Co-sponsored Event

The history of Poland seems to be one of ancient glory and tolerance, lost uprisings, and an endless struggle for independence. Based on his scholarly work, Brian Porter-Szűcs questions this very narrative, discussing new approaches, and how they have changed our idea of Polish history.

This event is co-sponsored by by the European Studies Center, the History Department, the Polish Cultural Council of Pittsburgh, the Polish Cultural Institute New York, the Polish Studies Association, and the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies.

This talk is part of the speaker series on "Slavery and Memorialization in the Atlantic World" Speaker Series co-organized by Dr. Keila Grinberg, Dr. Alaina Robert, and Dr. Pernille Røge. 

This talk is part of the speaker series on "Slavery and Memorialization in the Atlantic World" Speaker Series co-organized by Dr. Keila Grinberg, Dr. Alaina Robert, and Dr. Pernille Røge. 

The Whitney Plantation is a former indigo then sugar plantation located on the west bank of the Mississippi River, in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. The site is now open to the public as a museum with a total focus on slavery. At Whitney, the visitors are offered a unique perspective on the lives of Louisiana's enslaved people using restored historic buildings, museum exhibits, memorial artwork and hundreds of first-person slave narratives.