Description

Dr. Biskupski, a specialist in Polish history, will tell the story of how World-War Two era movies represented the Poles and Poland. M.B.B. Biskupski received his B.A. in history, summa cum laude, from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1971. He received his M.A. in history from UCLA in 1972, and his M. Phil., also in history, from Yale University in 1975. He completed his Ph.D. in history at Yale in 1981. At Yale he held dissertation fellowships from the Fulbright-Hays Foundation and the International Studies Association/Ford Foundation. He was named the Stanislaus A. Blejwas Endowed Chair in Polish and Polish American Studies at CCSU in 2002. Prior to his arrival, he taught at Millersville University, the University of Rochester, and St. John Fisher College. In 1995, he held a Fulbright Research Professorship in the Institute of History at the University of Warsaw.
Dr. Biskupski’s teaching interests include Poland, Central and Eastern Europe including the Balkans, international relations, and historical theory. His current research includes: Poland and international politics, 1914-39; Polish political culture; American cinema and Poland; and the Poles and international espionage.