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Cambridge Polish Studies has attracted attention from national and local media in Poland and the United Kingdom.

 

Launch of permanent programme in Polish Studies (July-September 2017)

Interview with Dr Stanley Bill on Polish Radio (Polskie Radio - in Polish)

Report on permanent endowment for Polish television website (TVP Info - in Polish)

Report on permanent endowment for Onet news portal (Onet - in Polish)

 

Reviews of Lecturer in Polish Studies Stanley Bill's translation of Czesław Miłosz's novel The Mountains of Parnassus (2017)

"The Mountains of Parnassus: Czeslaw Milosz's curious sci-fi experiment" (The Spectator - in English)

"A Polish poet veers into science fiction" (America Magazine - in English)

"The Mountains of Parnassus by Czesław Miłosz" (World Literature Today - in English)

"Writing not fighting" (The Times Literary Supplement - in English)

 

Radosław Sikorski vs Andrzej Nowak: A Debate on Foreign Policy (28 January 2017)

"Sikorski-Nowak debate Polish foreign policy" (Radio Poland - in English)

 

Polish Political Thought in the 20th Century and Today (8 December 2016)

"On Polish Political Thought at Cambridge" (Tydzień Polski - in English)

 

Olga Tokarczuk: Writing Polish Identity (1 March 2016)

"Olga Tokarczuk's Polish narrative": a report on Tokarczuk's new novel, The Books of Jacob (Księgi Jakubowe) after our event in Cambridge (The Economist - in English)

 

Polish Studies Abroad: University of Cambridge - a conference at the Belweder Presidential Palace in Warsaw

A report from the conference on the evening news bulletin of Polish Television (TVP - in Polish) 

An interview with Dr Stanley Bill, Lecturer in Polish Studies, on Polish Radio (Polskie Radio - in Polish)

An article on the fundraising campaign for Polish Studies at Cambridge (Gazeta Wyborcza - in Polish)

An article on the Polish Studies programme at Cambridge (PAP - in Polish)

An article on the Polish Studies programme at Cambridge (Onet Wiadomości - in Polish)

Dr Stanley Bill at the Belweder Presidential Palace, Warsaw.

 

Leszek Balcerowicz: The Future of the Eurozone (27 January 2016)

"Leszek Balcerowicz's faith in free markets and free people": an interview with Leszek Balcerowicz at Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge (The World Weekly - in English)

"Leszek Balcerowicz: 'Civil liberties cannot protect themselves'": an interview with Leszek Balcerowicz at Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge (Varsity - in English)

 

M. B. Grabowski Symposium: Norman Davies on the Army of General Anders (27 October 2015)

"In the steps of the Polish Moses": article on Norman Davies' book on the Anders Army, with reference to his presentation of it at a Cambridge Polish Studies event (The Jewish Chronicle - in English)

 

Profiles on Cambridge Polish Studies after the first year

"Studying Polish in Cambridge" (culture.pl - in English)

"Australian with a Polish soul": profile piece on Lecturer in Polish Studies Dr Stanley Bill (Tydzień Polski - in Polish)

"Stanley's Mission": profile piece on Cambridge Polish Studies and Lecturer in Polish Studies Dr Stanley Bill (Gazeta Wyborcza - in Polish)

Article on the development of Polish Studies across the UK with a particular focus on Cambridge - entitled "Polish Studies is my favourite course at Cambridge" (gazeta.pl - in Polish)

Profile piece on Cambridge Polish Studies and its students (metrocafe.pl - in Polish)

Interview with Lecturer in Polish Studies Dr Stanley Bill on the course at Cambridge and Poland's relations with the European Union (money.pl - in Polish)

 

Past as Prelude: Polish-Ukrainian Relations for the Twenty-First Century (30 June - 1 July 2015)

Radio interview with Stanley Bill before the conference (Radio Cambridge 105 - in English)

Sławomir Sierakowski's paper from the conference "Past as Prelude" on Jerzy Giedroyc (Gazeta Wyborcza - in Polish)

Interview with Yaroslav Hrytsak at the conference "Past as Prelude" on Polish-Ukrainian relations (Gazeta Wyborcza - in Polish)

Interview with Mykola Riabchuk at the conference "Past as Prelude" on "Speaking Ukrainian" (gazeta.pl - in Polish)

Interview with Mykola Riabchuk (euromaidanpress.com - in English)

Interview with Serhii Plokhii at the conference "Past as Prelude" on "The War in Donbas" (gazeta.pl - in Polish)

 

Radio Poland reports on the unveiling of the Sierpinski Tree with Vice-Chancellor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz and Polish Ambassador Witold Sobków (13 May 2015)

Fractal Tree Honours Mathematician Sierpinski in Cambridge  (thenews.pl - in English)

W niezwykły sposób uhonorowano polskiego matematyka (polskieradio.pl - in Polish)

 

Adam Zagajewski in Cambridge (28 April 2015)

Adam Zagajewski at the University of Cambridge (culture.pl - in English)

Adam Zagajewski w Cambridge (instytutksiazki.pl - in Polish)

 

An interview with Lecturer in Polish Studies Dr Stanley Bill on Radio Poland (11 February 2015)

Polish Offered at Cambridge University (thenews.pl - in English)

 

Jewish Memory in Contemporary Poland (16 January 2015)

Jewish Memory in Contemporary Poland (polishculture.org.uk - in English)

Cambridge Polish Studies to host inaugural free lecture (Cambridge News - in English)

Professor Kirshenblatt-Gimblett speaks at Cambridge University (polin.pl - in English)

 

The launch of Cambridge Polish Studies attracted publicity in Poland and the UK (October/November 2014):

Uniwersytet w Cambridge otworzy studia polskie (polskieradio.pl - in Polish)

Studia polskie w Cambridge kuszą tragiczną historią Polski i... hip-hopem (polskieradio.pl - in Polish)

Polski rap, Mieszko i Masłowska na Cambridge (Polish Express - in Polish)

Studia polonistyczne w Cambridge, czyli polski hip-hop przed wykładem (radiostar.net - in Polish)

Interview with Dr Stanley Bill on Polish Waves (Radio Cambridge 105 - in English)

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