Workshop Polish women in postwar America Female agency, migration, and knowledge transfer Add to calendar 2024-12-09 17:00 2024-12-09 19:00 Europe/Rome Polish women in postwar America Sala del Torrino Villa Salviati - Castle YYYY-MM-DD Print Share on Facebook Share on X Share on LinkedIn Send by email When 09 December 2024 17:00 - 19:00 CET Where Sala del Torrino Villa Salviati - Castle Organised by Department of History The Migration and Mobility Working Group hosts a workshop with Beata Halicka, Professor of Contemporary History at Adam Mickiewicz University (Poznan) and Fernand Braudel Fellow, who will be presenting her current research project. Women who left Poland during World War II and came to the United States in the postwar period brought with them significant experiences of war, occupation and forced migration. Many of them also witnessed the emancipation and changing roles of women in Poland during the interwar and wartime periods. In particular, well-educated women struggled to find their place in the still patriarchal American middle class in the late 1940s and 1950s. The goal of this project is to examine their agency and contributions to the social life of the Polish American community and society at large. The focus is on female journalists, writers, and scholars who have achieved professional success in the U.S.The presentation will be followed by a Q&A Session.Please register to get a seat or the ZOOM link. Attachments: HEC Events - Privacy Statement - Sept 2021.pdf Contact(s): Anna Breidenbach (European University Institute) Scientific Organiser(s): Anna Breidenbach (European University Institute) Speaker(s): Beata Halicka (Adam Mickiewicz University and Fernand Braudel Fellow)