KF Online Programs

In this webinar, Professor Robert I. Frost will analyze the diversity of legal systems across the vast multi-ethnic, multi-religious, and multi-cultural Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. He will examine the underlying philosophy of the political union, demonstrating why it was able to function for over 200 years. This webinar is based on Professor Frost's forthcoming second volume of "The Oxford History of Poland-Lithuania: Volume I: The Making of the Polish-Lithuanian Union, 1385-1569. "

A poet, educator, and scholar Anna Frajlich talks about the decades of reading and writing and her most recent book "The Ghost of Shakespeare" in a conversation with a writer and translator Ross Ufberg.

Jaroslaw Anders, a writer, translator, and editor, talks about the poetic formation known as the "New Wave" or "Generation 68," which dominated the Polish poetic landscape in the late 1960s and 1970s, and emerged in protest against the Polish literary scene that, in their view, neglected its public obligations. The talk will delve into works by Adam Zagajewski, Stanislaw Baranczak, Ryszard Krynicki, and Ewa Lipska.

Please watch and sing along to the Kosciuszko Foundation Virtual Caroling Event, recorded on Saturday, December 19th at the KF in Washington, D.C.

Listen to a concert of Polish and American Christmas carols performed by children and youth. 

Join us to experience an extraordinary journey into outer space while listening to the music by Frederic Chopin. Watch the episode promoting Adam Ustynowicz's film, Chopin. The Space Concert with an astronaut, George Zamka, and pianist Karol Radziwonowicz.

Watch the episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPUCn3c6Xf0&t=35s

A panel discussion: "Maria Sklodowska Curie – A Pioneer for Women in Science?" featuring esteemed speakers Susan Quinn - an award-winning author of biography Marie Curie: A Life, Prof. Maria Siemionow - a world-renowned scientist and microsurgeon and Keiko Kawashima -  Professor at Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan. The discussion was moderated by Nobel Prize-winning scientist, the Frank H. T. Rhodes Professor of Humane Letters, and a member of the KF Collegium of Eminent Scientists - Prof. Roald Hoffmann

The Kosciuszko Foundation Collegium of Eminent Scientists and the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (PIASA) host webinar featuring the PIASA Scientific Awards Presentation and a Lecture "The Origin of Cellular Life" by Jack W. Szostak, the Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 2009.