American Experts in Poland

Current American Experts in Poland

Cezar M. Ornatowski will visit Warsaw and Pulawy October 16-25

Cezar M. Ornatowski, Professor of Rhetoric and Writing Studies at the San Diego State University, will visit Warsaw and Pulawy October 16-25, 2009. His visit to Poland will include workshops and presentations for students of American Studies Center of Warsaw University, Lazarski School of Commerce and Law, Warsaw School of Social Sciences and Humanities and Collegium Civitas. Prof. Ornatowski will also be a keynote speaker at the annual conference of the Polish Association for American Studies in Puławy, which brings together American Studies specialists from all over Poland. This year the conference’s theme will be: (Mis)reading America.  American dreams, fictions and illusions. Prof. Ornatowski will speak on issues related to such topics such as “The War of Ideas: Rhetoric, Extremism, and Security” and “Imagining Collective Identities: American, Europe, and Their Others” and “Totalitarian Propaganda.” (more)