Oxford is a collegiate university, consisting of the central University and colleges. The Programme on Modern Poland (POMP) was launched in July 2013 at St Antony’s College. Its goal is to direct and coordinate study and discussion of modern Poland with research and academic exchanges, seminar series, invited lectures, conferences and academic publications. POMP’s curriculum focuses on modern Poland—that is, on changes that took place in the 1980s and the post-1989 transformation. On the conceptual level the programme is based on fields in the social sciences and humanities that cover political, economic, sociological, historical and cultural aspects, along with analysis of regional relationships. POMP is an interdisciplinary initiative that highlights the merit of studying the country in the relationship to the continent, its neighbours in the region, and European and global institutions. Oxford University, St Antony’s College, Programme on Modern Poland will cover the Polish exile, which was one of the biggest cultural exile groups of the former socialist countries.
