January; 2009
Issue
57
In This
Issue:
*Consul General's message
*American Day
*U.S. Security Policy
*Conference for teachers
*Poland and Europe in Obama Era
*American Journalists on New Administration
*Choosing a Career
As I write this, snow is blanketing Krakow, adding to the beautiful charms of the city. Typically January is a slower time for us as winter settles in, but this January we have many exciting events and visits planned.
Ambassador Ashe will be visiting us over the next few weeks as he prepares for his February departure from Poland. He has been the U.S. Ambassador here since June 2004 and has made it a point to visit cities and towns all over the country. I know he is leaving with a tremendous affection for Poland and the Polish people.
January marks the 90th anniversary of Polish-American diplomatic relations. The United States was the first country to recognize the newly independent Poland on January 29, 1919, and we are planning a year-long celebration of the Polish-American friendship. The U.S. Embassy in Warsaw and the U.S. Consulate in Krakow have a series of 90th anniversary lectures, exhibitions, concerts and conferences scheduled. Please check the embassy and consulate websites regularly for more details.
More and more Polish high schools are offering extended programs in English. To help these high schools learn more about study opportunities in the United States, we are holding a one-day conference for teachers of English on January 20. Please contact us at 012-424-5190 for more details. For more general information on study in the U.S., please see our website at http://krakow.usconsulate.gov/studyus.html.
I’d like to call your attention to the second annual American Days celebration at the Solvay Contemporary Arts Center on Zakopianska this Friday, January 9 at 18:00. There will be the premiere performance in Polish of the one-act play Gwiazdy (Stars) by American playwright Romulus Linney and the opening of the “Mars: Mission Possible” exhibition. We hope to see you there.
As you know, President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration will take place on January 20. German journalist Christoph von Marschall, author of a biography on Obama available in Poland, will be here in Krakow to give a lecture immediately after attending the inauguration. Please check our website for more details on his program.
Also coming up this month we welcome the renowned journalists and authors Lynne Olsen and Stanley Cloud, authors of A Question of Honor: The Kosciuszko Squadron: Forgotten Heroes of World War II. They will be in Poland at the end of January to kick off our 90th anniversary celebrations. Details on their public events will be available on our website.
Happy New Year to all of our friends, and I wish you a peaceful and prosperous 2009!
Anne Hall
Consul General
On Friday, January 9 the U.S. Consulate General, together with the Solvay Cultural Center and ON OFF Theatre, invite the public for the second edition of an American Days celebration in Krakow. We invite everyone to the Solvay Center on Zakopiańska 62 to see the photo exhibit “Mars: Mission Possible” and to watch a performance in Polish of the American one-act play Stars by Romulus Linney directed by Bartłomiej Piotrowski. Entry is free.
Lectures on U.S. Security Policy
On January 12-13 the U.S. Consulate General and Polish partners are organizing a series of lectures to be given by Professor Andrew Michta. Andrew A. Michta is a professor of National Security Studies and Deputy Director of the Senior Executive Seminar at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Germany. He holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C.
Monday,
January 12 at 9:40 - lecture at Krakow University College (KSW), Herlinga-Grudzinskiego
1,on: "U.S. Foreign and Security Policy: Continuity or Change?"
Tuesday, January 13 at 9:40 - lecture at Silesian University in Sosnowiec, Grota-Roweckiego 5,
on "U.S.-European Security Relations"
Tuesday, January 13 at 15:00 - lecture at Wroclaw University, Koszarowa 3,
on "U.S.- European Security Relations"
Study in the U.S. Conference for Teachers – January 20
The Consulate’s Public Affairs Office, in cooperation with Nowodworski High School in Krakow, is organizing a conference on college and university studies in the U.S. on January 20. The aim of the conference is to reach out to teachers at schools with extended English language programs, bilingual classes and IB programs.
The program of the conference will include presentations on basic information about the U.S. educational system, criteria for choosing the right school, the college application process, funding opportunities, standardized tests and other related topics. The speakers will be American diplomats, Fulbright scholars and Polish academia with extensive experience at U.S. universities.
If you are interested in participating in the conference, please contact the Public Affairs Section at 012 424 5140 or 012 424 5190 or email: brzostekmr@state.gov
Lecture on "“Poland and Europe in the Obama Era”
On Friday, January 23 the U.S. Consulate General and the Jagiellonian University Center for European Studies invite the public to a meeting with journalist Christoph von Marschall, who will talk about “Poland and Europe in the Obama Era”. The meeting will be held at 14:00 at Jagiellonian University's Auditorium Maximum on Krupnicza Street.
Dr. Christoph von Marschall (born 1959 in Freiburg, Germany) has been a leading opinion editor at Der Tagesspiegel since 1995. He is presently working as a U.S. correspondent in Washington. He is author of the book: Barack Obama, the Black Kennedy, published also in Polish.
American Journalists Speak on New Administration
On Monday, January 26, at 17:00 two eminent American journalists Lynne Olson and Stanley Cloud, known in Poland for their book, A Question of Honor will meet with the Silesian public to discuss “The New Administration and What its Advent Means to Poland and Europe”. The meeting will be held in Silesian Library in Katowice at Plac Rady Europy 1. The lecture and discussion will be interpreted into Polish.
On Tuesday, January 27 the English speaking public in Krakow will have an opportunity to listen to two American journalists who will speak about the new administration. The event is organized together with the Art Institute at 19:00 in the Jaszczury Club, Rynek Gl. 8.
Lynne Olson has been a reporter and writer since 1971. During the 1970s she was the Associated Press correspondent in Moscow and covered the White House during Jimmy Carter’s presidency. With her husband, Stanley Cloud, she co-authored The Murrow Boys, a highly acclaimed biography of the correspondents hired by Edward R. Murrow to create CBS News, and A Question of Honor: The Kosciuszko Squadron: Forgotten Heroes of World War II. Olson also wrote Freedom’s Daughters, the first comprehensive history of women in the civil rights movement. Lynne Olson lives in Washington, D.C.
Stanley Cloud was a magazine and newspaper journalist for 35 years. He was also the Washington bureau chief for Time Magazine. Cloud has interviewed five presidents of the United States and covered six administrations. He was the principal reporter and writer for many Time cover stories, including the now-famous Is Government Dead? in 1989.
This edition of eJournal USA entitled Choosing a Career rambles down the many varied paths that Americans take on their way to find their life's work. Professionals in various fields explain how they got there, and some wrong turns they made along the way. Experts describe how young people can weigh and explore the options before them.
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