IWP hosts the Seventh Annual Kosciuszko Chair Conference
On Saturday, November 8, 2014, IWP hosted the Seventh Annual Kościuszko Chair of Polish Studies Conference.
Read More ›Dr. Marek Chodakiewicz interviewed by Jewish Daily Forward about Jan Karski
Dr. Marek Jan Chodakiewicz granted an interview about the late Dr. Jan Karski to the largest Jewish newspaper of record in the United States, the Yiddish edition of the Jewish Daily Forward.
Read More ›Dr. Marek Chodakiewicz interviewed by Armenian TV
Dr. Marek Jan Chodakiewicz was interviewed by Armenian TV’s Channel 1 on Friday, November 14, about the recent downing of an Armenian military helicopter by Azerbaijan over the territory of Nagorno-Karabagh/Artsakh, a disputed region claimed by Azerbaijan but inhabited by a majority Armenian population.
Read More ›Mr. Michael Preisler, Holocaust survivor: Pro Memoria
The Kościuszko Chair of Polish Studies would like to pay homage to the memory of Mr. Michael Preisler (1919 – 2014), who passed away on September 29, 2014, in Richmond Hill, NY.
Read More ›Dr. Chodakiewicz speaks at Florida International University about the Warsaw Uprising
On Thursday, 25 September, Dr. Marek Jan Chodakiewicz delivered a presentation at Florida International University (FIU) in Miami commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Polish insurrection against the Nazi Germans in Warsaw, during which the Polish underground fought the Germans for a total of sixty-three days (1 August – 3 October 1944).
Read More ›Polish scholars discuss anti-communism and counterintelligence at IWP
On September 24, 2014, Dr. Karol Sacewicz and Dr. Tomasz Gajownik gave a presentation entitled, “Anti-Communism and Counterintelligence: Poland, 1918-1944.”
Read More ›Al-Jazeera quotes Prof. Chodakiewicz on Russia’s nuclear missile test
Dr. Marek Chodakiewicz, a professor of history and the current holder of The Kosciuszko Chair in Polish Studies at IWP, was recently quoted by Al-Jazeera for his view on the U.S. administration’s response to Russia’s nuclear missile test.
Read More ›Fourth annual Kosciuszko Chair Military Lecture commemorates the Warsaw Uprising
2014 marks the 70th anniversary of the tragic Warsaw Uprising. During this great feat of martial heroism, the Polish anti-Nazi, anti-Communist underground resistance fought the German occupiers of their homeland for sixty-three days — from 1 August to 3 October 1944.
Read More ›Prof. Marek Chodakiewicz discusses the current situation in Ukraine
Having explored the crisis-riven Central and Eastern European country in July, Dr. Marek Jan Chodakiewicz shared his observations on the situation in post-Maidan Ukraine, including the eastern Donetsk region plagued by a Russian-supported irredentist insurgency and the area of the MH17 crash site, in a lecture at The Institute of World Politics on September 10,…
Read More ›Russian news agency mischaracterizes IWP professor’s lecture
The news agency, RIA Novosti, one of the largest in post-Soviet Russia, has quoted extensively Dr. Marek Chodakiewicz’s September 10 Intermarium Series lecture on Ukraine.
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