40th Anniversary of the Fulbright Program in Poland

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Program of Celebrations 

Warsaw, October 21-22, 1999

   

October 21 - Thursday

 

15:00 - Meeting with President of the Republic of Poland

President's Palace 

 

16:00 - Unveiling of a plaque commemorating Senator J. William Fulbright

New Warsaw University Library

 

16:15 - Opening of an exhibit: "Fulbright Program in Poland: 1959-1999"

New Warsaw University Library

 

19:00 - Modern American Dance Troupe "Pilobolus"

Teatr Polski

 

20:30 - Reception hosted by U.S. Ambassador

Teatr Polski

October 22 - Friday

10:00-16:00 - Forum: "Cooperation in Science and Culture: The Polish-American Perspective"

The Royal Castle - Sala Koncertowa

 

10:00-11:00 - Welcome and Opening Addresses - Prof. Wojciech J. Katner, Chairman PFAA

Mr. Andrzej Dakowski, Executive Director

 

Minister Ryszard Kalisz, President's Office

Prof. Miroslaw Handke, Minister of National Education

Mr. Daniel Fried, U.S. Ambassador to Poland

Ms. Harriet Mayor Fulbright

Dr. Alan Schechter, Chairman, J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board

Dr. Allan Goodman, President, Institute of International Education

Dr. Franciszek Lyra, First Polish Fulbright to the U.S. - 1959-1962.

 

11:00-13:00 - MORNING SESSION

 

Chair: Prof. Zofia Ratajczak, Vice Rector of University of Silesia; 1975-76

Polish Fulbright to the U.S.

 

Keynote lecture by Prof. Bronisław Geremek, Minister of Foreign Affairs 

 

Prof. Paul Rundquist, Specialist in American National Government, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; 1996-1998 U.S. Fulbright to Poland - "The Fulbright Program and the New World Order"

 

Prof. Andrzej Rychard, Director, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences - "Knowledge of the Society vs. Transformation of the Society: Central Europe in the Nineties"

 

12:30-13:00  Discussion

13:00-14:30  Lunch

Royal Castle - "Skarbiec" Hall

 

14:30-16:00 - AFTERNOON SESSION

 

Chair: Prof. Cynthia Dominik, Deputy Director of American Studies Center, Warsaw University; Former Executive Director of Polish - U.S. Fulbright Commission 1990-1992; 1984-1985 U.S. Fulbright to Yugoslavia

 

Prof. Daniel Aaron, Harvard University; First U.S. Fulbright to Poland 1961-1962 - " What It Meant to Be a Cultural Representative in Poland in the Early 60-ties"

 

Prof. Tadeusz Sławek, Rector of University of Silesia; 1979-80 Polish Fulbright to the U.S. - "Polish and American Literature and the Cultural Space"

 

Dr. Victor Konrad, Executive Director, Canada - U.S. Fulbright Commission - "Building Bridges Between West and East in Fulbright"

 

Prof. Wojciech Gasparski, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw; 1981-82 Polish Fulbright to the U.S.- "Polish-American Cooperation in the Field of Praxeology and Business Ethics"

 

15:30-16:00 - Discussion and Closing Remarks

 

***

 

19:00 - Symphonic Concert at the Grand Theater (Teatr Wielki) organized by the Fulbright Commission and Elżbieta Penderecka for the benefit of the Fulbright Program in Poland

 

Joseph Haydn

Cello Concerto in C Major

Heinrich Schiff - cello

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Sinfonia Concertante in E-Flat Major, KV 297b

Julian Rachlin - violin

Yuri Bashmet - viola

 

INTERMISSION

 

Michael Ferriell Zbyszynski

Beneath a Liquid Paper Sky

 

Ludwig van Beethoven

Triple Concerto in C Major Op. 56

Berenika Zakrzewski - piano

Anna Karkowska - violin

Adam Klocek - cello

 

Penderecki Festival Orchestra

Heinrich Schiff - conductor

 

21:30 - 40^th Anniversary Gala Dinner (special invitations only)

"Sala Wielka" of the Royal Castle

 

 

Honorary Committee

Komitet Honorowy

 

Chairman:       

 

Pan Aleksander Kwaśniewski, President of the Republic of Poland - Prezydent Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej 

 

Members:

 

