Polish News and Events

PhD student Juliette Bretan presents BBC Radio 3 programme on Polish tango

English PhD student Juliette Bretan recently presented a BBC Radio 3 programme on Polish tango. In the programme, Juliette traces the musical adventure of the tango and its interwar explosion eastwards in colder climes like Warsaw. A rich, unexpected history, encountering some of those who have brought it back to life...

Transforming Polish Language Studies

We are very pleased to invite you to a one-day conference on "Transforming Polish Language Studies: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities".

Doublethink: Where do Polish Carpets Come From? (Dr Tomasz Grusiecki)

Please join us on Thursday, 30 January at 5.30 , in the Knox Shaw Room, Sidney Sussex College for the first lecture of Lent Term 'Translation Speaker Series'.

Cambridge Polish Studies: Celebrating 10 Years

On the ten-year anniversary of the establishment of the Polish Studies Programme at the University of Cambridge, we invite you to a celebratory event.

The Slavonic Studies Section presents the 'Translation Speaker Series' 2024-25

We warmly invite you to attend the Slavonic Studies/CamCCEEES joint 2024-25 Speaker Series, which is dedicated to the subject of Translation In conceptualising this lecture series, we conceived of 'translation' in the broadest of terms. That is, not just as the translation of words or texts from one language into another...

Book Announcement: 'Multicultural Commonwealth: Poland-Lithuania and Its Afterlives'

We are happy to share news of the publication of ‘Multicultural Commonwealth: Poland-Lithuania and Its Afterlives’ (University of Pittsburgh Press), edited by Professor Bill and Professor Dr Simon Lewis, with contributions by Professor Bill and Dr Olenka Pevny.

The Future of Polish Studies

This interdisciplinary conference The Future of Polish Studies will take place on July 6 and 7, 2023 in Warsaw and online as a joint initiative of Cambridge Polish Studies and the University of Warsaw.