THE SUMMIT TIMES

Vol. 9, Issue No. 28/2002

QUO VADIS AMERICAN POLONIA?
FROM THE PAST TO THE FUTURE

SEVENTH BIENNIAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
ON EAST-CENTRAL EUROPEAN & POLISH AFFAIRS

VENUE: ST. MARY'S COLLEGE OF AVE MARIA UNIVERSITY
ORCHARD LAKE, MI, USA
POLISH PANORAMA ROOM

October 24-26, 2002

Program Director: J. Wrobel
European Coordinator: B. Klimaszewski
North-American Coordinator: M. Szajnert

Thursday, October 24, 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm -- Opening of the
Opening Addresses:
Professor Andrzej Stelmachowski
His Excellence Franciszek Adamczyk
Dr. Thaddeus Radzilowski

Thursday, October 24, 4:30 pm  5:10 pm -- Key Note Address:
Thaddeus Radzilowski:
Polish Americans in the Detroit Area

Thursday, October 24, 5:15 pm  8:00 pm -- Session 1
A Historical Perspective
Chair:
T. Trojanowska
Participants (20 minutes per presentation):
A. Stelmachowski -- Quo Vadis Polonia as Seen from Poland
E. Thompson -- Divided We Stand: Reflections on Social Activism of Ethnic Americans
J. Loryn -- From Jamestown to the Present: Polonia's Progress in the U.S.
J. Armstrong -- Polonian Contributions to America
Commentators:
T. Radzilowski & A. Walaszek

Thursday, October 24, 8:00 pm  8:45 pm - Dinner

Thursday, October 24, 9:00 pm  Reception in Galeria,
Opening of the exhibition of the works of Ewa Pawlak

Friday, October 25, 8:30 am -- Alumni Library
Opening of the exhibition of the books on American Polonia

Friday, October 25, 9:00 am  9:30 am -- Continental Breakfast

Friday, October 25, 9:30 am  12:00 noon -- Session 2
An Academic Perspective:
Polish Studies in the North America and Germany
Chair:
K. Sowa
Participants (10 minutes per presentation):
A. Bonusiak -- The Polonia Saturday Educational System in the U.S.
M. Brymora -- Polish-American Academic Exchange
E. Hauser -- Skalny Center for Polish and Central European Studies at University of Rochester
A. Klin -- Polish Studies at Wayne State University in Detroit
Z. Krasnodebski - Polish Studies in Germany as Seen from the Polish Perspective
H-C. Trepte -- Polish Studies in Germany as Seen from the German Perspective
Break (10 minutes)
Z. Reklewska-Braun -- Teaching Polish Studies in the US -- A Personal Perspective
M. Szajnert -- "It Did Not Collapse; It Had Been Set Solidly on Rock"
E. Thompson -- Polish Studies at Rice University
T. Trojanowska -- Polish Studies at University of Toronto
J. Wróbel -- Polish and East/Central European Studies at St. Mary's College
Commentators:
L. Chrobot & J. Hittinger

Friday, October 25, 12 noon - 12:45 pm - Lunch

Friday, October 25, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm -- Session 3
An Economic Perspective
Chair:
E. Thompson
Participants (20 minutes per presentation):
K. Sowa -- Corruption and Democracy in the Post-Communist Poland
M. Traison -- American -- Polish Trade: Exchange and Investments
R. Walawender - Whatever Happened to the Polonian Joint Ventures?
A. Cheldowski & P. Saydak -- The Future of Polish Agriculture
Commentators:
J. Cianciara & A. Targowski
 

Friday, October 25, 2:45 pm - 5:15 pm -- Session 4
A Political Perspective
Part I: Polish-Americans and American Political Life
Chair:
A. Stelmachowski
Participants (20 minutes per presentation):
B. Misztal -- Polish Intellectual Diaspora and Its Role in Voicing Polish National Interest
J. Radzilowski -- How to Turn the Idea of the "Polish Lobby" into Reality?
A. Targowski -- Challenges to the Political Immigration in the U.S. in the 21st Century
    Break (10 minutes)

Part II: Shaping the Image of Poland and Polonia in the World
A. Bartkiewicz -- The Role of TV Polonia in Shaping the Image of Poland and Polonia in the World
M. Brymora -- How to Promote Poland in the U.S.?
Commentators:
D. Klocek & E. Thompson

