On September 7-9, 2018 PAHA will be celebrating its 75th Anniversary. The Association is planning a three-day event to take place at Loyola University in Chicago.
The director of the Polish Studies Program at Loyola - Bozena Nowicka McLees - will serve as host to PAHA and its guests at the conference venue located right on the waterfront of Lake Michigan. Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences (Kraków, Poland) is a proud partner to this event. Our program includes academic sessions related to PAHA’s contribution to the fields of migration and ethnic studies, association’s current research as well as community outreach projects. You will hear from some of the most promitent PAHA's scholars - of all generations. Our plan includes plenty opportunities for PAHA scholars to meet, interact and plan future programs with members of American Polonia. Dominic Pacyga, the key PAHA expert on history of Chicago, whose energy and talent continue to go into promoting Polish heritage in this city, will chair a session on Polish American history in Museums - both in the USA and in Poland.
As a teaser to what’s coming up give a listen to a series of podcasts presented by Pacyga (part 1: https://wpna.fm/podcast/za-
The Program for PAHA’s 75th Birthday in Chicago is posted in PDF format here as well as below.
It is also available on PAHA News Blog and copied below, with addresses of events inserted. Come and join us! All events are free, but registration is required.
Please remember to register by August 31, 2018. The 75th Anniversary Conference
Registration Form (PDF) is available here.
75TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE PROGRAM
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
McCormick Lounge in Coffey Hall 1000 W. Sheridan Road, Loyola University Chicago
9:00AM–9:35AM WELCOME
9:40AM–10:15AM KEYNOTE ADDRESS
John Bukowczyk, PAHA within the field of United States’ ethnic history - past, present and future
10:30AM–12:30PM QUO VADIS POLISH AMERICAN STUDIES:
THE PAHA JOURNAL AS A REFLECTION OF THE SCHOLARLY FIELD
McCormick Lounge in Coffey Hall 1000 W. Sheridan Road, Loyola University Chicago
Chair: Anna Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann
- A Brief History of PAS – James S. Pula
- Labor and Working Class – Dominic A. Pacyga
- Polonia’s Organizations – Donald Pienkos
- Gender and Family – Mary P. Erdmans
- Literature – Grażyna Kozaczka
- Study of American Polonia and Scholars in Poland – Adam Walaszek
12:30PM–1:50PM LUNCH BREAK
2:00PM–3:20PM YOUNG SCHOLARS & NEW TOPICS FORUM
McCormick Lounge in Coffey Hall 1000 W. Sheridan Road, Loyola University Chicago
Chair: Dorota Praszałowicz
Ewa Modzelewska, doctoral student, Jagiellonian University
Hubert Izienicki, PhD, Purdue University Northwest
Marcin Szerle, Ph.D., independent scholar
Anna Sosnowska-Jordanovska, Ph.D., Warsaw University
Sylwia Kuźma-Markowska, Ph.D., Warsaw University
Marcin Gońda, Ph.D., Lodz University
3:30PM–4:50PM PAHA’S NEW PROJECTS
McCormick Lounge in Coffey Hall 1000 W. Sheridan Road, Loyola University Chicago
Chair: Neal Pease
- PAHA’s communication media, challenges and opportunities of
the digital age – Maja Trochimczyk & Stephen Leahy
- Adjusting to the New Reality: Good Management Practices in Academia – Pien Versteegh
- PAHA and Polish American Community – Joint Projects: Polish American Travel Guide; Memoirs Project; Objects that Speak; Teaching Resources – panel discussion (Anna Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann, Ewa Barczyk, Anna Muller, Anna Mazurkiewicz)
6:00PM BANQUET AT THE POLISH CONSULATE, CHICAGO
(Prior registration required. Polish Consulate 1530 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago)
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2018
9:00–11:00AM POLISH AMERICAN HISTORY IN MUSEUMS
McCormick Lounge in Coffey Hall 1000 W. Sheridan Road, Loyola University Chicago
Chair: Dominic A. Pacyga; Discussant: Anna Muller
- The Polish Museum of America, Chicago –Małgorzata Kot
- Polish History Museum, Warsaw – Anna Piekarska
- Chicago History Museum, Chicago – John Russick
- Emigration Museum, Gdynia – Sebastian Tyrakowski
- Józef Piłsudski Institute of America, New York – Iwona Korga
11:15AM–12:45PM CONCURRENT EVENTS
a) LOYOLA ARCHIVE TOUR with Nancy Freeman
Loyola Archives Tour starts at 11:15 at McCormick Lounge in Coffey Hall 1000 W. Sheridan Road
b) FILM SCREENING of The Fourth Partition: Chicago by Adrian Prawica
Damen Student Center Cinema on ground floor, Loyola University Chicago
1:00PM–2:00PM LUNCH BREAK
2:00PM–3:00PM PAHA 2018 HALECKI BOOK PRIZE
McCormick Lounge in Coffey Hall 1000 W. Sheridan Road, Loyola University Chicago
Joanna Wojdon, White and Red Umbrella – presentation of the Haiman Medal and discussion of the prize-winning book
3:00PM–5:00PM POLONIA ROUNDTABLE ON THE ADVANCEMENT OF POLISH AND POLISH AMERICAN STUDIES
McCormick Lounge in Coffey Hall 1000 W. Sheridan Road, Loyola University Chicago
Chair: Bożena Nowicka McLees. Discussants: Members of Chicago & Great Lakes Polish-American social and cultural organizations.
5:30PM RECEPTION FOR REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS
Crown Center Lobby, Loyola University Chicago
8:00PM CONCERT of PIANISTS HANSUNG KANG & ANTHONY MOLINARO, and THE LIRA ENSEMBLE at Mundelein Center, Skowronski Hall, 2nd floor, Loyola University Chicago.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2018
9:30AM–1:00PM SPECIAL PROGRAM FOR REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS
Tour of North Side of Chicago with Victoria Granacki
Bus tours pick-up and drop off at the Hampton Inn.
8:30AM–12:30PM PAHA BOARD MEETING–PAHA Council and Officers only, Crown Center 200 East
12:30PM–1:30PM Working Lunch for PAHA Council and Officers only, Crown Center 200 East
1:30PM–4:30PM Bus Tour of South Side of Chicago for PAHA Board members with Dominic A. Pacyga
All conference events will take on the campus of Loyola University of Chicago. Here's the campus map.
ORGANIZERS: The 75th Anniversary Conference at Loyola University Chicago is partially funded by the Senate of the Republic of Poland. The organizers include: Polish American Historical Association; Polish Studies Program at Loyola University Chicago; Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences (PAU); Institute of American Studies and Polish Diaspora, Faculty of International and Political Studies at the Jagiellonian University; Committee for Migration Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN).
PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Anna Mazurkiewicz, PAHA President, University of Gdańsk; Zygmunt Kolenda, President on behalf of PAU; Bożena Nowicka McLees, Director of the Polish Studies Program, Loyola University Chicago. Members: Mary P. Erdmans, Case Western Reserve University; Neal Pease, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Dominic Pacyga, Columbia College Chicago; Dorota Praszałowicz, PAN Committee for Migration Studies; James Pula, Purdue University Northwestern, Adam Walaszek, Jagiellonian University.
To find out more about PAHA's history and achievements, please have a look at our Anniverary Book, edited by James S. Pula and available here [click].
