Calls for Proposals from Our Friends - PSA and PIASA

CFP FROM THE POLISH INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES OF AMERICA DUE BY APRIL 15, 2018

The Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America is pleased to invite presentation proposals for our 76th Annual Conference to be held at the Harriman Institute, Columbia University in New York City, June 8-9, 2018.

Proposals are solicited for complete sessions or individual papers in any of the disciplines in the liberal arts, sciences, or business/economics. Since the Institute values comparative sessions, individual papers need not focus on Poland or the Polish diaspora, but it is hoped that at least one paper in each session will do so. Sessions including presenters from more than one nation are encouraged. Each session is scheduled for 90 minutes to accommodate three/four papers (20 minutes each).

The conference language is English and all conference rooms will be equipped with AV for the use of PowerPoints and CD/DVD presentations. It is expected that acceptable conference papers will be submitted for possible publication in The Polish Review subsequent to the conference.

To submit a paper or complete session, please send the name, e-mail address, institutional affiliation, a tentative paper title and brief abstract for all presenters to the chair of the program committee at alicia.brzyska1@gmail.com. The deadline for proposals is April 15, 2018. All participants are expected to pay the conference registration fee


CFP FROM THE POLISH STUDIES ASSOCIATION DUE ON MARCH 15, 2018


ATTN: YOUNG SCHOLARS WORKING ON POLAND

The Polish Studies Association is pleased to announce its inaugural Dissertation Research Award. This award, in the amount of $2000, aims to assist dissertation research on any topic in the humanities and social sciences that makes significant contributions to the study of Poland and/or
Poland in a global context. Applications and letter of recommendation are due
03/15/2018.

Grant Requirements:
1) A two-page, single-spaced research proposal that outlines the project, methodologies and sources, and contribution to existing literature, as well as specifies how research funds will advance project (e.g., for obtaining sources in archive X or conducting interviews in Y)
2) CV
3) A letter of recommendation from the applicant’s dissertation advisor

Grant Regulations:
1) Applicants must be PhD students working on a topic related to Poland.
2) There are no citizenship requirements for this grant.
3) Applicants must be members of the Polish Studies Association at the time of their application.
4) Graduate students at any stage in their program are invited to apply, though preference will be given to those who have reached ABD status.
5) Grant monies are to be used for research-related purposes, e.g. travel, research materials, visas, etc. and should not be used to pay for tuition at their home institutions.
6) Research is expected to be conducted within 12 months of receipt of funds.

The Polish Studies Association (PSA) is an organization of scholars,  publishers, librarians, archivists, and journalists who specialize in the history, culture, art, politics, economics, and society of Poland. To submit  applications, CVs, and letters of recommendation, or for information about the Award or membership, please contact Michał Wilczewski (mwilcz5@uic.edu  [1]) or Kathleen Wroblewski (mwroblew@umich.edu [2])

October Events - King Jagiello in Central Park and Latin America in Gdynia

Unveiling of King Jagiełło Statue in NY Central Park, October 29-30, 2016

   

On 29 – 30 October 2016, The King Jagiełło Monument Working Group is organizing The King Jagiełło Monument Unveiling Ceremony in Central Park and a Symposium entitled: “King Jagiełło in New York 1939-2016”, in Polish Consulate in New York. The King Jagiełło Monument Working Group was established by: Józef Piłsudski Institute, Polish American Congress – Long Island Division, Nowodworski Foundation, Association Polonia Technica, Consulate of the Republic of Poland in New York, St. Stanislaus B&M Parish in Manhattan, Prof. Krzysztof Wodiczko of Harvard University, and historian Krystyna Piórkowska.

The statue of King Jagiełło, was originally installed in the Polish Pavilion during the World’s Fair in 1939, and remains in New York City at the location in Central Park since 1945 till now. Currently, overall conservation work is performed, which is scheduled to be completed by mid-October. The Working Group promotes the legacy of King Władysław Jagiełło a symbol of Polish Victory for centuries by organizing symposium in Polish Consulate and monument unveiling ceremony in Central Park.  Their goal is to address this historic topic to the US Polonia and American historic community. The Symposium is scheduled on October 29th (Saturday) between 10:00 am and 5:30pm and will consist of four panels:  Stanisław Kazimierz Ostrowski and Polish Art Deco /  King Jagiełło and his Concept of a Unified Europe / Historical Sculptures in the Public Domain / Conservation work on the King Jagiełło Statue/ Polish Conservators in the World. All the proceedings will be in English. Registration is required.

