Upcoming Conference on American Ethnicity in Krakow

April 30, 2008

The American Studies Institute of Jagiellonian University, The Alumni Association in Poland, The US Mission in Poland and The Immigration and Ethnic History Society in the United States are organizing two-day conference entitled “American Ethnicity: Rethinking Old Issues, Asking New Questions”.  The conference will be held in Krakow at Collegium Maius, Sala Bobrzyńskiego on Monday, May 19 and at the Institute of American Studies, Rynek 34 on Tuesday, May 20.  The conference will gather leading scholars of American ethnic and migration studies who share basic theoretical and methodological assumptions.  There will be presentations on more general topics such as ethnicity and the US Elections as well as opportunities to discuss ongoing research in the field.  The speakers of the conference will be specialists in Ethnic Studies from the United States, Poland, Germany, Austria and Mexico.  The first day of the conference is oriented towards a general audience and will cover the topic of American ethnicity.  The second day of the conference will be devoted to more scholarly discussion of the current issues in American ethnicity.