Education
He received a Doctor of Philosophy (1981) in New Haven, after acquiring a Yale Fellowship.
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Independence Day: Myth, Symbol, and the Creation of Modern Poland by M. B. B. Biskupski (2012-12-12)
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Independence Day: Myth, Symbol, and the Creation of Modern Poland
(The 11th of November 1918, Polish Independence Day, is a ...)
The 11th of November 1918, Polish Independence Day, is a curious anniversary whose commemoration has been only intermittently observed in the last century. In fact, the day -- and the several symbols that rightly or wrongly have become associated with it -- has a rather convoluted history, filled with tradition and myth, which deserves attention. Independence Day is more than just the history of a day, or the evolution of its celebration, but an explanation of what meaning has come to be associated with that date. It offers a re-reading of Polish history, not by a series of dates, but through a series of symbols whose combination allows the Poles to understand who they are by what they have been. Its focus is on the era 1914-2008, and the central actor is the charismatic Jozef Pilsudski. He came to represent a disposition regarding the meaning of Polish history which eventually penetrated virtually all of modern Polish society. The work is constructed by the analysis of memoirs, documents, coins, stamps, films, maps, monuments, and many other features making it a multi-disciplinary and multi-dimensional volume.
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Mieczyslaw Biskupski
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He held professorship appointments at Saint John Fisher College, University of Rochester and University of Warsaw. In 1997 he was a Fellow of the Central European University of Budapest. Since 2002 he is the Stanislaus A. Blejwas Endowed Chair in Polish and Polish American Studies at Central Connecticut State University.
He is the author of numerous articles and several books
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Biskupski is the recipient of several academic and national awards, such as the Honor Roll of Polish Science by the Polish Ministry of Education (2001), and the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (2000). In 2004 he received the Mieczyslaw Haiman Award from the Polish American Historical Association. He is member of the Board of Directors of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America and served as the member of the Board of Directors of the Józef Piłsudski Institute of America and the president of the Polish American Historical Association.
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Independence Day: Myth, Symbol, and the Creation of Modern Poland
(The 11th of November 1918, Polish Independence Day, is a ...)
- Independence Day: Myth, Symbol, and the Creation of Modern Poland by M. B. B. Biskupski (2012-12-12)
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Independence Day: Myth, Symbol, and the Creation of Modern Poland
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United States