Arts and Science Station abroad

In 1994, a PAU Arts and Science Base was established in New York under the auspices of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America , which kept the PAU tradition alive during World War II (from 1942) and during PAU’s suspension in 1952–1989. It was not possible to continue its brief period of activity owing to a lack of funds. We are striving to revive it.

Contacts were also established with the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in Canada , which was established in 1943 as a branch of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in New York and which has operated as an independent Canadian institute since 1976. It also assumed the status of a PAU Arts and Science Base. We have already published five books together and also support the Canadian base by sending speakers. In addition, PAU provides financial and administrative support for the organisation of academic sessions (Czesław Miłosz, Witold Lutosławski, Witold Gombrowicz, Tadeusz Romer).