Economic history

Category: New publications, Editorial notes, XXw, Polish historiography, Editorial note, News, Methodology, Social history, Economic history, Political history

Transnational Homosexuals in Communist Poland. Cross-Border Flows in Gay and Lesbian Magazines by Lukasz Szulz

06 November 2017

 

This book traces the fascinating history of the first Polish gay and lesbian magazines to explore the globalization of LGBT identities and politics in Central and Eastern Europe during the twilight years of the Cold War.

It details the emergence of homosexual movement and charts cross-border...

Category: Editorial notes, XXw, Regional history, Open projects - aplications, Research projects, Grants, fellowships, News, Political history, Economic history, Cultural history

The Kosciuszko Foundation Visiting Professorship at the University of Warsaw 2018/19

31 October 2017

 

The Dean of the Faculty of „Artes Liberales", the University of Warsaw in cooperation with the President of the Kosciuszko Foundation, Inc. invites applications for the position of the Kosciuszko Foundation Visiting Professor.

 

The position is co-sponsored by the Kosciuszko Foundation,...

Category: New publications, Editorial notes, Albums and photos, Editorial note, News, history of Polish culture, Memory studies, Cultural history, Economic history, Social history

“The Things of Warsaw” released in the Museum of Warsaw

27 October 2017

The re-open Museum of Warsaw released a book accompanying the core exhibition. As all featured objects of each of the rooms described in it, the publication is a thing of beauty itself. A perfect reference work both before and after the visit, it can be purchased at the entrance to the...

Category: New publications, Editorial notes, XXw, News, Economic history, Political history, Social history, Cultural history, Memory studies, Historical Policy

Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine by Anne Applebaum

26 October 2017

 

From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Gulag and the National Book Award finalist Iron Curtain, a revelatory history of one of Stalin's greatest crimes--the consequences of which still resonate today

In 1929 Stalin launched his policy of agricultural collectivization--in effect a second...

Category: Conferences, Editorial notes, XXw, News, Political history, Social history, Economic history, Memory studies, Historical Policy

The Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences - Call for proposals

18 October 2017

 

The Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America invites 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...

Category: Exhibitions, Editorial notes, XXw, sources, News, Social history, Political history, Economic history, Memory studies, Historical Policy

"From Poland with Love, 1915–1926: the Forgotten History of Gratitude" opens tomorrow in Warsaw

17 October 2017

An outdoor exhibition about the history of gratitude to the United States for its help in the resurrection of Poland in 1918, “From Poland with Love, 1915–1926: the Forgotten History of Gratitude” will be opened on 18 October on Krakowskie Przedmieście Street in Warsaw. The Polish History Museum is...

Category: Conferences, Editorial notes, XXw, Polish historiography, News, Social history, Political history, Military history, Economic history, Cultural history

The Third Congress of International Researchers of Polish History

06 October 2017

 

“The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: History – Memory – Legacy” is the guiding theme of the congress, which will be held between 11–14 October in Kraków. Co-organizers of the event include the Polish History Museum.

The congress is a cyclic meeting held every five years, for researchers from...

Category: New publications, Editorial notes, News, Social history, Political history, Economic history, Cultural history, Memory studies, 16th century, history of Polish culture

Muslim Tatar Minorities in the Baltic Sea Region

20 August 2017

In Muslim Tatar Minorities in the Baltic Sea Region, edited by Ingvar Svanberg and David Westerlund, the contributors introduce the history and contemporary situation of these little known groups of people that for centuries have been part of the religious and ethnic mosaic of this region. The...