Prof. Daniel Aaron	Harvard University, First U.S. Fulbright to Poland - pierwszy stypendysta USA w Polsce
Prof. dr hab. Jerzy Dietl	Prezes, Fundacja Edukacyjna Przedsiębiorczości - President, Educational Enterprise Foundation
Mr. Daniel Fried	U.S. Ambassador to Poland - Ambasador USA  w Polsce
Ms. Harriet Mayor Fulbright
Prof. dr hab. Bronisław Geremek	Minister Spraw Zagranicznych - Minister of Foreign Affairs
Dr Allan Goodman	President, Institute of International Education
Prof. dr hab. Mirosław Handke	Minister Edukacji Narodowej - Minister of National Education
Prof. dr hab. Stefan Jurga	Rektor, Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza, Poznań - Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
Mr. Paul S. Kessler	Country Manager - American Express
dr Jerzy Koźmiński	Ambasador R.P. w USA - Polish Ambassador to USA
Prof. dr hab. Leszek Kuźnicki	były Prezes Polskiej Akademii Nauk - former President of Polish Academy of Sciences
Mr. David P. Lambert	Senior Vice President, New York Stock Exchange
dr Franciszek Lyra	pierwszy polski stypendysta Fulbrighta w USA 1959-62 - first Polish Fulbrighter to USA
Dr. Patti McGill Peterson	Executive Director, Council for International Exchange of Scholars
Professor Mirosław Mossakowski	Prezes Polskiej Akademii Nauk - President of Polish Academy of Sciences
Pan Zbigniew Niemczycki	Prezydent Curtis International
Prof. dr hab. Andrzej Rottermund	Dyrektor Zamku Królewskiego w Warszawie  - Director of the Royal Castle in Warsaw
Dr. Alan Schechter	Chairman, J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
Prof. dr hab. Włodzimierz Siwiński	Rektor Uniwersytetu Warszawski 1993-99 - Rector of Warsaw University
Prof. dr hab. Tadeusz Sławek	Rektor Uniwersytet Śląskiego - Rector of University of Silesia
dr Cezary Stypułkowski	Prezes Zarządu Banku Handlowego w Warszawie S.A. - President of Bank Handlowy w Warszawie S.A.
Pan Bogusław Zalewski	Prezes Zarządu Międzynarodowych Targów Poznańskich - President of Poznan International Fair

 

 

Organizing Committee

Komitet Organizacyjny

 

Chairmen - Przewodniczący:

 

Prof. dr hab. Wojciech J. Katner	Przewodniczący - Polskie Stowarzyszenie Stypendystów Fulbrighta, Wiceminister Gospodarki
	President of Polish Fulbright Alumni Assosiation, Vice Minister of Economy
Pan Andrzej Dakowski	Dyrektor - Polsko-Amerykańska Komisja Fulbrighta
	Executive Director, Polish - U.S. Fulbright Commission

 

Members - Członkowie:

 

Mr. Cesar Beltran	Counselor for Press and Culture - U.S. Embassy
	Radca ds. Prasy i Kultury - Ambasada USA
Prof. Cynthia Dominik	Wicedyrektor Ośrodka Studiów Amerykańskich UW, Dyrektor Polsko-Amerykańskiej Komisji Fulbrighta 1990-92, Stypendystka Fulbrighta w Jugosławii 1984-85
	Deputy Director of American Studies Center, Warsaw University; Former Executive Director of Polish - U.S. Fulbright Commission 1990-1992; 1984-1985 U.S. Fulbright to Yugoslavia
Mr. Thomas Farrell	Vice President, Institute of International Education
Pani Beata Fiłonowicz	Główna Księgowa - Polsko-Amerykańska Komisja Fulbrighta
	Financial Manager, Polish - U.S. Fulbright Commission
dr Hanna Gajewska-Kraczkowska	Uniwersytet Warszawski - Warsaw University, PSSF - PFAA Secretary
Prof. dr hab. Józef Kobos	Akademia Medyczna, Łódź - Medical University of Lodz, PSSF - PFAA
dr Tomasz Łodygowski	Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza, PSSF - PFAA
Prof. dr hab. Bronisław Marciniak	Prorektor Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza; Wiceprzewodniczący PSSF
	Vice Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University; Vice President of PFAA
mgr inż Jacek Nieckuła	Instytut Badań Systemowych Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Skarbnik PSSF
	Polish Academy of Sciences, Systems Research Insitute, PFAA Treasurer
Prof. dr hab. Zofia Ratajczak	Prorektor Uniwersytetu Śląskiego, Wiceprzewodnicząca PSSF
	Vice Rector of University of Silesia; Vice President of PFAA