#OutstandingPLWomen: Anna Walentynowicz
A legendary figure of ‘Solidarity’ – the socio-political movement that initiated the fall of communism in Europe. One of the 100 women who defined the last century, according to the American newsweekly Time.
10
04.2021
History, Resources
#OutstandingPLWomen: Wisława Szymborska
The ninth woman in the world and the first Polish woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. The inventor of new literary genres based on humour, irony and grotesque.
07
04.2021
Literature, Resources
#OutstandingPLWomen: Krystyna Chojnowska – Liskiewicz
The first woman to sail around the world solo. Sailor, traveller, and naval architect. Often referred to as ‘the first lady of the oceans’.
28
03.2021
History, Resources
#OutstandingPLWomen: Irena Sendler
A social activist, recognized by Yad Vashem as one of the Righteous Among the Nations, who during World War II saved approximately 2,500 Jewish children.
24
03.2021
History, Resources
Polish Roots Music Profiles
A new series of videos highlighting the current revival of folk and traditional music in Poland.
03
11.2020
08
11.2020
Music, News, Videos
The Battle of Warsaw, 1920: One Hundred Years Ago
Polish history podcast by Norman Davies.
17
08.2020
Blogs, History, History, News
Young Poland: The Polish Arts and Crafts Movement, 1890–1918
Edited by Julia Griffin and Andrzej Szczerski. A new publication in partnership with William Morris Gallery and National Museum in Krakow, in association with Lund Humphries.
03
08.2020
Books, Literature, News