Krótka historia studiów polskich na Uniwersytecie Columbia
Short history of Polish studies at Columbia University

Summary/Abstract: Using the teaching and research of historian Stanislaus Błejwas as a starting point, the author examines the postwar history of Polish studies at Columbia University, focusing on efforts to create a Chair in Polish studies. The first, short-lived attempt in the 1940s occurred during the early years of the cold war and generated a political backlash, especially from within the Polish-American community. A second, recent initiative culminated in 2014 in the naming of historian Małgorzata Mazurek as the Chair of Polish Studies. The article places these events within the wider social and political contexts of Polish studies in the U.S. in general, and their place within both Slavic philology and area studies.

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