U-M and Polish scholars analyze Poland’s historic social changes

September 19, 2003
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EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT

DATE: Sept. 24-26, 2003

TIME: 2:30 p.m. Wednesday; 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 2:30-5:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday.

EVENT: A conference.

Social Change in Poland: What have we learned so far?

When Poland replaced communism with democracy and a market economy in 1989, it marked a watershed in 20th Century European history that changed much of the world.

University of Michigan faculty members and Polish scholars will explore post-1989 economic, cultural, and social changes in Poland and their impact on gender, crime, and the role of the elite, as well as other issues.

Topics include the social changes sweeping the region, demographic changes, the unexpected traps of the transformation, the winners and losers, the crime situation, the transformation of the Polish elites and the impact on the traditional Polish “culture of complaining.”

PLACE: Conference sessions will be held on the sixth floor of the U-M Institute for Social Research, 426 Thompson St. The events are free and open to the public.

SPONSORS: This initiative is supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of State, Institutional Linkage Programs for International Education Cooperation, University of Michigan International Institute, and the Nicolaus Copernicus Endowment at the University of Michigan.


WEB LINKS: For more information about the conference, visit: http://www.come.uw.edu.pl/social_change/