On October 30, 2016 (Sunday) the unveiling ceremony of the King Władysław Jagiełło Monument is scheduled for Central Park, New York. The ceremony is planned as follows: Around 80 people will stay at the monument circle, at walkway and square in front of Turtle Pond. There will a banner informing about the event, together with another banner depicting the Battle of Grunwald as a backdrop for children’s performance. The schedule of the event: 1:00 pm – Welcome address, Consul of Republic of Poland and Jerzy Lesniak, President Nowodworski Fundation; 1:00 pm – A brief historical background and history of the monument and the history of King Jagiełło Swords – Wojciech Budzynski; 1:10 pm– Symbolic ceremony of King Jagiełło Monument unveiling; 1:20 pm – Speech by Marie R. Warsh, the Central Park Conservancy; 1:30 pm – Dedication of the Monument by Father Tadeusz Lizińczyk; 1:40 pm – “Battle of Grunwald” presentation by a school theater troupe (approx. 10 students) at the monument plinth, with choir; 2:30 pm – Placing flowers at the base of the monument and a Photo-op; 2:40 pm- Ballads sung with guitar at the monument.

   Poles and Polish Diaspora in Latin America, October 27-28, 2016   

The Emigration Museum in Gdynia presents a two-day international conference on Poles and Polish Diaspora in Latin America: Past and Present. The following papers will be presented. 

October 27: Opening Session with papers by 

• Adam Walaszek (Emigration from Poland and Portugal: two cases. Are they different? 1500-1939); 
• Andrzej Chodubski (Cultural and civilisation image of Poles in Latin America); 
• Renata Siuda Ambroziak (The problem of leadership among the Brazilian Polish diaspora), and 
• Rafał Raczyński (Latin American Polish diaspora at the Emigration Museum in Gdynia). 

The second session on historical aspects of Polish presence in Latin America includes papers by: 

• Jerzy Mazurek (Polish colonial and settlement projects in Latin American countries in the interwar period); 
• Thaís Janaina Wenczenovicz (History and historiography: interpretative views on the Polish immigration in the south of Brazil); 
• Claudia Stefanetti Kojrowicz (When the Allies Closed the Doors, General Perón Accepted Two Thousand Italian-Polish Marriages in the Post-War Era); 
• Teresa Sońta-Jaroszewicz (Wandering life of the refugees of Polish descent from Marseille to South America during World War II); 
• Aleksandra Pajek (Brasil in the imagina-tion – hopes and fears of Polish refugees right before leaving Europe during World War II) and 
• Karolina Baraniak (Polish diaspora in Chile). 

A session on the Polish community in the State of Parana, features papers by: 

• Mariléia Gärtner and Luciane Trennephol da Costa (The presence of Slavic culture in the interior of Parana state in Brazil), 
• Lenny A. Ureña Valerio (Creating a Polish nation from colonies: analysis of the settling colonialism and creating Polish colonies in Parana), 
• Rodrigo Augusto (Sustainable territorial development with the cultural identity in the Parana state), 
• Ancelmo Schörner (Polish immigration in Palmeiras (PR): the colony of Santa Barbara in the memories of Helena Orchanhenka), 
• Nelsi Antonia Pabis (Education and culture: the Polish immigrants' schools in the south of Parana), 
• Elisabeth Sylvia Janik (A story of success: Sebastian Woś Saporski and Polish immigration to Curitiba), and 
• Sonia Eliane Niewiadomski (Today's panorama of the Polish-Brazilian community in the southern and central parts of Parana). 

The evening session is dedicated to Latin American Polish diaspora as a research area, with papers by: 

• Maria Skoczek and  Bogumiła Lisocka-Jaegermann (Poles in Latin American research centres and universities),  
• Krzysztof Smolana (About new sources in the history of the Latino American Polish Diaspora), 
• Joanna Łuba with Dominik Czapigo ("Developing sources" – presentation of the documentation project by the KARTA Centre and the Ignacy Domeyko Polish Library in Argentina), 
• Michalina Petelska (From Guatemala to Gdynia) .

On October 28th the morning session is dedicated to Poles' contribution to the social and cultural development of the Latin American countries, with papers by: 

• Henryk Siewierski ("Doutor Magico": Piotr Ludwik Napoleon Czerniewicz and his position in the history of medicine and Brazilian culture); 
• Katarzyna Krzywicka (Missionary activity of the Congregation of Saint Michael the Archangel in Latin America); 
• Zdzisław Malczewski (Polish missionaries in Brazil); Aleksandra Pluta (Polish artists' contribution for the cultural life of Brazil and Chile); 
• Rhuan Targino Zaleski Trindade (Polish scientist among settlers: Czesław Bieżanko and Poles in the south of Brazil); 
• Beata Bereza (Ludwik Margules – triumph of the theatrical style); Justyna Łapaj (Polish diaspora and Poles in selected countries of Latin America).  

The second session of the day is dedicated to the literary aspects of Polish presence in Latin America, with papers by: 

• Silvia Dapía (New subjectivity after World War II in The Marriage by Witold Gombrowicz);
• Elżbieta Budakowska (Polish ethnic literature in Brazil in the sociological perspective); 
• Anna Jamrozek-Sowa (Successful immigrants. Protagonists of Aleksandra Pluta's tales); 
• Kalina Sobierajska (Female traveller, emigrant and cosmopolitan - the portrait of Maria Bochdan- iedenthal). 

