30 years of the Polish Language Council: a jubilee in the Senate
The Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego), attached to the Presidium of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), is celebrating thirty years since its founding. The jubilee took place on 29 September 2026 in the Senate of the Republic of Poland. The Council itself published a note about the event on 8 October, and I decided to summarise it here, because it is a good occasion to remember who looks after the Polish language.
The Senate co-organised the event, and Deputy Marshal Rafał Grupiński welcomed those gathered. Speeches were given by Prof. Aleksander Welfe, Vice-President of PAN, and Dr Karolina Zioło-Pużuk, Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education. The Council's chair, Prof. Katarzyna Kłosińska, received a gold medal, and the members of the Presidium received silver medals of the Minister of Science and Higher Education, "Zasłużony dla Nauki Polskiej Sapientia et Veritas" (Merited for Polish Science).
In the conference part, Katarzyna Kłosińska gave a lecture on thirty years of the Council's work. The chair of the Silesian Language Council, Prof. Jolanta Tambor, and the chair of the Kashubian Language Council, Danuta Pioch, also spoke briefly. Their presence pleased me especially, because it shows that the conversation about language in Poland includes regional languages too.
The event closed with a debate, "What is caring for language?" (Czym jest troska o język?), moderated by Małgorzata Tułowiecka. Participants included, among others, Prof. Anna Dąbrowska, Prof. Ewa Kołodziejek, Prof. Jerzy Bralczyk and Bartłomiej Chaciński.
If you are learning Polish, or simply enjoy hearing linguists talk about correctness and language change, it is worth visiting the Council's website. It publishes, among other things, opinions, reports and information about the dictation contest. And how is it in your country: who decides what is correct?
Source: Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)
The Senate co-organised the event, and Deputy Marshal Rafał Grupiński welcomed those gathered. Speeches were given by Prof. Aleksander Welfe, Vice-President of PAN, and Dr Karolina Zioło-Pużuk, Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education. The Council's chair, Prof. Katarzyna Kłosińska, received a gold medal, and the members of the Presidium received silver medals of the Minister of Science and Higher Education, "Zasłużony dla Nauki Polskiej Sapientia et Veritas" (Merited for Polish Science).
In the conference part, Katarzyna Kłosińska gave a lecture on thirty years of the Council's work. The chair of the Silesian Language Council, Prof. Jolanta Tambor, and the chair of the Kashubian Language Council, Danuta Pioch, also spoke briefly. Their presence pleased me especially, because it shows that the conversation about language in Poland includes regional languages too.
The event closed with a debate, "What is caring for language?" (Czym jest troska o język?), moderated by Małgorzata Tułowiecka. Participants included, among others, Prof. Anna Dąbrowska, Prof. Ewa Kołodziejek, Prof. Jerzy Bralczyk and Bartłomiej Chaciński.
If you are learning Polish, or simply enjoy hearing linguists talk about correctness and language change, it is worth visiting the Council's website. It publishes, among other things, opinions, reports and information about the dictation contest. And how is it in your country: who decides what is correct?
Source: Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)
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