October; 2011
Issue
86
In This
Issue:
*Greetings from Consul General
*Seminar on Human Right
*Roy Ginsberg
*Audra Caplan
*Journalists' Study Tour
*FotoArt Festival
*English Language Specialist
*Eastern Partnership Program
Dear Readers,
As we enjoy the beautiful Polish golden fall, we congratulate our many partners at Polish universities on the start of a new academic year. As you will see below and throughout the year many of our programs depend on the close cooperation and friendship of many Polish institutions of higher learning. Thank you! We look forward to many more efforts together.
As Poland enters the second half of its time hosting the EU Presidency, we have seen progress on many fronts. It is especially encouraging to see that so many of the issues that are important to Poland during its presidency are issues that we in the Consulate have worked with closely in past and present, such as the Eastern Partnership and efforts to promote tolerance and democracy. Our activities in Poland reflect our continued commitment to these important initiatives.
As always, we look forward to seeing you throughout the consular district at these great events highlighted below.
Sincerely,
Allen Greenberg
Consul
General
Allen Greenberg
Seminars on Human Rights, Holocaust and Genocide for Middle and High School Teachers
Dr. Mary Johnson, a senior historian from the US NGO Facing History and Ourselves will visit Poland October 1-9, 2011 to conduct a series of seminars and workshops for history and civic education teachers as well as other interested educators. The project is a cooperative effort of the U.S. Consulate General in Krakow, the Regional Center for Teaching Excellence in Katowice and Galicia Jewish Museum in Kraków. The program of Dr. Johnson’s visit will include two major seminars for teachers in Katowice and Krakow titled: "Facing History and Ourselves, Connections between the Past and Today", and a series of workshops for high school students in Silesia. Dr. Johnson will also speak to the students at Jagiellonian University and the University of Silesia.
Dr. Mary Johnson serves as the Senior Historian with Facing History. She taught Women’s Studies and European History at Washington University, Temple University and East Tennessee State University. She began her teaching career as a Peace Corps Volunteer. Her publications deal with Franco-American women, women of the French Revolution, Holocaust Studies, Using Oral Testimonies and teaching about the Holocaust and Genocide.
Teachers are welcome to participate in the seminars in Katowice or Krakow. For more information, please contact: Anna Czarlinska-Wężyk, Regional Center for Teaching Excellence, Katowice, tel: 322035967 w.223 aczarli@womkat.edu.pl Anna Wencel, Galicja Jewish Museum Krakow, tel.: (12) 421 68 42; anna.wencel@galiciajewishmuseum.org
American Expert Inaugurates the New Academic Year for Students of European and International Studies in Krakow and Wroclaw
Professor Roy Ginsberg the Jean Monet Chair in European Integration Studies at Skidmore College will give an American perspective on the European Union and transatlantic relations during lectures: on Monday, October 3rd at 17:00 in Collegium Novum Main Hall at Jagiellonian University in Krakow and on Wednesday, October 5th at 11:00 in Aula Leopoldina of the Wroclaw University.
Fundraising and Services for Youth in Libraries
Library specialist Audra Caplan is coming to Krakow on October 11 to talk on "Library Partnerships and Collaborations: How to Build Relationships and How to Raise Money" and "Library Services for Young Adults." She will give presentations at the Institute of Information and Library Science, Jagiellonian University and Regional Public Library, ul. Rajska.
Ms. Caplan served as the President of the Public Library Association, a division of the American Library Association in 2010/2011. Ms. Caplan has recently retired as Director of Harford County Public Library where she has worked since January 1997. Ms. Caplan managed all public service functions of the library including branch operations, materials selections, marketing and community outreach. She was also instrumental in launching the Rolling Reader and Silver Reader, two outreach vehicles that serve at risk youth and senior citizens.
Consul General Welcomes Russian Journalists on a Study Tour to Poland
The U.S. Consulate General is a partner in a project organized by The College of Eastern Europe in cooperation with the Association of Russian Journalists. The two institutions invited a group of fifteen journalists to participate in a week long study tour from October 16 -23 , 2011 to be held in Warsaw, Krakow and Wieliczka. The tour including visits at leading public institutions such as Parliament, think tanks, media and local government offices will focus on the Polish transformation experience and the current situation in regard to Polish-Russian relations. While in Krakow the journalists will also meet with Consul General Allen Greenberg.
American Photography Presented at the FotoArt Festival in Bielsko Biała.
The FotoArt Festival held in Bielsko –Biała October 14-30 will exhibit the works of 25 photographers from around the world, including American artists. The exhibits will be accompanied by presentations, meetings with photographers, lectures, film showings, book stands and workshops. Camille Seaman, whose works will be exhibited for the first time in Poland is an award-winning American photographer best known for her evocative Polar images. She has traveled to over 30 countries creating timeless images of icebergs. Her photographs seek to highlight the interconnectedness of humans and the environment. Also, exhibited in this year’s festival are photographs from the Alexia Foundation set up to commemorate Alexia Tsairis, a victim in Pan Am Lockerbie bombing. The Foundation supports students and professionals who fight prejudice, promote tolerance and cultural diversity, and teach respect for other ways of thinking by creating photo - documentaries. Other American artists in Bielsko Biala will be Ron Van Dongen and John Benton Harris. Van Dongen is one of the most recognized and widely collected photographers of botanical studies. His works are widely exhibited and collected throughout the United States, Europe and Asia.
For more information, please see : http://www.fotoartfestival.com/
Workshops for ESL teachers at Young Learners Resource Centers in Poland.
As part of the U.S. Embassy's outreach to Polish teachers of English, Young Learners Resource Centers (YLRC) throughout Poland will organize a series of workshops for teachers of English at elementary schools. English language specialist Efrain Diaz will conduct workshops in Warsaw, Krakow, Gdansk, Łódź, Białystok, Szczecin, Września and Lubartów throughout the months of October and November. His seminars will focus on current teaching trends, methods, strategies, and techniques. He will explore learning differences between boys and girls, discuss cooperative and interactive learning, skills that students need to compete in today’s world and a few other topics
Efrain Diaz, affiliated with Hodges University in Naples, FL, is a bilingual educator and writer with experience teaching at all education levels, from elementary to adult. He conducts training seminars and workshops for Florida’s Department of Education and teacher state certification.
The workshops in Krakow will be held
October 24-26 at YLRC at Elementary School #10, ul. Ks. Blachnickiego 1.
Teachers of English to young learners are welcome to participate in the workshops. For more information on Krakow seminars, please contact Ms. Ewa Pałucka at YLRC phone: 12 421 02 36, email: ewa_palucka@interia.pl
or ylrc_krakow@op.pl
Conference in Lviv, Ukraine, in Support of the Eastern Partnership Program
The U.S. Consul General is pleased to support a conference titled “NATO-Ukraine Practical Co-operation and its Importance to Development of Ukraine.” The gathering of Polish, Ukrainian and other foreign specialists and experts on the NATO related developments in Ukraine is organized by the Krakow Institute of Strategic Studies with Ukrainian partners and the NATO Liaison Office in Ukraine. The conference will be held on October 27 and 28, 2011 in the city of Lviv.
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