Following the 2025 Wisconsin Slavic Conference, the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus hosted another major Slavic event: a symposium on Polish literature and culture under the theme Beyond the Horizon. The symposium brought together Polish cultural …
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Polish Program Students Win Polanki College Achievement Awards
The UW–Madison Polish Program is pleased to announce that three students in our Polish language program: Sydney Kurszewski, Gavrielle Lent, and Ryan Rowe were awarded the 2025 Polanki College Achievement Awards. Congratulations and gratulacje! Polanki’s College …
Announcing 2025-2026 Polish Language, Literature, and Culture Awards
The UW–Madison Polish Program is pleased to announce the winners of the Lapinski and Gąsiorowska awards for the academic year 2025-2026. Among the awardees are undergraduate and graduate students who will receive financial support for …
UW–Madison Polish Faculty Elected to NAATPl Board
Two members of our Polish Studies program, Krzysztof Borowski and Łukasz Wodzyński, were recently elected to serve on the Executive Board of the North American Association of Teachers of Polish. The election results were announced …
Announcing 2024 Madison Polish Film Festival
The Madison Polish Film Festival is back! This year, the festival will take place on November 10 and November 17 at the Marquee Cinema (located in Union South) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. All …
Announcing 2023/2024 Polish Language, Literature, and Culture Awards
The Polish Program is pleased to announce the winners of the Lapinski, Zawacki, and Gąsiorowska awards for the academic year 2023-2024. Among the awardees are undergraduate and graduate students who will receive financial support for …
Polish Poetry Meeting with Jerzy Jarniewicz and Piotr Florczyk
Meetings with Polish poetry continue this month as the UW–Madison Polish Program is hosting Jerzy Jarniewicz (University of Łódź), a Polish poet, translator, and literary critic whose first poetic volume in English was published in …
Professor Wodzyński Receives Prestigious Award
Slavic Studies congratulates Assistant Professor Łukasz Wodzyński on winning the award for Best Article published in the Slavic and East European Journal for 2023. The article is titled “In Search of Wild Beaches: Adventure in …
Award-Winning Polish Poet Julia Fiedorczuk Comes to UW–Madison
In the last few years, global crises have disrupted the lives of millions of people, including a pandemic, Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, and the climate crisis. This month, the UW–Madison Polish Program is hosting a …
Announcing 2023 Madison Polish Film Festival
The Madison Polish Film Festival is back! This year, the festival will take place on November 19 and December 3 at the Marquee Cinema (located in Union South) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. All …