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Polish-Russian relations: an open discussion

Poland-Russia

Thursday, 23 January 2020, 5.30pm

Knox Shaw Room, Sidney Sussex College

 

 

In the wake of recent public controversies over the history of the Second World War, Cambridge Polish Studies and the Cambridge Committee for Russian and East European Studies (CamCREES) host an open discussion of Polish-Russian relations, featuring:

Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz, former Polish Ambassador to the Russian Federation, Director of the Open Europe Programme at the Stefan Batory Foundation, Warsaw.

Igor Gretsky, associate professor, Faculty of International Relations of Saint Petersburg State University.

The discussion will be moderated by Stanley Bill, senior lecturer in Polish Studies and director of the Cambridge Committee for Russian and East European Studies.

 

Tickets are free, but sign up via Eventbrite is required.

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