PAHA - 2004 Conference Program


2004 Annual Meeting Program Marriott Hotel Washington, D.C. Polish American Historical Association Thursday, January 8 3:00-6:00 P.M. Marriott, Room 8216, Lobby Level. Executive Committee and Council meeting 6:00-7:00 p.m. Marriott, Room 8219, Lobby Level. Annual business meeting Friday, January 9 9:00- 9:30 A.M. Marriott, Room 8212 Opening Comments: Ambassador Przemyslaw Grudzinski 9:30-11:30 A.M. Marriott, Room 8212, Lobby Level. Session 1. Labor Organization and Identity Formation Chair: Mary Erdmans, Central Connecticut State University "Glück Auf! Differences between the Way Polish Miners Organized in the United States and Germany, 1890-1940" Pien Versteegh, Erasmus University of Rotterdam "Staroprusaki, Mazurzy, Germans or Poles? Masurian Exceptionalism in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries" Brian McCook, University of California at Berkeley "Blood, Coal, and Newsprint: Polish-American Identity and Labor Strife in the Pennsylvania Anthracite Region, 1897-1902" Joseph P. McKerns, Ohio State University "Ethnicity Matters: The 1911 Furniture Strike in Grand Rapids, Michigan" Mary Erdmans Comment: The Audience 9:30-11:30 A.M. Marriott, Room 8216, Lobby Level. Session 2. Reading Polka Literature: Music, Voice, and Polish American Identity Chair: Ann Hetzel Gunkel, Columbia College Chicago "The Clarinet Polka: Life, Literature, and Music" Tom Napierkowski, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs "The Polka and the Feminist Voice in Hoopi Shoopi Donna and The Clarinet Polka" Jadzia Napierkowski, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs "Immigrant Voices: Polka Lyrics as Ethnic Literature" Ann Hetzel Gunkel Comment: The Audience 12:30-2:00 P.M. Marriott, Room 8212, Lobby Level. Session 3. Documenting Polonia on Film Chair: Andrew Golebiowski, producer Panel: Vincenzo Mistretta, producer Christine Zinni, State University of New York at Buffalo Andrew Golebiowski 2:30-4:30 P.M. Marriott, Room 8212, Lobby Level. Session 4. Identity Politics: The Demography of Polish America, Its Meaning for Polish-American Organizations, and New Directions for Relationships with Other American Ethnic Groups Chair: John Kromkowski, Catholic University of America Panel: Ben Johnson. One America Foundation George McLean, Institute for the Study of Values, Culture and Philosophy Elizabeth O'Connell, Vital Voices Thaddeus Radzilowski, St. Mary's College of Ave Maria University Alfred Rotondaro, National Italian American Foundation Helen Samham., Arab American Institute 2:30-4:30 P.M. Marriott, Room 8216, Lobby Level. Session 5. Polonian Culture: Assimilating and Accommodating Chair: Geraldine Balut Coleman, Loyola Academy, Wilmette, Illinois "The Kosciuszko Reds: Polish-American Sandlot Baseball in Milwaukee" Neal Pease, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee "Three Languages Out of Two: A Look at English, Polish, and Half-na-Pol" Andy Golebiowski, Buffalo, New York "Culturally Based Education: Polish Saturday Schools" Geraldine Balut Coleman "Bilingual and Vocational Education in New Britain Polonia, 1850-1950" Anna Karpiej, Central Connecticut State University "Gentrification: Poland and Polonia" Jerome Krase, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Murray Koppelman, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York Comment: The Audience Saturday, January 10 9:30-11:30 A.M. Marriott, Room 8212, Lobby Level. Session 6. Polka Studies Chair: Tom Napierkowski, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs "A Polka Primer/Polka As Cultural Resistance" Ann Hetzel Gunkel, Columbia College, Chicago "Horn Man, the Polish American Musician in Twentieth-Century Detroit: A Non-Fiction Reading" Laurie A. Gomulka Palazzolo, Detroit "My Childhood Neighbor: The Polka Capitol of New England" Suzanne Strempek Shea, Palmer, Massachusetts "Charlie Won't Dance, Polka as Therapy" Eugenia Pawlik Zeitlin, Los Angeles Public Library Comment: The Audience 9:30-11:30 A.M. Marriott, Room 8216, Lobby Level. Session 7. Symbols, Commemorations, and the Creation of Historic Consciousness in Polonia: The Function of an Invented Past Chair: Virginia R. Mitchell, Central Connecticut State University "Kosciuszko and the Development of Historical Symbolism in Polonia" James S. Pula, Utica College "Commemoration as Ideology: The Function of November 11th in the Creation of a Modern Political Consciousness in Polonia" M. B. B. Biskupski, Central Connecticut State University "Demanding Lay Rights: The Federation of Polish Catholic Laymen" William Galush, Loyola University Chicago "The First Wielka Emigracja Redivivus: Updates and Spinoffs" Joe Wieczerzak, PNCC Commission on History and Archives Comment:The Audience 1:00-2:00 P.M. Marriott, Room 8212, Lobby Level. Session 8. The Future Is Now! Integrating Young Leaders into Polonia and Beyond Chair: Maria Chrypinska, American Council for Polish Culture "American Council for Polish Culture's Youth Leadership Council: Bridge to Leadership and Activism" Maria Chrypinska, The Maret School, Agnieszka Gnoinska, The Maret School University "University Student and Community Leadership" Agata Drygas, Eternal Students Union, Chicago, Peter Habrzyk, Polish Student Organization, New York, Dariusz Wolosz, Seton Hall University "The Making of Leaders" Andrew Raczkowski, Michigan House of Representatives Comment: The Audience 2:30-4:30 P.M. Marriott, Room 8212, Lobby Level. Session 9. Aspects of Milwaukee Polonian History Chair: Stephen Leahy, University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley "The Kosciuszko Reds: Polish-American Sandlot Baseball in Milwaukee" Neal Pease, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee "A Proposal: Geographical Information Systems and the Polish American Reaction to Civil Rights in Milwaukee" Stephen Leahy "The Congressional Career of Clement J. Zablocki of Wisconsin" Philip A. Grant Jr., Bronxville, New York Comment: The Audience 2:30-4:30 P.M. Marriott, Room 8216, Lobby Level. Session 10. American Polonia and World War II Chair: Anna Jaroszynska-Kirchmann, Eastern Connecticut State University "Propaganda of the Polish Government-in-Exile toward the American Public during World War II" Iwona Drag Korga, Pilsudski Institute of America "Beyond Ethnicity: Polish-American Congressmen and World War II" Bob Ubriaco, McKendree College "State Divisions of the Polish American Congress in the Rozmarek Era, 1944-68" Joanna Wojdon, University of Wroclaw "Polish Parishes in New York City during World War II" Danuta Piatkowska, New York City Comment: John Radzilowski, Polish American Cultural Institute of Minnesota 5:00-6:30 P.M. Marriott, Room 8212, Lobby Level. Session 11. Leonardo Da Vinci and the Splendor of Poland: A History of Collecting and Patronage Chair: Neal Pease, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panel: Beata Pawlikowski, Milwaukee Art Museum Laurie Winters, Milwaukee Art Museum 5:00-6:30 P.M. Marriott, Room 8216, Lobby Level. Session 12. Documentary Screening: Clay Made Me Something: The Art of Being Louis Dlugosz Presenters:Andrew Golebiowski and Vincenzo Mistretta, producers Christine Zinni, State University of New York at Buffalo, and producer

2004 Annual Meeting Program