Wednesday January 18 in Trento a seminar with the consul of Poland in Milan Krzysztof Stralka organized by the Italian-German Historical Institute at the Bruno Kessler Foundation. .

(v.l.) It will be the Polish consul in Milan Krzysztof Stralka the speaker of the seminar “Poland in today's Europe” cheduled for Wednesday, January 18 at 5.30 p.m.  by the Italian-German History Institute of the Bruno Kessler Foundation. At FBK's venue in via S. Croce in Trento, Stralka, a History scholar and former professor at the University of Cracow, will talk about the "new" Poland and its way of relating to Europe.
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Seminar's abstract:
Poland is now one of the key states of the new 27-member European Union. Its weight is not given only by an impetuous economic development, which has proved one of the most successful in these troubled decades, but also on its key geostrategic position at the crossroads between the traditional "western" Europe and what remains of Russian power. To understand Poland is to understand the future of Europe. Once the xenophobic nonsense of the invasion of the "Polish plumber" -a theme that a decade ago was still in vogue-was overcome, it was clear that we were dealing with a partner that is key for cultural and economic weight and for its social dynamism: a "young" nation from many points of view, but "old-hearted" from many others. Its significance is particularly felt in the Trentino region that was with part of Poland under the Hapsburg Empire.
To reflect and inform us of what the "new" Poland is and what its way of relating to Europe is, the consul of Poland in Milan, dr. Krzysztof Stralka will be in Trento, at the Italian-Germanic Historical Institute. Dr. Stralka, besides being a diplomatic representative of his country, is also a history scholar who has worked at the University of Cracow

POLAND
IN TODAY'S EUROPE

seminar with
KRZYSZTOF STRALKA
Poland consul in Milan

Wednesday JANUARY 18 2012
5.30 p.m.

Italian-German Historical Institute
Bruno Kessler Foundation

Trento, Via Santa Croce, 77