Mieczysław B. Biskupski is a

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historian and political scientist, with focus on

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an (particularly Polish) history and international relations. He has held professorship appointments at St. John Fisher College, the

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, and the

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. In 1997 he was a Fellow of the

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. In 2002 he became the Endowed Chair in Polish and Polish-American Studies at

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. He left the university in 2024. He received his Ph.D. in 1981 from

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. Biskupski's academic and national awards include listing on the Honor Roll of Polish Learning by the

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(2001), and the Officer's Cross of the

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(2000). In 2004 he received the Mieczysław Haiman Award from the

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. He is a member of the board of directors of the

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; and has served as a member of the board of directors of the Józef Piłsudski Institute of America, and as president of the

. He is the author of several books and numerous articles.

Works

* * * * * * * * * *Independence Day: Myth, Symbol, and the Creation of Modern Poland (2012)

References

Dr. Biskupski

CCSU Polish Studies Scholar M.B. Biskupski Presented with Prestigious Haiman Award for Scholarship
American people of Polish descent Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni University of Rochester faculty Central Connecticut State University faculty Living people Historians of Polish Americans 21st-century American historians 21st-century American male writers Year of birth missing (living people) American male non-fiction writers {{Poland-historian-stub