Summer School in Warsaw

Warsaw International Summer Education (WISE 2000)is a program of lectures, seminars, and discussions organized by Warsaw University during July and August and is open to all who would like to learn more about the complex transformation in Polish society and culture that has taken place over the last 10 years. The courses cover a wide range of topics and all of them are in English. The instructors are eminent social psychologists, sociologists, political scientists, and economists from Poland and elsewhere who have studied and written about the new Poland and the transition from communism to democracy.

The courses are open to all students and older adults regardless of their background or training (only one of our offerings, Monitoring Social Change, since it uses survey data to compare attitudes in Poland with those in the United States and other nations, recommends those taking it have an interest in learning to analyze this sort of data). Finally, I should note that the program will offer several sightseeing trips in Warsaw and its environs plus a variety of tours to places such as Cracow, Gdansk, and Zakopane as well as to some fascinating but lesser known sites such as Wieliczka with its extraordinary salt mines. In the evening there are not only a fine Polish cinema culture -- most of the films have English subtitles -- but also a lively nightlife with interesting cafes, jazz clubs, and concerts.

If you or others would like further information about WISE 2000 don't hesitate to contact us at any of the addresses listed below.

With kind regards,

Grazyna Wieczorkowska-Nejtardt
Director of the Centre for Open Multimedia Education

Center for Open Multimedia Education (COME)
ul. Smyczkowa 11a/2
02-678 Warszawa, POLAND
Fax: (+48-22) 831-49-33
Web: www.come.uw.edu.pl
E-mail: [email protected]

Institute for Social Studies (ISS)
ul. Stawki 5/7
00-183 Warszawa, POLAND
Tel: (+48-22) 831-51-53

Program of WISE 2000

Course #1 (July, 17 - July 21, 30h, 2 credits). Violence in Society and Violence in the Mass Media Lecturers: L. Rowell Huesmann (Institute for Social Research - ISR, University of Michigan) and Adam Fraczek (Institute for Social Studies - ISS, Warsaw University)

Course #2 (July 20-22 ,15h, 1 credit) The Joys of Basic and Applied Social Psychology: Lecturers: Phillip Zimbardo (Stanford University) & Cristine Maslach (UC, Berkeley)

Course #3 (July, 24-28, 30h, 2 credits ) Conflict between Individual and Common Interest: Motivational basis. Lecturers: M.David Kuhlman (Delaware University) & Janusz Grzelak (ISS)

Course #4 (July 31-August,11, afternoons, 60 h, 4 credits) Monitoring Social Change with Survey Data Lecturers: Eugene Burnstein (ISR, University of Michigan) Grazyna Wieczorkowska and Bogdan Cichomski (ISS)

Course #5: (July 31-August,11, mornings, 30 h, 2 credits) Adaptation and Resistance to Social Change Lecturers: Eugene Burnstein (ISR, University of Michigan) & Tatiana Klonowicz (Warsaw School of Advanced Social Psychology )

Course #6: (July, 31 - August 5, lunch time, 15 h; 1 credit) The (In)Equality of Men and Women in Poland Lectures: R.Siemienska (ISS); D.Duch-Krzysztoszek; M.Fuszara; A.G�rnicka-Boratynska; A.Jakubowska,

Course #7: (August, 7 - 11, lunch time, 15 h, 1 course credit) The Culture and History of Jews in Poland Lecturers: D. Stola (ISS); H. Wegrzynek,; J. Hensel; E. Bergman; J. Binczycka, A. Cala; K. Gebert

On August, 6-7 the participants will be offered a tourist program (a trip to Cracow, Wieliczka and optionally Auschwitz) . There also will be 5 opportunities to take guided tours of different areas in Warsaw.

All WISE courses are given in English. Participants fulfilling the course requirements will be awarded a Certificate of Completion that may provide grounds for receiving academic credit at their home university.

WISE 2000 is sponsored by the Kosciuszko Foundation and organized by COME in cooperation with the Institute for Social Studies (ISS).

For more information see our home page at: www.come.uw.edu.pl

Last updated:    May 2000

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