Dr. Anna D. Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann

Department of History

Eastern Connecticut State University

Education:

Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1997

M.A. with honors in history (with specialization in archival studies), Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland, 1984

Selected Publications:

Books

The Exile Mission: The Polish Political Diaspora and Polish Americans, 1939-1956. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2004.

Journal Articles

“Repatriacja czy wygnanie: upolitycznienie polskich wysiedlencow, 1945-51” [Repatriation or Exile: Politicization of Polish Displaced Persons, 1945-51], forthcoming, Przeglad Polonijny, Fall 2007.

"Between Polish Positivism and American Capitalism: The Educational Agents' Experiment in the Polish-American Immigrant Community, 1889-1914," forthcoming, History of Education Quarterly 48, no. 4 (2007).

“The Future of Polonia’s Past: an Introduction,” with Joel Wurl, Polish American Studies 60 (2003): 7-11.

“Patriotism, Responsibility, and the Cold War: Polish Schools in DP Camps in Germany, 1945-1951.” The Polish Review 47 (2002): 35-66.

“The Mobilization of American Polonia for the Displaced Persons Cause,” Polish American Studies 58 (2001): 29-62.

“Polish Post-World War II Diaspora: An Agenda for a New Millennium.” Polish American Studies 57 (2000): 45-66.

"An Elephant and the Polish Question: Politicization of American Polonia After World War II." Spectrum 6 (1994): 28-33.

"Some Perspectives For Research Possibilities on the Polish National Catholic Church in the Manuscript Collections at the Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota." PNCC Studies 11 (1990): 61-71.

"Communication." [The National Fund Drive, 1949, and Polonia's effort in resettlement program for Polish DPs after World War II] Polish American Studies 46 (Autumn 1989): 87-93.

"The American Committee for the Resettlement of Polish Displaced Persons (1948-1968) in the Manuscript Collection of the Immigration History Research Center." Polish American Studies 46 no. 1 (Spring 1987): 67-73.

Articles in Collective Works

“`As If at a Public Meeting:’ Polish-American Letters to Editor of Ameryka-Echo, 1922-1969” In Letters Across Borders: The Epistolary Practices of International Migrants, edited by David A. Gerber, Suzanne M. Sinke, and Bruce Elliott, 200-220. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

“Polonia, Memory, and Commemoration.” In Studia z dziejów Polski i Europy w XIX i XX wieku. Księga dedykowana Profesorowi Piotrowi Stefanowi Wandyczowi, ed. Janusz Faryś, Rev. Roman Nir, Marek Szczerbiński, 629-640. Gorzów Wielkopolski: Centralne Archiwum Polonii w Orchard Lake, 2004.

"Displaced Persons, Emigrés, Refugees, and Other Polish Immigrants: World War II Through the Solidarity Era." In Polish Americans and Their History. Community, Culture, and Politics, ed. John J. Bukowczyk, 152-179. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1996.

"Introduction" to A Woman Wanders Through Life and Science, by Irena Koprowska, M.D., ix-xix. New York: SUNY Press, 1996.

"`Nowa Emigracja' and `Stara Polonia:' Transformation of Social Relations and the DP Resettlement Program in the United States." In The Polish Diaspora, ed. James S. Pula and M. B. Biskupski. Washington, D.C.: Columbia University Press, 1993, vol. 2, Selected Essays From the Fiftieth Anniversary International Congress of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America, 69-84.

Review Articles and Book Reviews – appeared in  Polish American Studies; Journal of Social History; Journal of Cold War Studies; Slavic Review; Journal of American Ethnic History; The Polish Review; International Migration Review; Canadian - American Slavic Studies.

Archival Inventories

Edward C. and Loda Ròzanski: Inventory to the Papers. St. Paul, MN: Immigration History Research Center, 1996.

Aloysius A. Mazewski: Inventory to the Papers. St. Paul, MN: Immigration History Research Center, 1995.

Paryski Publishing Company: Inventory to the Records. St. Paul, MN: Immigration History Research Center, 1991.

Rev. Sen. Józef Lebiedzik Zawistowski: Inventory to the Papers. St. Paul, MN: IHRC, 1989.

Polish American Congress: Inventory to the Records. St. Paul: IHRC, 1988.

Honors and Awards:

2005: The Oskar Halecki Prize for the best book on Polish-American topics for The Exile Mission: The Polish Political Diaspora and Polish Americans, 1939-1956. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2004. This award recognizes an important book or monograph on the Polish experience in the United States. Eligibility is limited to works of historical and/or cultural interest, including those from related fields in the social sciences or humanities, published in 2003 and 2004. The prize honors Oskar Halecki [1891-1973], eminent Polish-born historian who was also a co-founder and charter member of the Polish American Historical Association (PAHA; established in 1942, PAHA is a national scholarly organization to promote study and research in the history of Americans of Polish descent).

2003: The Joseph Swastek Prize for the best article in Polish American Studies for the article “The Mobilization of American Polonia for the Displaced Persons Cause,” Polish American Studies 58 (2001): 29-62. (The prize is administered by PAHA).

2002: The Joseph Swastek Prize for the best article in Polish American Studies for the article “Polish Post-World War II Diaspora: An Agenda for a New Millennium.” Polish American Studies 57 (2000): 45-66.

2001: George Kulczycki Award (PAHA) for the best book manuscript “The Exile Mission: Polish

Political Refugees and American Polonia, 1939-1956.”

Membership in Professional Organizations:

American Historical Association

Social Science History Association

Immigration and Ethnic History Society

Polish American Historical Association

Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America

Józef Piłsudski Institute for Research in Polish History
Friends of the Immigration History Research Center