Updates from Jagiellonian University

Jagiellonian University CEES Winter School Students at Krasiczyn

Studies in Central and Eastern Europe (CEES): Histories, Cultures, and Societies

Prof. Andrew Kier Wise (Professor of History/Chair, Center for Polish Studies at Daemen College) is teaching several courses this semester in an innovative new program at Jagiellonian University's Institute of History. Directed by Prof. dr. hab. Tomasz Pudlocki, the CEES program brings students from around the world to Krakow to study the history of Poland and the broader region. For more information, please click here:http://www.ceestudies.historyczny.uj.edu.pl/start

From 12-16 February, Prof. Wise accompanied Prof. Pudlocki, Ph.D. student Kamil Ruszala, and a dozen CEES students on a Winter School trip filled with site visits, lectures by faculty, and presentations by the students. Sites and cities on the itinerary included: Kolbuszowa, Sandomierz, Baranow Sandomierski, Kazimierz Dolny, Pulawy, Lublin, Zamosc, Belzec, Lancut, Krasiczyn, Przemysl, Sanok, and Tarnow.

Image of Ship Bringing Immigrants to Buffalo inside
Wooden Church at Museum of Folk Culture in Kolbuszowa

CEES Students in Zamosc

Krasiczyn Castle on a Snowy Day

While in Przemysl, Prof. Pudlocki provided a lecture to a joint class of CEES students and students at his alma mater, I Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace im. J. Slowackiego.

CEES Winter School Students with Przemysl High School Students

Prof. Pudlocki's Winter School Lecture at Przemysl High School

Prof. Wise also presented a lecture to these groups of students at the Society of Friends of Learning  in Przemysl (Towarzystwo Przyjaciol Nauk w Przemyslu, or TPN).

Prof. Wise's Winter School Lecture at TPN

Jagiellonian Polonia Institute at Daemen College -- Planned for 2019

In 2019, the Center for Polish Studies will host the "Jagiellonian Polonia Institute at Daemen College." Prof. Tomasz Pudlocki will lead a group of eight students from Jagiellonian University (including students from the CEES program) for a two-week course of study at Daemen College.

For more details about the Jagiellonian Polonia Institute at Daemen College, please contact Prof. Wise at awise@daemen.edu.