Friday, October 25, 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm -- Session 5
Polish Success in America
Chair:
B. Misztal
Participants (10 minutes per presentation):
B. Bilszta -- The PASO Phenomenon -- the only Ethnically Based Symphonic Orchestra in the U.S.
K. Braun -- Promoting Polish Theatre in the U.S.
J. Cianciara -- The Spiritual Dimension of Success
M. Chrypinska -- "Leadership, Inc." -- A Polish and American Joint Agenda
Z. Dyrkacz -- Chopin Theatre -- How the Polish Culture Can Attract the Americans?
C. Einoder -- Is Polish Success in the Changing America Possible?
    Break (10 minutes)
W. Gil -- The Polish Phonebook in Chicago -- A Polish-American Successful Story
E. Hauser -- How to Promote Poland in Academia?
A. Pawlak -- Applying Science to Industry
S. Raczkowska -- Preserving Polishness and Polish Ideals in the US: Polish Scouting Organization in Michigan
J. Wierzbicki -- Nuclear Physics in Service to Medicine
Commentators:
J. Radzilowski & A. Stelmachowski

Friday, October 25, 8:45
Reception and Dinner
Special Dinner Presentation:
K. Braun -- Culture as Power. Can the Polish-Americans Use It?

Saturday, October 26, 9:00 am - 9:30 am -- Continental Breakfast

Saturday, October 26, 9:30 am - 11:45 am -- Session 6
Religious and Cultural Perspectives
Chair:
M. Erdmans
Participants (20 minutes per presentation):
L. Chrobot -- Polonia and the Church at the Beginning of the 21st Century: Problems and Prospects
Rev. W. Ziemba - John Paul II and American Polonia
W. Gongola -- "Friends of Polish Arts" Its' Past! Its' Present Its' Future?
    Break (10 minutes)
K. Majewski -- Polish-American Woman Writers
Rev. R. Nir -- Research Topics of the Central Archives of Polonia at Orchard Lake in the Years 2002-2010
D. Szajnert -- Our Best Export Product -- Contemporary Polish Poetry in the U.S.
Commentators:
K. Braun & D. Fedoryka

Saturday, October 26, 12:00 noon - 12:45 pm - Lunch

Saturday, October 26, 1:00 pm - 4:45 pm -- Session 7
A Psychosocial Perspective
Chair:
A. Targowski
Participants (20 minutes per presentation):
M. Erdmans -- The Structural Location of Polish Americans in Multi-ethnic America
S. Jaszczak -- Polish-American Women in the U.S. as seen from the Physician Perspective
M. Smole_ska - Langer -- The Uprooted Children and What Happens to Them?
    Break (10 minutes)
M. Schlottmann -- To Be Polish in Germany -- Prospects for the Polish Immigrants from a Psychosocial Perspective
R. Strybel -- Divisions in Polonia and How to Overcome Them
A. Walaszek -- Some Thoughts about Research on History of Everyday Life and "Generation One and a Half"
Commentators:
M. Chrypinska, & K. Majewski

Saturday, October 26, 5:00 pm - 7:45 pm -- Session 8
Polish and Polish-American Media
Part I: TV and Radio
Chair:
M. Brymora
Participants (15 minutes per presentation):
L. Nowicki -- "The Tenth Anniversary of the TV Polonia and Its Service to Polonia
B. Spanski -- The TV Polonia Phenomenon on the Background of the Polish-American Media
B. Kwasny -- Chicago and Its Polish-American Radio Stations
J. Rózalski -- Polish-American Radio Network in the U.S.
J. Rumin -- Radio "Polonia" in Detroit
    Break (10 minutes)

Part II: The Press
H. Massalska - Writing on Polonia for Polonia in the Detroit Section of "Gazeta"
M. Szymanski -- "Tygodnik Polski" and Its Service to Polonia in Michigan
C. Karkowski -- "Nowy Dziennik" -- A Bridge between Poland and Polonia
Commentators:
B. Misztal & J. Wróbel

Saturday, October 26, 8:00 pm
President's Reception and Dinner
Special Dinner Presentation:
J. Wróbel -- To Be Polish in America
Closing Addresses:
Dr. John Hittinger, Vice President for Academic Affairs
Ms. Virginia Skrzyniarz, Vice President for Institutional Affairs

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For further information contact Dr Mariusz Szajnert at:
tel. (773) 865-7214, e-mail: mariusz.szajnert@stmarys.avemaria.edu