French Conference on post-colonial cultural identities
On 14-15 December 1995, Université Charles de Gaulle in Lille, France, held a Conference titled "Culture et Economie dans la Grande Europe et le Monde" (Culture and Economy in the Greater Europe and the World). The Conference dealt with "free markets and cultural identities" in European countries and in their former colonies. The Conference was organized by Professor Annie Allain of the Charles de Gaulle University. East and Central Europe, as well as Russia, were amply represented.

E-mail newsgroup for teachers and students of Polish
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PIASA Lecture
Speaker: Dr. Andrzej Nowak
Rice University
Polish Academy of Sciences
and Arcana: A Cultural and Political Monthly
Topic: Polish-Russian Relations
in Historical Perspective
Time: 7:30 PM (Friday) 26 January 1996
Place: Rayzor Hall 240, Rice University
Rayzor Hall is one of the buildings in the Rice Quadrangle. Parking access from Rice Boulevard (North Lot).
This lecture is sponsored jointly by Rice University, the Houston Chapter of the Polish Institute, and the Houston Chapter of the Kosciuszko Foundation which sponsors Dr. Nowak's stay at Rice University. Refreshments will be served.