The afternoon session is dedicated to the language and identity of the Polish communities, with papers by 

• Władysław T. Miodunka (Polish language in the perspective of Polish-Spanish and Polish-Portuguese bilingualism); 
• Izabela Stąpor (Szakier, fiżon i trokować – on the lexis of Polishsettlers in Parana); 
• Anna Kaganiec-Kamieńska (Polish language and identity in Argentinian Polish diaspora), 
• Karolina Bielenin-Lenczowska (Cultural heritage of Brazilians of Polish descent - linguistic and culinary practices); 
• Katarzyna Rawska (In search of Argentinian Polish diaspora's national identity). 

The conference ends with an evening session on Jewish people from Polish territories in Latin America, including papers by: 

• Maria Luiza Tucci Carneiro (Accounts of Polish Jews who have survived the Holocaust); 
• Alicja Głuszek (Polish Jews in Mexico - origin, memory and identity); 
• Mariusz Kałczewiak (Jewish polacos. The meaning and function of Polish identity among the Polish Jews in Argentina, 1915-1939) and 
• Magdalena Szkwarek ("You'll end up in Buenos Aires!"- Jews and prostitution. Another aspect of Jewish migration to Argentina at the turn of 19th and 20th century). 

 

More Photos from PAHA's 72nd Meeting in New York

View from the Empire State Building

The 72nd Annual Meeting of the Polish American Historical Association ended on Sunday, January 4, 2015, with two sessions (instead of the planned three).  The morning session, "Themes in the History of Polish Music" was combined with a simultaneous morning session, "Polish American History from the Seventeenth Century through the Mid-Twentieth Century."  Presenters Juliana Wrycza Sabol (Szymanowski's Songs) and Anne Gurnack (Kashube Fishermen) did not attend and Maja Trochimczyk's paper replaced Anne Gurnack's. 

The afternoon session on the aftermath of World War II brought a fascinating variety of subjects and ended with a paper by Rachel Rothstein, the winner of the 2015 Graduate Student Award. All participants are encouraged to submit their paper for consideration by the Polish American Studies. 

Times Square on a rainy night.

After the conference sessions, participants continued discussions in less formal settings, as well as took tours of New York, from an afternoon in Central Park to Times Square at night, in the city that never sleeps.  Even the rain did not put a damper on the enthusiasm of all scholars and fans of Polish American history and culture.

Our dearly departed mentor and friend, Prof. Anna Cienciala was remembered and specifically singled out for praise during the Award Ceremony on Friday, January 2, 2015, by Prof. Neal Pease - who attributed his success as a historian to the models of Prof. Cienciala (who died recently on December 24, 2014), and Prof. Victor Greene.   The names of our awardees will be published shortly.

Central Park

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Polish American History from the Seventeenth Century through the Mid-Twentieth Century,  combined with Themes in the History of Polish Music

Sunday, January 4, 2015: 11:30 AM-1:30 PM
New York Hilton, Harlem Suite; Chair: Thomas Napierkowski, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

Dr. Pien Versteegh with Dr. Tom Napierkowski.

• New Amsterdam or New Gdańsk? Polish Settlers in New Amsterdam, 1624–64 - Pien Versteegh, Windesheim University of Applied Sciences and James Pula, Purdue University North Central

• KNAPP: The National Committee of Americans of Polish Descent -  Charles Chotkowski, Piast Institute 

Dr. Maja Trochimczyk with Dr. Tom Napierkowski and Dr. Jim Pula.

• The Impact of Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz’s American Years on Spiewy Historyczne -  Maja Trochimczyk, Moonrise Press

• A New Polonia? The Recreation of Polish American Identity, 1918–45 -  John Radzilowski, University of Alaska, Southeast

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The Aftermath of World War II

Sunday, January 4, 2015: 2:30 PM-4:30 PM New York Hilton, Concourse F; Chair: Anna Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann, Eastern Conn. State University

Anna Jaroszynska-Kirchmann introduces the panelists.

• Citizenship Practices during the Cold War: A Polish American Model? - Florence Vychytil-Baudoux, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales

• Paralyzing the Polonia from Within: Communist Secret Police Infiltration of the Polish American Community -  Pawel Styrna, Institute of World Politics

Panelists at the last session.

• Cold War Émigrés: Looking for Patterns in Exile Political Activism -  Anna Mazurkiewicz, University of Gdansk

• Polish Refugees from Siberia in the United States, 1945–2014 -  Iwona Korga, Józef Pilsudski Institute of America

Presentation by Iwona Drag-Korga.

• Defending the Remnants: American Jews Respond to Poland’s 1968 Anti-Zionist Campaign -  Rachel Rothstein, University of Florida

Mary Erdmans participates in the discussion.

Dr. Grazyna Kozaczka with Dr. Mary Erdmans.

Discussion continues after the closing of the last session.

Dr. Grazyna Kozaczka, Dr. Maja Trochimczyk and Dr. Anna Jaroszynska-Kirchmann.

For more PAHA pictures by Dr. Karen Majewski, Dr. Maja Trochimczyk, Dr. Anna Mazurkiewicz and Marcin Mazurkiewicz visit our Photo Album.