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One of approximately twenty doctoral programs in Slavic Studies in the U.S., the Slavic Department at the University of Pittsburgh has six full-time tenured faculty members. In both the undergraduate and graduate areas, the Slavic Department teaches courses in Polish, Serbian, Slovak, and Ukrainian, but remains primarily Russian-oriented, this fact reflecting, on the undergraduate level, the interests of most potential majors and, on the graduate level, the current needs of the field. At present the undergraduate major is offered only in Russian, with the possibility of a self-designed major in Polish and Slovak. The Russian major stresses language proficiency, the study of major periods and authors, and the culture of the former Soviet Union. The M.A. program in literature and culture, together with a Russian and East European studies certificate, is suitable for students planning careers in government, business, or teaching. The Ph.D. in literature and culture is offered only in Russian.
The Center for Russian and East European Studies (REES) at the University of Pittsburgh has been designated a National Resource Center by the U.S. Department of Education. Founded in 1965 and housed within the University Center for International Studies, REES has 69 affiliated faculty members from a wide range of departments and professional schools whose teaching and research efforts focus on eastern Europe or the former Soviet Union. The Center offers Undergraduate and Graduate Certificates to students who complete a multi-disciplinary study of the REES world area and attain competency in at least one regional language. REES also coordinates the collection of materials on its world region in the University's library system, maintains the REESWeb virtual library of Internet resources on the region, publishes the well-known Carl Beck Papers in Russian and East European Studies and the journal East European Politics & Societies, sponsors an active school and community outreach program with lectures and special events held on a weekly basis, and coordinates academic exchanges with 26 overseas partner institutions.
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The Graduate Program for Cultural Studies is an interdisciplinary program concerned with the dynamics of culture on a global scale. It provides an institutional forum for responding to the increasing need to comprehend the role and formation of culture beyond national boundaries and disciplinary divisions.
The program addresses debates concerning the theory of texts and their production; the relationship between culture and politics; the formation of disciplines and institutions; and the nature of cultural antagonisms and crises. It features a variety of recent methodologies of historical and textual interpretation, and offers students opportunities to work with faculty and other students from many departments.
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The University of Pittsburgh boasts one of the premier undergraduate programs in Polish language, literature, and culture. It is the only institution of higher learning in the immediate four-state area (Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, West Virginia) to offer a Polish major.
Polish language is offered on three levels: elementary, intermediate, and advanced. Regular offerings include courses in Polish literature and film. The University's Hillman Library contains one of the nation's largest collection of Polish literature, and the most extensive collection of Polish films on VHS or DVD.
The University's Polish program is a national leader in the development of Polish teaching materials and in the application of technology to the teaching of foreign language. It maintains the world's most complete interactive webpage facilitating the learning of the Polish language, including lessons, grammars, a dictionary, recordings, computer drills, and a wide variety of other supplementary material.
The undergraduate Polish Student Alliance holds weekly or bi-weekly meetings, and is assisting with this year's festival.
The Polish Cultural Institute is the recently established diplomatic mission of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland to the United States.
The New York-based Institute is dedicated to promoting and nurturing cultural ties between the United States and Poland, both through American exposure to Poland's cultural achievements, and through exposure of Polish scholars and artists to American trends, institutions, and professional counterparts.
The Institute is taking an active collaborative role in the organization, promotion, and in many cases the actual production of a broad range of cultural events in theater, music, film, literature, and the fine arts.
With its extensive contacts in America and in Poland the Institute is in an excellent position to help such initiatives in a variety of ways that include fund-raising, facilitating contacts in Poland, organizing concurrent panels of artists and scholars, generating press coverage, and developing public outreach.
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*The Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America is a Polish-American non-profit organization supported exclusively by the public, its members and friends. Founded in 1942, it has become the leading center of learning and source of information about Poland's history and culture in the United States. It is also a research center and a disseminator of knowledge about the Polish-American ethnic group and its role in America.
*The Institute's mission is to objectively inform the American society about Poland and its millennial cultural heritage. The Institute encourages intellectual and cultural cooperation between the United States and Poland, two nations whose friendship dates back to the Revolutionary War. *Knowledge about Poland is of great importance to Americans because it helps them gain a more complete and more sophisticated understanding of Europe and Western Civilization.
*The people of Poland, who live in a pivotal geopolitical area in Eastern Europe, have played and continue to play a unique creative role in generating ideas and experimental solutions for dealing with many problems of today's world
“Zubrowka” is a specific category of Polish vodka that is made with the extract of bison grass.
Bison Grass Vodka is the only "zubrowka” now available in the U.S.
Bison Grass Vodka features a singular blade of authentic bison grass, grown in the northeastern region of Poland in Bialowieza, known for its pristine forests and bison herds.
Bison Grass Vodka is a premium potato vodka; its bottle has a distinctive grass-green tint that hints at the refreshing and flavorful experience within.
Hundreds of years ago, Polish nobility first began infusing their vodka with bison grass in the belief that it provided virility, stamina and power. Over the years, bison grass has been rumored to be an aphrodisiac and a strong influencer of the affairs of the heart.
The myth and mystery surrounding the power of bison grass did have some basis in fact, as the FDA disallowed bison grass as an added ingredient in the late 1970's.
Bison Grass Vodka has successfully created the essence of bison grass without including any of the properties that the FDA had found objectionable.
In Poland, bison grass is a diet staple of the legendary bison herds. In fact, when bison were moved to Germany, Great Britain and other countries, they eventually died off because they failed to reproduce. Speculation has it that they were deprived of their preferred source of sustenance (and sexual stimulant).
One of the most popular drinks made with Bison Grass Vodka is a “Tatanka,” from the Cherokee word for bison (taken from the film "Dances With Wolves"). The refreshing drink is made with Bison Grass Vodka, apple juice and a wedge of lemon.
Bison Grass Vodka will sell for approximately $25 per bottle, placing it among other distinguished, premium-priced vodkas.
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With a single pierogy recipe and a passion for Polish food, George and Clara Davis began a small catering business out of their home. The work was hard, but making authentic Polish food is never easy. The late nights and attention to quality paid off. Once people tasted the great food George and Clara were making, they were hooked! In just two years, the demand for their flavorful ethnic cuisine out grew their tiny kitchen and in 1985 Clara's Pittsburgh Pierogies and Catering was born.
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