Lecture by Ambassador Krzysztof Szczerski for the Lady Blanka Rosenstiel Endowed Program in Polish Heritage (2026-2027 series)

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Please join the Center for the Humanities and the American Institute of Polish Culture for a public lecture by Ambassador Krzysztof Szczerski, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Poland to the United Nations, as part of the 2026-2027 Series for the Lady Blanka Rosenstiel Endowed Program in Polish Heritage at the University of Miami.

The lecture "Poland and the US in the New World Disorder" will examine the key challenges of contemporary geopolitics and the importance of Polish American relations, grounded in shared values and mutual interests, while highlighting the significance of Poland’s inclusion in the G20 ahead of the December 2026 Miami Summit as recognition of its growing role as a global economic powerhouse and a leading voice for Central Europe.

Biography of the Ambassador.

Krzysztof Szczerski was born in 1973 in Kraków, Poland.

Education and academia.

In 1997 he graduated from the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland with a master’s degree in political science, and in 2001 he obtained his PhD at this university’s Institute of Political Sciences and International Relations.

He completed his habilitation (postdoctoral degree) in 2010, based on a dissertation entitled Dynamics of the European System, for which he received the Prime Minister’s Award. In 2018 he was awarded the title of Professor of Social Sciences. Since 2000 he has been an affiliated scholar of the Jagiellonian University and has twice been Deputy Director of its Institute of Political Sciences and International Relations.

He lectured at the National School of Public Administration in 2008-2009 and later at the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Since 2013 has been an associate professor at the Jagiellonian University. He was also a member of the Board of the Polish Institute of International Affairs and the Institute for Central Europe.

Public life.

In the years 2007-2008 he was Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and then at the Office of the Committee for European Integration. He has been a member of the Civil Service Council to the Prime Minister (2009-2010) and a Member of Parliament (Sejm RP) (2011-2015). In January 2015 he was became the representative of the Polish Parliament at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.