A CELEBRATION OF KING JAGIELLO IN NEW YORK - OCTOBER 29, 2016

The King Jagiełło Monument Working Group is pleased to announce a Scholarly Symposium and Observances celebrating the 77th Anniversary of arrival of Stanisław Ostrowski's Statue of King Jagiello at the 1939 World's Fair as well as completion of conservation work on the Statue by the Central Park Conservancy. 

 

The Symposium will take place on October 29th at General of the Republic of Poland while community observances including the unveiling will take place on October 30th in Central Park. 

 

The events are open to all - however, if you wish to attend the Symposium PRIOR REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. 

 

To confirm your presence email KingJagiello1939@gmail.com no later than October 20th - give your full name and affiliation.  Please arrive at the Consulate no later than 09:45 and bring photo ID.

 

A Symposium held under the Patronage of

The Honorable Anna Maria Anders

Senator of the Republic of Poland
Secretary of State
Plenipotentiary of the Prime Minister for International Dialogue

 

Date – October 29, 2016

Location – Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in New York

 

Program

 

10:00 – Greeting – Consul Katarzyna Padło

10:10 – Introduction –

  Grzegorz Worwa, President of the Polish American Congress LI Division

10:20 – Senator Anna Maria Anders

10:30 – 11:45 - Stanisław Kazimierz Ostrowski and Polish Art Deco

          Jan Loryś, Consultant to the Polish Museum of America

Krystyna Nowakowska,Ph.D., Muzeum in Legnica (Emeritus)

11:50 – 13:05 - King Jagiełło and his Concept of a Unified Europe

Piotr S. Górecki, Ph.D., Professor of History, University of California, Riverside 

Robert I. Frost, Ph.D., Burnett Fletcher Chair of History, School of Divinity, History and Philosophy, University of Aberdeen

13:10-13:20 – Award and Presentation

13:20 – 14:10 Lunch Break - Film, board games and book display in central hall

14:15 – Introduction –    Janusz Romański, Phd., President Polonia Technica

14:25- 15:40 – Historical Sculptures in the Public Domain

Krzysztof Wodiczko, Director, Art, Design and the Public Domain, Graduate School of Design at Harvard University

Gediminas Urbonas, Director, MIT Program of Art, Culture and Technology

15:45-17:00 – Conservation work on the King Jagiełło Statue/ Polish                         Conservators in the World

Matthew C. Reiley, Associate Director of Conservation, Central Park Conservancy

Joanna Pietruszewska, Aegis-Restauro

17:00 – Closing Remarks –

   Iwona Drąg-Korga, Ph.D., President of the Józef Piłsudski Institute

Compere – Krystyna Piórkowska

 

A Word of Thanks from the King Jagiełło Monument Working Group

 

The Working Group includes the Józef Piłsudski Institute of America - Instytut Józefa Piłsudskiego (IJP); Nowodworski Foundation – Fundacja Nowodworskich; Polish American Congress (Long Island Division) - Kongres Polonii Amerykańskiej (KPA-Wydział LI); Association of Polish Engineers and Technicians - Polonia Technica, St. Stanislaus B&M Parish (Parafia Św. Stanisława, B&M – Manhattan) and two individuals, Prof. Krzysztof Wodiczko of Harvard University and Krystyna Piórkowska.

Finally, but most significantly, the group includes the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in New York, which is both a co-organizer and host of the event.

The organizers wish to thank Senator Anna Maria Anders for her patronage; the First Secretary and Minister of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland, Maciej Pisarski; and the former and present Consuls of the General Consulate of the Republic of Poland in New York, Mateusz Stąsiek and Alicja Tunk for their encouragement and support of this Symposium and the Rededication events.