Join Loyola University Chicago’s Polish Studies, University Libraries, and the Women and Leadership Archives as they welcome Anna Sosnowska, PhD for a thought-provoking talk on the Polish-American experience in Chicago. While the city boasts a rich Polish heritage, Dr. Sosnowska explores why many Polish-American leaders feel disconnected from the city and its cultural legacy. Don’t miss this engaging discussion on community, identity, and the shifting dynamics of Polish American life in Chicago.

Refreshments will be provided. Registration is requested (see blue button below). 

About the speaker
Anna Sosnowska is an associate professor of sociology at the University of Warsaw and a 2024-2025 Kosciuszko Foundation scholar at Loyola University Chicago. She is an author of Explaining Economic Backwardness. Postwar Polish Historians on Eastern Europe 2019 and Polski Greenpoint Nowy Jork. Gentryficaja, stosunki etniczne i imigrancki rynek pracy na przełomie XX i XXI wieku 2016 (in Polish). During her stay at Loyola, she works on her book An Abandoned City? Polish-American Chicago in the 21st c. and teaches a class, Chicago. Urban Metropolis (SOCL125).