Polish
The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures teaches first- and second-year Polish. In addition, the department offers an undergraduate major in Eastern European Languages, Literature and Culture, and a minor in Slavic Languages, as well as a minor in Russian and Slavic Literatures.
News
- Topic Announced for Winter 2018 class Polish 420: Haunted Images: New Polish Cinema and Photography
- UW PSEC Scholarship winner Kevin Aslett reports on his trip
- New Polish Culture Podcast
- UW Polish Studies Award Winner Ania Wahler-Edwards describes her studies in Cracow this Winter Quarter
- UW Polish Studies Award Winner Nathan Marks describes his studies in Poland this Summer
Upcoming Events
Upcoming Courses
Funds
Community
- Polish Culture Society (Cultural)
- Polish Home Association (Cultural)
- Polish Home Foundation (Cultural)
- Seattle Polish News (Cultural)
- Seattle-Gdynia (Sister City)
- UW Polish Studies Endowment Committee (UW PSEC) (Cultural)
Faculty in This Area
Emeritus, Adjunct, and Affiliate Faculty in This Area
Barbara Citko,
Adjunct Professor (Linguistics)
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Adjunct Professor (Linguistics)
Polish Fulbright Lecturer, 2012-2013
Research
News
- Attend: Lectures By Polish Fulbrights At The UW
- Dziwirek named Alumna VIP by University of Łódź
- Karolina Lamb awarded UW PSEC Scholarship
- Karski exhibit reviewed in The Daily
- Kosciuszko Foundation Summer Study Abroad Scholarships
- Language Students Honored
- Maria Skłodowska-Curie exhibit
- Nathan Marks' blog post on his visit to Poland's Open Air Village Museum
- New Polish Culture Podcast
- Topic Announced for Winter 2018 class Polish 420: Haunted Images: New Polish Cinema and Photography
- UW Polish Studies Award Winner Ania Wahler-Edwards describes her studies in Cracow this Winter Quarter
- UW Polish Studies Award Winner Nathan Marks describes his studies in Poland this Summer
- UW PSEC Scholarship winner Kevin Aslett reports on his trip
Fund
Events
| Title | Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polish Conversation Table | Dec 6 | 2:00pm | Padelford Hall A216 |
| Gloomy or Glam? New Polish Cinema and Photography | Nov 29 | 7:00pm | Thomson Hall Room 101 |
| Polish Conversation Table | Nov 29 | 2:00pm | Padelford Hall A216 |
| Polish Conversation Table | Nov 22 | 2:00pm | Padelford Hall A216 |
| Polish Conversation Table | Nov 15 | 2:00pm | Padelford Hall A216 |
| Polish Conversation Table | Nov 8 | 2:00pm | Padelford Hall A216 |
| Annual Fall Polish Bazaar | Nov 4 to Nov 5 | 12:00pm to 6:00pm | Polish Cultural Center |
| Polish Conversation Table | Nov 1 | 2:00pm | Padelford Hall A216 |
| Polish Conversation Table | Oct 25 | 2:00pm | Padelford Hall A216 |
| 25th annual Polish Film Festival | Oct 20 to Oct 29 | 6:30pm to 10:00pm | |
| Vodka and a Drop of Art | Oct 19 | 7:00pm | Polish Cultural Center |
| Polish Conversation Table | Oct 18 | 2:00pm | Padelford Hall A216 |
| 6th Annual Poish Festival Seattle | Jul 8 | 12:00pm | Seattle Center Armory and Mural Ampitheatre |
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The Art of Losing: Polish Poetry and Translation Clare Cavanagh |
May 18 | 7:00pm | CMU 120 |
| Polish Spring Bazaar | Apr 8 | 12:00pm | Polish Cultural Center |
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An Evening with Chopin, featuring Polish pianist Jacek Nazarczuk and two local youth Chopin competition winners Jacek Nazarczuk |
Mar 25 | 7:30pm | Kenneth J Minnaert Center for the Performing arts Main Stage |
| South Sound’s first Chopin Piano Competition for youth ages 12 to 23 | Mar 20 to Mar 23 | South Puget Sound Community College | |
| Wooden Sacred Architecture in the Republic of Poland | Mar 6 to Apr 7 | The Gallery (SPSCC) | |
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Grad Student Colloquium: Touching Matters: Metaphorical Extensions of dotknąć and touch". Katarzyna Dziwirek |
Feb 24 | 2:30pm | Padelford A216 |
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They Risked Their Lives: Poles who saved Jews during the Holocaust Mariusz Brymora |
Feb 15 | 6:30pm to 8:30pm | Communications 120 |
| Title | Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
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From Newsreel to Posttramatic films - Classic Documentary Filmas about Auschwitz-Birkenau Tomasz Lysak |
Nov 15 | 7:00pm | Thomson Hall 101 |
| Annual Fall Polish Bazaar | Nov 5 to Nov 6 | 12:00pm to 6:00pm | Polish Cultural Center |
