Written by Dr. Sunny Jeong During our trip to Poland, we frequently heard about Jadwiga Andegaweńska and saw her paintings and...

Written by Dr. Sunny Jeong Visiting the European Solidarity Centre in Gdańsk on June 25 was an enlightening experience personally for me...

Written by Dr. Sunny Jeong During our visit to Tykocin Great Synagogue and several memorials on June 23, I learned a great deal from our...

In Gdańsk, we visited the European Solidarity Centre.  The museum walks the viewer through the history of the Gdańsk Shipyard, the...

Photos and Text by Sarah Tagg As we reach the end of the trip, I can’t help but reflect on everything I have experienced so far. I am so...

Written By Colleen Schloss The museum's exhibits are thoughtfully curated to engage visitors and provide a comprehensive overview of the...

A surprise gem of a visit was going to the Central Museum of Textiles in Łódź. You may wonder why I am so excited about a textile museum....

Note: The information for this blog was gathered from my notes during the tour in Krynki with Cecylia Bach-Szczawińska and through...

Reflected and written by Dr. Sunny Jeong Reflecting on our visit to the concentration camps of Auschwitz-Birkenau, Treblinka, and...

Yesterday we toured pogrom sites all throughout the northeast. A few consistent themes have been persistent throughout the trip and our...

Yesterday we attended the Solidarity Museum that tells the story how dock workers in the Gdansk Shipyard lead the charge to the fall of...

By Nona Moskowitz. We attended a lecture given by Stan Obirek.  Obirek's life history parallels the anthropological perspective of...

By Michael Anes We created this part of the trip to pogrom villages for our 2018 schedule, when we visited the great synagogue at...

Our trip to the Polin Museum was one of the highlights of our journey thus far. The layout and structure of this museum capture your...

Through discussion, both Colleen and I (Madison) found various observations on the importance to preserve all aspects of history. First...

by Matt Deters Poland is filled with warm, fascinating people and an engrossing culture. However, this country is also very much a...

By James Langwell. Treblinka was an experience that I don't know how to feel about. I guess, confused? It is unbelievable to me to think...

by Heather Wright I’ve been thinking a lot about refugees this month.  I begin my First-year Poli Sci seminar “Law, Human Rights and Pop...

By Michael Anes As I previously posted, Dr. Aleksandra Różalska is a friend of Heather's from our Fulbright experience in Łódź...

Text and photos by Maggie Zolides except where noted. Catholicism looms large here in Poland- both figuratively and literally.  Every...