June; 2011
Issue
83
In This
Issue:
*Greetings from Consul General
*DVC on Transatlantic Relations
*Multinational Corporation in World Politics
*Library Conference
*Wroclaw Global Forum
*Milosz Exhibit in Wroclaw
*Velveteen Rabbit Play
*Unknown Billy Wilder
*Reagan Centennial Celebrations
*Madame Curie
Greetings from Krakow!
The weather and tourists are certainly reminding us that summer is here. In the Consulate, we are working on a number of exciting programs that focus on Poland’s contributions to the international world we live in. In Wroclaw, from June 9-11, we will participate once again in the Wroclaw Global Forum, looking at the current state of transatlantic relations. And the following week, we’ll explore a different side of international culture by looking at the life of Billy Wilder, a truly cosmopolitan film maker, whose career touched many different countries. In between, we’ll celebrate a great American classic as we partner with Teatr Groteska for a production of “The Velveteen Rabbit.” Don’t forget to check out our Facebook for an exciting Velveteen Rabbit contest. As always, there is much more information available below and on our website.
Sincerely,
Allen Greenberg
Consul
General
Allen Greenberg
Videoconference on Transatlantic Relations
The U.S. Consulate General would like to invite you to a videoconference with Mark Vlasik on why European youth should see the Transatlantic Partnership – on issues ranging from security and the environment to transnational crime – as important to their future. Mr. Vlasic has worked for the White House, the Pentagon, the World Bank, the United Nations, and a large international law firm. He is currently a senior fellow and adjunct professor at Georgetown University. This will be a chance to share reflections after President Obama’s trip to Europe. The event will be held on Friday, June 3, 2011 at 15:30 at the U.S. Consulate General ul. Stolarska 9 in Krakow. If you are interested in participation please contact the consulate by e-mail at: krakowAIRC@state.gov
More information on Mark Vlasik is available on the Georgetown Law website: http://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/facinfo/tab_faculty.cfm?Status=Faculty&ID=2016
Conference on Multinational Corporations in World Politics
On June 4-8 the Jagiellonian University will host an international conference "Multinational Corporations in World Politics" prepared in cooperation with the University of Rochester. The conference will discuss issues connected with international business and its influence on domestic politics, foreign investment and international law. It will gather prominent professors from about a dozen US and Polish universities.
More information about the conference is available at: http://www.rochester.edu/college/psc/CPCES/MCWP/index.html
Conference on Library Science
An international conference "How to Teach Students in Information and Library Science? Academic Curricula vs. Labor Market and Evolution of Science" organized by the Institute of Information and Library Science, Jagiellonian University in cooperation with U.S. Consulate General in Krakow and Polish Librarians Association will take place on June 6-7 in Krakow. The program of the conference includes a videoconference on “Accreditation of Library and Information Science Programs in the United States – Process and Policy" with Karen O’Brien, Director, Office for Accreditation American Library Association on June 6. If you would like to participate in the videoconference please contact the American Information Resource Center tel: 12 424 5143.
More information about the conference and program are available at http://cracowlisconference.blogspot.com/
Wroclaw Global Forum
From June 9 to 11, the Wrocław Global Forum will again focus on Strengthening the Transatlantic Dialog to Tackle Global Challenges. The inaugural Forum in 2010 featured the participation of U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg, Admiral James Stavridis, SACEUR, and top ministers and CEOs from the region. This year, the Forum will focus on how the transatlantic partnership, and the United States and Central Europe, can work together to build strong and resilient economies, advance democratic values, and promote security in the face of complex global challenges.
Wroclaw Global Forum http://www.wgf2011.eu/
American Milosz exhibition in Wroclaw
On June 10 Ambassador Lee Feinstein and the Director of the Lower Silesia Library Andrzej Tyws will open an exhibition presenting photos of Czeslaw Milosz. Photographs on display come from the archive of Andrzej Milosz, the Nobel Laureate’s brother, and from the archive of Adam Lizakowski, a poet living in Chicago who throughout 80's and 90's took many photos of Milosz at public meetings and at his home on Grizzly Peak in Berkeley.
The exhibition, which is organized to highlight the centennial anniversary of Czeslaw Milosz’s birth, will present the poet both in his professional life at author’s meetings with Susan Sontag and Josif Brodski, as well as at his desk, in the garden, in the street, in a bookshop or in the theater.The photos are accompanied by explanatory notes and poems.
After the opening at 16:30 there will be a meeting with Adam Lizakowski, a poet and photographer of many photos presented in the exhibition. The exhibition will be on display until the end of September.
Premiere of a Play Based on the Novel "Velveteen Rabbit" by American Writer Margery Williams
On June 17, Groteska Theater will present the first performance of the play based on the novel “The Velveteen Rabbit” by Margery Williams. The story of a friendship between a boy and a velveteen toy has been popular among children since the book was published in early twenties of the last century but in Poland it will be shown for the first time. The performance is a great moral lesson. It was prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Consulate and has the honorary patronage of the Institute of American Studies of Jagiellonian University. The play will also be performed during Krakow Theater Night on June 18.
If you would like to get a chance to win tickets for the premiere of the play please take part in our Velveteen Rabbit quiz on the Consulate's Facebook that will take place next week.
"Unknown Billy Wilder" Film Festival in Krakow and Sucha Beskidzka
Billy Wilder was born in 1906 in Sucha Beskidzka. To celebrate his birthday and honor his work, Consulates of the countries where Wilder lived and worked on his films (Austria, Germany, France and the United States) as well as the city of Sucha Beskidzka have organized a festival of Wilder’s films accompanied by lectures and presentations. For a detailed program please see the U.S. Consulate General Facebook.
100th Anniversary of President Reagan's Birthday
As part of the year-long Ronald Reagan Centennial Celebration organized by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation, four European nations - Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom - will honor the 100th birthday of President Reagan with a series of tributes from June 27-July 4, 2011. Program highlights will include on June 27, a Mass of Thanksgiving in Krakow. For more information on the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation's historic year-long Centennial Celebration visit: www.reagancentennial.com
"Madame Curie"
As an accompaning event to the exhibit "Maria Skłodowska-Curie - Extraordinary Woman", organized by the Chemistry Department and Museum of the Jagiellonian University in cooperation with the Museum of Maria Skłodowskaj-Curie in Warsaw, the U.S. Consulate General will present a classic American movie, "Madame Curie." The film is an excellent biographical movie about the famed scientist and the work she did with her husband Pierre to discover radium. The movie was nominated for several Academy Awards. The screening will take place on June 29 at 7:00 pm. at Collegium Maius, ul. Jagiellońska 15, Krakow. Free entry.
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