Date: 21 April 2022

Time: 11.00 a.m. – 02.00 p.m.

Venue: The SGGW Main Library, building C, the conference room at the 1st floor

The event program:

Part I.

11.00 a.m. the opening of the event – greeting visitors by Dr. Wojciech Woźniak, the Library  Director;

11.05 a.m.  prof. dr hab. Kazimierz Tomala’s speech, Vice-Rector for Development;

11.15 a.m. presentation of the NBP collector’s coin “The Great Polish economists – Władysław Grabski” by Ms Ewa Waszkiewicz, Director of the NBP Regional Branch in Warsaw.

Part II

11.45 a.m. – 01.00 p.m. The Speakers’ lectures (25 minutes each); 

11.45 a.m. – 12.10 p.m. prof. dr hab. Marian Marek Drozdowski – “Władysław Grabski’s contribution to the Polish economic and political culture”

12.10 a.m. – 12.35 p.m. prof. dr hab. Kazimierz Korab – “Władysław Grabski as a sociologist”

12.35 p.m. – 01.00 p.m. prof. dr hab. Tomasz Borecki – “Władysław Grabski as an academic teacher”

Part III

01.00 p.m. – 02.00 p.m. Exhibition / Refreshments (cold catering + drinks) 13.00-14.00

The event is accompanied by an exhibition entitled “A self-portrait of the Polish Zloty. Images of the Polish banknotes and coins from 1919 – 1924”, prepared by the SGGW Museum

in cooperation with the NBP.

The exhibition consists of over a dozen boards presenting banknotes and treasury bills that were used after the introduction of Grabski’s currency reform, along with a short description of their history.

The exhibition will be available to the visitors between 21 April and 21 May 2022.