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 8216, Lobby Level.
Annual business meeting

Friday, January 9

9:00- 9:30 a.m. Marriott, Room 8212
Opening Comments: Ambassador Przemyslaw Grudzinski, Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Washington, D.C.

9:30–11:30 a.m. Marriott, Room 8212, Lobby Level.
Session 1. Labor Organization and Identity Formation

9:30–11:30 a.m. Marriott, Room 8216, Lobby Level.
Session 2. Reading Polka Literature: Music, Voice, and Polish American Identity

12:30–2:00 p.m. Marriott, Room 8212, Lobby Level.
Session 3. Documenting Polonia on Film

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

2:30–4:30 p.m. Marriott, Room 8216, Lobby Level.
Session 5. Polonian Culture: Assimilating and Accommodating

Saturday, January 10

9:30–11:30 a.m. Marriott, Room 8212, Lobby Level.
Session 6. Polka Studies

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

1:00–2:00 p.m. Marriott, Room 8212, Lobby Level.
Session 8. The Future Is Now! Integrating Young Leaders into Polonia and Beyond

2:30–4:30 p.m. Marriott, Room 8212, Lobby Level.
Session 9. Aspects of Milwaukee Polonian History

2:30–4:30 p.m. Marriott, Room 8216, Lobby Level.
Session 10. American Polonia and World War II

5:00–6:30 p.m. Marriott, Room 8212, Lobby Level.
Session 11. Milwaukee Art Museum’s Exhibition “Leonardo Da Vinci and the Splendor of Poland: A History of Collecting and Patronage”

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