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Polish Celebrations of the 50th ANNIVERSARY of the FULBRIGHT PROGRAM 1946 - 1996

March 10 6:00 p.m. The OPENING CEREMONY of POLISH CELEBRATIONS, The Chopin Academy of Music, Concert Hall, Okolnik 2;
The inauguration will be held under the patronage of Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland, Dr. Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz, Fulbright Senior Grantee at Columbia University in the years 1980-81

- Opening address - U. S. Ambassador, Mr. Nicholas A. Rey
- An Evening of Contemporary American Music - Terry Ellen Rhodes (soprano), American Fulbright Grantee in 1993-94; Beata Cywinska (piano)
March 16-17 American Culture - Workshops for Teacher Training Colleges, North American Studies Center, University of Lodz, Conference Center, ul. Kopcinskiego 16/18
March 20 Panel discussion: "Educational/Cultural Exchanges: Do They Matter?" - The American Center, Palac Prymasowski, ul. Senatorska 13/15, Warsawa

- Panel participants: John L. Gaddis (Ohio University, Athens), Andrzej Jonas (The Warsaw Voice), Maciej Kozlowski (Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Andrzej Krajewski (Reader's Digest Poland), Wojciech Roszkowski (Institute of Political Studies PAS), Janusz Onyszkiewicz (Euro-Atlantic Association), Richard A. Virden (U.S. Embassy) - moderator, Andrzej Krzysztof Wroblewski (Polityka); introduction to discussion, Wojciech J. Katner (President, PFAA), Andrzej Dakowski (Fulbright Commission)
- Meeting of John L. Gaddis (Fulbright 50th Anniversary Distinguished Fellow) with Polish Fulbright Alumni and American Fulbright grantee
- Cocktail hosted by President of the PFAA and Executive Director of the Polish - U.S. Fulbright Commission, at the American Center, Palac Prymasowski, ul. Senatorska 13/15
March 21-24 International Conference of European Association for American Studies (EAAS) (Professor John L. Gaddis is the guest of honor at the conference.) Warsaw University , ul. Krakowskie Przedmiescie 26/28
March 24 Lecture by Professor Gaddis on the occasion of 50th Anniversary of Fulbright Program: "The Cold War and Cultural Transplantation" to be delivered to the plenary session of EAAS conference, Warsaw University, Auditorium Maximum, ul. Krakowskie Przedmiescie 26/28
March 25 Lecture by Professor Gaddis on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Fulbright Program: "The New Cold War History", Krakow, Jagiellonian University, Collegium Novum
March 26 Lecture by Professor Gaddis on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Fulbright Program: "The Post-Cold War World", Katowice, Silesian International School of Commerce Meeting of Prof. Gaddis with journalists, businessmen, political scientists, and economists, organized by Gazeta w Katowicach
June 15-16 "Mass Media in Civic Society" - Workshops for journalists, University of Lodz, Center, ul. Kopcinskiego 16/18
May/June Worldwide Celebrations of the 50th Anniversary of the Fulbright Program, Washington, D.C., USA - Participation of representatives of the Polish Fulbright Alumni Association and Fulbright Commission
May/June Promotion of the PFAA publication on: "Education for Transition to Market Economy in Countries of Central and Eastern Europe - International Conference held in Warsaw, June 1995
August 14-18 A World Fulbright Alumni Conference: "The Spirit of Global Understanding", Budapest, Hungary; members of the Polish Fulbright Alumni Association and representatives of Fulbright Commission will attend
December 7-8 Seminar on Perspectives on Polish - U.S. Exchange Programs; Establishment of the Polish Fulbright Alumni Association Foundation; closing of the celebrations of the 50th Anniversary of Fulbright Program, Krakow