What's New in our Journal, the Polish American Studies?

One of the most important projects of the Polish American Historical Association is the publication of its peer-reviewed scholarly journal that appears twice per year and is now printed by the University of Illinois Press.  The Polish American Studies journal is edited by Dr. Anna Jaroszynska-Kirchmann (Eastern Connecticut State University), supported by the following team of scholars.  

• Book Review Editor: Mary Patrice Erdmans, Case Western Reserve University
• Book Review Editor for Poland: Anna Mazurkiewicz, University of Gdańsk, Poland

Editorial Board

• M. B. B. Biskupski, Central Connecticut State University
• Tobias Brinkmann, Pennsylvania State University
• John J. Bukowczyk, Wayne State University
• Silvia Dapia, John Jay College, CUNY
• William J. Galush, Loyola University Chicago
• Ann Hetzel Gunkel, Columbia College Chicago
• Grażyna Kozaczka, Cazenovia College
• Karen Majewski, University of Michigan
• Thomas J. Napierkowski, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
• Neal Pease, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
• Angela Pienkos, Polish Center Wisconsin
• James S. Pula, Purdue University
• John Radziłowski, University of Alaska - Southeast
• Francis D. Raška, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
• Suzanne R. Sinke, Florida State University
• Dariusz Stola, Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warsaw, Poland
• Adam Walaszek, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
• Joanna Wojdon, University of Wrocław, Poland

The tables of contents  for the past four issues from 2015 and 2016 are copied below.  In order to read recent articles, you have to be a member of PAHA. Older texts may be ordered from JSTOR (the cost of JSTOR subscription is included in the full membership fee, or you can pay per each article).

Polish American Studies, Vol. 72, no 1 (Spring 2015)

Articles:

• Troubles with “Mela”: A Polish American Reporter, the Secret Services of People’s Poland, and the FBI – by Paweł Ziętara
• Cold War Airwaves: The Polish American Congress and the Justice for Poland Campaign – by Robert Szymczak
• Leaving Kożuchów, a Village in Dobrzechów Parish, Galicia – by Patricia B. Yocum
• The Khaki Boys Series: Images of Polish Americans, 1918-1920 – by Thomas J. Napierkowski

Polish American Studies, Vol. 72, no. 2 (Autumn 2015)

Articles:

• The Polish Political System in Exile, by Sławomir Łukasiewicz
• Exiles and the Homeland: The State of Research, by Paweł Ziętara
• Polish Political Emigration in the 1980s: Current Research, Perspectives and Challenges, by Patryk Pleskot
• Political Emigration from East Central Europe During the Cold War, by Anna Mazurkiewicz
• Perspectives on Research on the Post-1939 History of Polish Americans, by Joanna Wojdon 

Polish American Studies Vol. 73, no. 2 (Fall 2016):

Articles:

• James S. Pula: Bibliography of Works, by Thomas Duszak
• Introducing the Polish Experience into American History, by James S. Pula
• “So They Will Know their Heritage:” Reflections on Research post Polish Americans, by Mary Patrice Erdmans
• Has the “Salt Water Curtain” Been Raised Up? Globalizing Historiography of Polish America, by Adam Walaszek
• Writing Poland and America: Polish American Fiction in the Twenty First Century, by Grażyna J. Kozaczka
• Polonia’s Ambassador to the United States:  The Mystery of Jerzy Jan Sosnowski, 1917-1918, by M. B. B. Biskupski

Polish American Studies Vol. 73, no. 1 (Spring 2016):

Forum:

• Bringing the Notion of “Ethclass” to Life: Victor Greene’s Contributions to the History of American Industrial Workers, by Ewa Morawska
• Victor Greene, the Immigration and Ethnic History Society, and Urban Studies, by Ronald Bayor
• Victor Greene: Colleague, Friend, and Mensch, by Dominic A. Pacyga
• Victor Greene, the Polish Immigrant Miner, and the Origins of the New Labor History, by James R. Barrett
• Remembering Victor Greene, by James S. Pula
• Victor Greene as Immigration Historian: Themes and Contexts, by Dorothee Schneider

Articles:

• Were There Really Poles in New-Netherland? by James S. Pula and Pien Versteegh
• Crossing the Boundaries of Modernity: The Post-Abolition Journey of Polish Peasants to the United States, by Marta Cieślak
• Nationally and Religiously: Commemorations in the Life of the Polish Diaspora in Sweden, 1945-1989, by Arnold Kłonczyński

List of articles from the earlier volumes of the Polish American Studies may be found on the PAHA website.