Conference on American Ethnicity in Krakow

Consul General Anne Hall and Director of American Studies at Jagiellonian University Professor Andrzej Mania at the opening of the conference on American Ethnicity

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 organized a two-day conference entitled “American Ethnicity: Rethinking Old Issues, Asking New Questions”.  The conference was held in Krakow on May 19 and May 20.  The conference brought together leading scholars of American ethnic and migration studies.  Conference discussions focused specifically on the issue of ethnicity in the 2008 presidential elections and immigration patterns and ethnicity in Chicago.  Speakers at the conference were specialists in Ethnic Studies from the United States, Poland, Germany, Austria and Mexico.