by Adam Michnik, historian and editor-in-chief, Gazeta Wyborcza. Sponsor: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies. April 3, 2017. video
Sexual Minorities and Civil Rights in Poland. Annual Copernicus Lecture by Robert Biedroń, LGBT activist and mayor of Słupsk, Poland. Sponsor: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies. November 2, 2016. video
Polish Towns? Jewish Towns? Urban Development in Interwar Eastern Poland. CREES Noon Lecture by Kathryn Ciancia, assistant professor of history, University of Wisconsin. Sponsors: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies; Copernicus Center for Polish Studies. September 28, 2016. video
Breaking Boundaries before and after Censorship: A Personal Story of When and How You Should Say No. Annual Copernicus Lecture by Ewa Wójciak, actor and director, Theatre of the Eighth Day. Sponsors: U-M’s Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, Department of Theatre and Drama, Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design; Culture.pl. March 21, 2016. video
Women, Class, Performance: Helena Modjeska as Understudy and Impresario. CCPS Lecture by Beth Holmgren, professor of Slavic and Eurasian studies, Duke University. Sponsor: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies. February 18, 2016. video
Mrożek on Trial: On the Short Plays of Sławomir Mrożek. CCPS Lecture by Joanna Trzeciak Huss, associate professor of modern and classical language studies, Kent State University. Sponsor: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies. February 4, 2016. video
Rising from the Rubble: Creating the Museum of the History of the Polish Jews. Frankel/CCPS Lecture by Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, chief curator, Core Exhibition, POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews; university professor emerita and professor emerita of performance studies, New York University. Sponsors: Frankel Center for Judaic Studies, Copernicus Center for Polish Studies. January 13, 2016. video
Supply-Side Socialism: Conceptualizing Consumption in the Polish People’s Republic. CREES Noon Lecture by Brian Porter-Szűcs, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of History, U-M. Sponsors: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies; Center for European Studies; Copernicus Center for Polish Studies. September 30, 2015. video
A Country with No Exit? Migrations from Poland 1949-89. CCPS/Frankel Lecture by Dariusz Stola, professor of history, Institute of Political Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences; director, POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews. Sponsors: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies; Frankel Center for Judaic Studies; Center for European Studies; Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies; Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies. April 21, 2015. video
POLIN: The New Museum of the History of Polish Jews. CCPS/Frankel Lecture by Dariusz Stola, director, POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews; professor of history, Institute of Political Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences. Sponsors: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies; Frankel Center for Judaic Studies; Center for European Studies; Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies; Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies. April 20, 2015. video
Globalizing Knowledge with Michigan, Polish, Kosovar, and Ukrainian Accents. CREES Noon Lecture with Michael D. Kennedy, professor of sociology and international studies, Brown University. Sponsors: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies; Center for European Studies; Copernicus Center for Polish Studies. February 25, 2015. video
Interview with Tomasz Stańko. Annual Copernicus Lecture with Tomasz Stańko, jazz trumpeter; interviewed by Piotr Michałowski, George G. Cameron Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, U-M. Sponsors: U-M’s Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, Center for World Performance Studies, UMS; Adam Mickiewicz Institute. February 4, 2015. video
Pluralism from Below: Negotiating Religious Diversity in Catholic Poland. CREES Noon Lecture by Agnieszka Pasieka, assistant professor of anthropology, Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences. Sponsors: Center for European Studies; Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies; Copernicus Center for Polish Studies; Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies. December 3, 2014. video
Enlightened Memory? On Remembering the Jewish Past in Contemporary Germany and Poland. CREES Noon Lecture by Michael Meng, assistant professor of history, Clemson University. Sponsors: CREES, Center for European Studies, Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, Frankel Center for Judaic Studies. October 8, 2014. video