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Are Lyrics the Music Yet? Agata Zubel |
Oct 25 | 7:00pm | Thompson Hall Room 101 |
| 24th Annual Seattle Polish Film Festival | Oct 12 to Oct 23 | SIFF Cinema Uptown | |
| Polish Festival Seattle | Jul 9 | 11:00am to 7:00pm | Seattle Center, Armory & Mural Amphitheatre |
| Santa Rosa: Odyssey in the Rhythm of Mariachi | May 6 | 7:00pm | THO 101 |
| "Raise the Roof" | Apr 10 | 3:25pm | Stroum Jewish Community Center |
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2016 Polish Studies Fundraiser Magdalena Sroka |
Feb 20 | 6:00pm | University of Washington Club |
| Title | Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
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The Controversies Surrounding Polish Youth Magazines Piotr Nowakowski, Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski |
Nov 10 | 2:30pm | A216 Padelford |
| Annual Fall Polish Bazaar | Nov 8 | 12:00pm | Polish Cultural Center |
| Annual Fall Polish Bazaar | Nov 7 | 12:00pm | Polish Cultural Center |
| Motion Trio | Nov 3 | 7:30pm | Benaroya Hall |
| Screening of "Jurek" | Oct 28 | 7:00pm | Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room |
| Seattle Polish Film Festival, Part II | Oct 16 to Oct 18 | 6:30pm to 7:00pm | SIFF Cinema Uptown |
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The Non-Universality of Metaphorical Extensions of smell: Lexical Semantics and Cultural Values Professor Katarzyna Dziwirek |
Oct 16 | 3:30pm | 301 Miller Hall |
| Seattle Polish Film Festival, Part I | Oct 7 to Oct 11 | 7:00pm | SIFF Cinema Uptown, Polish Cultural Center, Northwest Film Forum |
| Spitfire Liberator: The Alex Herbst Story | Oct 3 | 4:00pm | The Museum of Flight |
| 4th Annual Polish Festival | Jul 11 | 12:00pm to 8:00pm | Seattle Center - Armory and Mural Amphitheatre |
| Polish Ukrainian Concert and Fundraiser | May 30 | 5:00pm | Polish Cultural Center |
| Meetings with Polish Culture: Screening of "Witness to Hope: The Life of John Paul II" | Apr 25 | 4:30pm | Polish Cultural Center |
| Annual Spring Polish Bazaar | Mar 28 | 12:00pm to 6:00pm | Polish Cultural Center |
| The Art of Chopin | Mar 6 | 6:30pm | |
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Japan's Rescue of Polish Children from Sibera from 1920 to 1923 Marta Golubiec |
Feb 7 | 4:00pm | Polish Cultural Center |
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Polish Folk Dances and Costumes Beata Gallaher |
Feb 6 | 6:30pm | Polish Cultural Center |
| The World Knew: Jan Karski's Mission for Humanity | Feb 1 to Mar 15 | Allen Library North Library |
| Title | Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 54th Annual Polish Bazaar | Nov 2 | 12:00pm | Polish Cultural Center |
| 54th Annual Polish Bazaar | Nov 1 | 12:00pm | Polish Cultural Center |
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John Paul II's Pilgrimage to Poland in June 1979: How Poland's Communists Interpreted It Professor James Felak, Department of History |
Oct 22 | 7:30pm | Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room |
| Seattle Polish Film Festival | Oct 5 to Oct 19 | 7:00pm | |
| Radio Wisla 10th Anniversary Celebration | Sep 27 | 6:00pm | Polish Cultural Center |
| 3rd Annual Polish Festival | Jul 12 | 11:00am | Seattle Center Armory and Fisher Rooftop |
| Masterpieces of Polish Cinema | Jul 7 to Jul 11 | 7:00pm to 9:00pm | Northwest Film Forum |
| New Visions by Polish Artists | May 18 | 3:00pm | Sebi's Bistro Restaurant |
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Military Security of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland Glen Grant, Adjunct Faculty at the Center for Civil-Military Relations |
Apr 23 | 7:00pm | 264 Savery Hall |
| Annual Spring Polish Bazaar | Apr 12 | 12:00pm | Polish Home |
| Celebration of Witold Lutosławski Year | Feb 27 | 7:00pm | Brechemin Auditorium |
| Title | Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
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Polish Heritage, Aviation Career: Building Blocks for Life Nicole Piasecki, VP and General Manager of the Propulsion Systems Division of Boeing Commercial Airplanes |
Nov 6 | 7:30pm | Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall |
| 53rd Annual Polish Bazaar | Nov 2 to Nov 3 | 12:00pm to 6:00pm | Polish Cultural Center |
| Seattle Polish Film Festival | Oct 11 to Oct 20 | 7:00pm to 11:00pm | SIFF Cinema Uptown |
| Farewell-to-Summer Party at the Polish Cultural Center | Sep 28 | 7:00pm | Polish Cultural Center |