In the fourth dialogue in this series, Dr Eugeniusz Kuznicow-Wyszannski discusses the Karta Polaka - a unique legal and symbolic instrument that grants individuals of Polish descent, primarily residing in former Soviet republics, a range of cultural and economic privileges.
- PhD student
- Date
- Tuesday 10 Mar 2026, 13:00 - 14:00
- Type
- Webinar
- Spoken Language
- English
- Room
- Online
These privileges include facilitated visa access, the right to work and study in Poland and eligibility for financial support and eventual access to Polish citizenship.
However, the card does not automatically confer legal citizenship or political rights, positioning its holders in a liminal category between foreigners and nationals. In this way, the Karta Polaka serves as an act of recognition of (non-)citizens: people who are symbolically embraced as members of the national community, but remain legally excluded from full civic membership.
Speaker
Eugeniusz Kuźnicow-Wyszyński - PhD candidate in International Relations at the University of Warsaw. He is currently working at the Office for Foreigners in Warsaw.
The other webinars in the series
- More information
ACE Dialogues: Going Back to Go Forward series explores ancestral citizenship, the practice of granting citizenship based on descent or historical restitution to individuals living abroad.
At a time of shifting migration policies and reckonings with historical injustice, we will examine how this phenomenon reshapes migration and challenges conventional ideas of nationhood.
- Related links
- Ancestral Citizenship Acquisition in Europe research project