The Center for Intermarium Studies is an academic hub that focuses on the geographic region between the Baltic, the Black, and the Adriatic Seas, formerly dominated by the Soviet Union. The Kościuszko Chair, which is part of the Center for Intermarium Studies, serves as a center for Polish Studies.
Lenin, Revolution, and the Jewish People
Antisemitism and the Russian Revolution by Brendan McGeever Reviewed by Marek Jan Chodakiewicz According to Brendan McGeever’s Antisemitism and the Russian Revolution (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2019), armed supporters of the Bolsheviks, in the Red Army in particular, were permeated with antisemitism which manifested itself in anti-Jewish propaganda and violence. Simply put, the rank-and-file…
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Via a series of webinars and lecture videos in July, IWP held its 10th Annual Kościuszko Chair Spring Symposium in honor of Lady Blanka Rosenstiel. This symposium was sponsored by the Kościuszko Chair of Polish Studies and the Center for Intermarium Studies. Early Modern Polish Commanders and the Use of Combined Arms Dr. John Radzilowski…
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Dr. Marek Jan Chodakiewicz presents online lecture series on World War I in the Intermarium region
IWP professor Dr. Marek Jan Chodakiewicz has recorded a YouTube lecture series on the impacts of World War I in the Intermarium, the region between the Baltic and Black Seas. In his first lecture, The Great War in the Intermarium, he starts with a series of powerful quotes about the devastating impact of World War…
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Dr. Marek Jan Chodakiewicz recently assisted Ryerson University student Téana Graziani with a research project entitled “No Pierogies in Africa: How the first modern refugee camps in Africa were in fact for White Europeans.” The complete project is posted here, and the Q&A between Ms. Graziani and Dr. Chodakiewicz is below. TG: What was Poland…
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In 2017, Dr. Marek Chodakiewicz, Kosciuszko Chair of Polish Studies at IWP, gave a lecture entitled “The Failure of Marxism and the Collapse of the Soviet Union” at an event organized by the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. The transcript of this lecture has now been published as a part of a book entitled Truth,…
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Dr. Marek Chodakiewicz discusses War and Humanitarianism: The Case of Maurice Pate (1894-1965)
On September 26, 2019, Dr. Marek Chodakiewicz, current holder of The Kosciuszko Chair in Polish Studies at The Institute of World Politics gave a lecture on Maurice Pate, UNICEF’s first executive director. Dr. Chodakiewicz serves as a professor and teaches courses on Contemporary Politics and Diplomacy, Geography and Strategy, Mass Murder Prevention in Failed and Failing States,…
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Franak Viačorka discusses the Belarusian struggle between Russia and the West
On Thursday, September 19th, Franak Viačorka spoke about the struggle that Belarusians face between Westernization and Russification. Mr.Viačorka is the Vice President of the Digital Communication Network, a consultant for the U.S. Agency for Global Media, and the Creative Director for RFE/RL Belarus Service. He advocates for democracy and personal freedom in post-Soviet countries and…
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Dr. Marek Chodakiewicz discusses losing his country, Poland
In a panel at IWP on June 13th, Dr. Marek Chodakiewicz gave a talk entitled “Losing One’s Country Twice, Finding it Once.” The panel, entitled “Loss of Country,” was co-sponsored by the by the American Academy of Distance Learning and also included discussions on “The Artful Recluse: 17th Century China” with Dr. Richard Bishirjian and…
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Dr. Marek Chodakiewicz comments on visit of Polish President to the U.S.
Dr. Marek Chodakiewicz gave two interviews on the recent visit of Polish President Andrzej Duda to the United States, in which he discussed the geopolitics of the alliance between the two countries. His interview with Michał Rachoń: Jedziemy, Minęła20, Woronicza17, may be found here. His interview with Telewizja Republika may be found here. Dr. Chodakiewicz…
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In a recent article for The American Spectator by Dr. Paul Kengor entitled “Spiting Poland’s Communist Bastards,” IWP professor Dr. Marek Chodakiewicz relayed a personal account of the rally in Poland that greeted Karol Wojtyla, or Pope John Paul II, who was the first Polish, and Slavic, pope in centuries. Dr. Chodakiewicz was sixteen years…
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