December; 2009
Issue
66
In This
Issue:
*Consul General's message
*Education Seminar in Wroclaw
*Eduction Seminar in Katowice
*Tram of Tolerance
*Concert in Tyniec
*Climate Change
*Silent Films Festival
*Roots of Innovation
It’s hard to believe that 2009, a year filled with exciting events and notable anniversaries, is drawing to a close. Even as we head into the holidays, the Consulate continues to hold a number of valuable activities, many of which are listed below. I would especially like to draw attention to our Tolerance Tram, which will tour Krakow on December 10.
November saw several innovative Consulate events. We marked the 90 years of U.S.-Polish diplomatic relations and our common holiday – American Veterans Day and Polish Independence Day. In Wroclaw we helped sponsor a school to train Ukrainian leaders on fighting corruption. We also hosted our university day here in Krakow, to be followed up by events in Wroclaw and Katowice later this week.
Please receive from the Consulate the warmest of seasonal greetings and our best wishes for a happy New Year.
Allen Greenberg
Consul General
Allen Greenberg
Krakow Consulate's Public Affairs Office is continuing the International Education Week outreach to the students in Krakow consular district. In cooperation with the American Corner, a conference on undergraduate studies in the U.S. will be organized in Wroclaw on December 3. It will gather 40 high school students from schools with extended English language programs, bilingual classes and IB programs who are interested in continuing their education at U.S. universities. The students will learn about Education USA activities, the U.S. educational system and criteria for choosing the right school. They will discuss application process and funding opportunities with educational advisers. The highlight of the conference will be SKYPE connection with the representatives of some U.S. universities. The students will have an opportunity to discuss the application related issues with the representatives of undergraduate admission and international offices.
For more information please contact American Corner at +71/33-52-215
On December 4 students from the region of Silesia will have an opportunity to participate in the "Study in the U.S." seminar at the Silesian School of Economics in Katowice. The Consulate and Fulbright Commission speakers will discuss graduate programs at U.S universities. The presentations will include information about the best ways to apply to American graduate schools, application procedures and funding issues. The consular section of the consulate will brief the students on Work and Travel program and students visas.
This session is held at the School of Economics annually and gathers students from other university schools in the region of Silesia.
The United Nations’ Human Rights Day is observed each year on December 10. The U.S. Consulate General together with ON OFF Theatre as well as with the French Institute, Goethe Institute and Italian Institute of Culture organize a Multimedia Tram of Tolerance on Thursday December 10, at 12:00 (boarding at Pl Wszystkich Swietych; direction – Post Office). Inhabitants of Krakow, students and passersby are invited to join us in the event promoting tolerance, openness toward other cultures and other religions. With various forms of art expression including a short theatre performance, pantomime, photo exhibit and evergreen music we want to celebrate the main theme of Human Rights Day which in 2009 is: "Dignity and justice to all of us" .
World famous American Lutenist Hopkinson Smith will give a unique concert of old music at the Benedictine Cultural Center in Tyniec near Krakow. During his performance he will speak about American interpretations of early European music and how it is received by American audiences.
The second day of his visit will be devoted to the master classes at Krakow Music Academy. The participants of the workshop will be the students and faculty of the Departments of Old Instruments at both Krakow and Katowice conservatories. Hopkinson Smith is internationally recognized as a leading personality in the field of early music and one of the world's great lutenists. He gives concerts and master classes throughout Europe and North and South America and is highly praised by American press and music critics who claim that he plays lute like it has never gone out of style.
The concert will be held on December 6 at 4:15 p.m. at Benedyktyński Instytut Kultury w Tyńcu.
The UN Climate Change Conference will start on
December 7th in Copenhagen. Have a look at
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Silent Film Festival at Pod Baranami Cinema
This year the festival (December 10-13) will be devoted to female legends of the cinema from before the sound era – program includes films with Pola Negri, Greta Garbo, Lillian Gish, Louise Brooks and Mabel Normand – as well as "pioneering" female directors. Krakow’s audience will be ble to watch experimental shorts by the "mother of the American avant-garde" Maya Deren: The Very Eye of the Night (1959), Meditation on Violence (1948), Ritual in Transfigured Time (1946) and At Land (1944). In addition, the first preserved short animation by German director Lotte Reiniger The Adventures of Prince Achmed from 1926, as well as pioneering pictures by Germaine Dulac – Invitation to a Journey (1927) and The Smiling Madame Beudet (1922, a cinematographic feminist manifesto! We’ll also be able to see Pandora’s Box from 1926 – the legendary film by Georg Wilhelm Pabst, which on grounds of morality was banned in several countries, and made Louise Brooks an international star! The screenings will be taking place in the Pod Baranami Cinema and the Manggha Museum. The Festival is accompanied by an exhibition at Wyspiański Pavilion "Pola Negri. Cinema Legend" prepared in cooperation with the Cinematography Museum in £ód¼.
More info at www.kinopodbaranami.pl
Economic expansion depends more and more on innovation — not simply producing more goods and services, but producing ever newer goods and services. This issue of eJournal USA seeks to show that innovation needs the right conditions to emerge.
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