Diplomatic and civic-leadership roles of Tadeusz Romer (1894 - 1978): from the building of a new international community after World War I through World War II, to the dawning of “Solidarność”
International symposium to mark the 100th anniversary of Poland’s independence
SYMPOSIUM’S PROGRAMME
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Sunday, October 21
The Polish Institute Library, 4220 Drolet Street
INTRODUCTORY SESSION (in Polish)
17:00
Beata Szubtarska (Jan Kochanowski University of Kielce)
Writing the Romer biography (in Polish)
Viewing the new exhibit drawn from Romer family archives
Brief film presentation Tadeusz Romer : dyplomata i emigrant
Monday, October 22
McGill Faculty Club and Conference Centre, 3450 McTavish Street
MORNING SESSION
I. RECOLLECTIONS
Chair : Julius Grey (Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in Canada)
9:30
- Opening remarks : Prof. Charles Taylor (McGill University)
- From the Institute’s Board of Directors : Julius Grey (The Polish Institute)
- Family experience : Teresa Romer and one of the Tadeusz and Zofia’s grandchildren
II. THE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
Chair : Dariusz Wiśniewski (Consul General of the Republic of Poland in Montreal)
Discussant: Piotr Kosicki (Maryland University)
10:00
Marcin Kruszyński (Institute of National Remembrance, Warsaw)
Romer’s apprenticeship in Switzerland (1914-1917)
10:30
Piotr Długołęcki (Polish Institute of International Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, Warsaw)
Romer’s early diplomatic career
11:00
Ewa Pałasz-Rutkowska (University of Warsaw)
Ambassador Tadeusz Romer, diplomat and humanitarian in Japan (1937-1941)
11:30
Olga Barbasiewicz and Agnieszka Pawnik (Jagiellon University, Cracow)
Tadeusz Romer and aid to Polish-Jewish war refugees in the Far East, 1940-1942
12:00
Aya Takahashi
The Sugihara Visa Recipients : efforts to help Jewish refugees by Abassador Romer and the Polish Embassy in Tokyo, 1940-1941
12:30 Discussion period
LUNCH BREAK
AFTERNOON SESSION
II. THE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE - continued
Chair : Lorenz Luthi (McGill University)
Discussant: Piotr Kosicki (Maryland University)
14:00
Beata Szubtarska (Jan Kochanowski University of Kielce)
Publishing Tadeusz Romer’s diplomatic biography :
a glimpse at 10 years of research and writing
14:30
Christine Barras (Bibliothèque et Archives Canada)
The Tadeusz Romer collection at Library and Archives Canada
15:00
Mieczysław Biskupski (Central Connecticut State University)
Tadeusz Romer’s role in North-America’s Polish diaspora
15:30
Agnès Domański (McGill University and the Polish Institute)
The Montreal years, 1948-1978 : Tadeusz Romer’s activities and commitments
16:00 Discussion period
16:30 Summing up and conclusion
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