Dorota Praszałowicz
Biographic Data
| ID | 4282094 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dorota Praszałowicz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dorota |
| FAMILY NAME | Praszałowicz |
| SIGNATURE | PRASZAŁOWICZ D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Jagiellonian University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8778-2145 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Poles in Seattle 1890–2020: Toward a Conceptualization of the Immigrant Experience
This article provides an overview of Polish Americans in Seattle, Washington, its past and present. It lists the streams of Polish immigration and presents the main ethnic institutions. Each immigration stream infused the local ethnic community with new energy, and each contributed to the process of its reinvention. The achievements of Polish Americans in the Pacific Northwest are discussed in the context of the Polish diaspora in the United Stat…
Migration and Stereotypes in Performance and Culture
The volume Migration and Stereotypes in Performance and Culture was published in a book series, Contemporary Performance InterActions, that focuses on “theatre's performative InterActions with the politics of sex, race and class” (p. ii). While most migration studies are informed by social studies and/or history, this volume demonstrates how the various forms of performing arts can be successfully used to deal with and break the tensions triggere…
Polish Pioneer Communities in the Pacific Northwest: A Forgotten Chapter of Polish Diaspora
The article explores four pioneer Polish American communities in Washington State: Pe Ell, Wilkeson, Aberdeen and Enumclaw. These small towns thrived on timber industry (Pe Ell, Aberdeen), coal mining (Wilkeson) and farming (Enumclaw). In each location, Poles established a lodge of the Polish National Alliance, and in three of these communities,they successfully opened a Polish Hall. In addition, they contributed to founding a Roman Catholic chur…
Polish Immigrant Community Building in Brussels: The Role of the Polish Catholic Mission
This paper provides the first outline of the history of the Polish Catholic Mission (PCM) in Belgium, focusing on its role in the Polish immigrant community from 1926 to 2023. It examines the transformation of the PCM and its impact on the Polish diaspora, considering the broader context of secularization and social changes. The study utilizes primary sources, interviews, and participant observations to explore the PCM’s influence on community bu…
Poles in Seattle 1890–2020: Continuity and Change
The text presents the preliminary results of the ongoing research on the Polish American community in Seattle, Washington. So far overlooked by the historians of the Polish American experience, the local group differs significantly from other centers of the Polish diaspora in the US. Poles settled in the Pacific Northwest from the late nineteenth century onward, and they developed in the city and around it a strong community that is internally di…
Polish American Sisterhoods: The Americanization Process
Polish American Sisterhoods: The Americanization Process Dorota Praszałowicz The accomplishments of Catholic sisterhoods in the United States was all the more remarkable when one considers the situation of women in that day.1 I. Introduction Polish American sisterhoods have played key, but underestimated, role in the history of American Polonia.2 They were active communities, and their sisters participated in every-day life of the immigrant neigh…
Overseas Migration from Partitioned Poland: Poznania and Eastern Galicia as Case Studies
Research Article| October 01 2003 Overseas Migration from Partitioned Poland: Poznania and Eastern Galicia as Case Studies Dorota Praszałowicz Dorota Praszałowicz Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Polish American Studies (2003) 60 (2): 59–81. https://doi.org/10.2307/20148670 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Dorota Praszałowicz; Overseas Migration from Partit…
Overseas Migration from Partitioned Poland: Poznania and Eastern Galicia as Case Studies
Research Article| October 01 2003 Overseas Migration from Partitioned Poland: Poznania and Eastern Galicia as Case Studies Dorota Praszałowicz Dorota Praszałowicz Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Polish American Studies (2003) 60 (2): 59–81. https://doi.org/10.2307/20148670 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Dorota Praszałowicz; Overseas Migration from Partit…
Overseas Migration from Partitioned Poland: Poznania and Eastern Galicia as Case Studies
Research Article| October 01 2003 Overseas Migration from Partitioned Poland: Poznania and Eastern Galicia as Case Studies Dorota Praszałowicz Dorota Praszałowicz Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Polish American Studies (2003) 60 (2): 59–81. https://doi.org/10.2307/20148670 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Dorota Praszałowicz; Overseas Migration from Partit…
Polish American Sisterhoods: The Americanization Process
Polish American Sisterhoods: The Americanization Process Dorota Praszałowicz The accomplishments of Catholic sisterhoods in the United States was all the more remarkable when one considers the situation of women in that day.1 I. Introduction Polish American sisterhoods have played key, but underestimated, role in the history of American Polonia.2 They were active communities, and their sisters participated in every-day life of the immigrant neigh…
Poles in Seattle 1890–2020: Continuity and Change
The text presents the preliminary results of the ongoing research on the Polish American community in Seattle, Washington. So far overlooked by the historians of the Polish American experience, the local group differs significantly from other centers of the Polish diaspora in the US. Poles settled in the Pacific Northwest from the late nineteenth century onward, and they developed in the city and around it a strong community that is internally di…
Polish Immigrant Community Building in Brussels: The Role of the Polish Catholic Mission
This paper provides the first outline of the history of the Polish Catholic Mission (PCM) in Belgium, focusing on its role in the Polish immigrant community from 1926 to 2023. It examines the transformation of the PCM and its impact on the Polish diaspora, considering the broader context of secularization and social changes. The study utilizes primary sources, interviews, and participant observations to explore the PCM’s influence on community bu…
Polish Pioneer Communities in the Pacific Northwest: A Forgotten Chapter of Polish Diaspora
The article explores four pioneer Polish American communities in Washington State: Pe Ell, Wilkeson, Aberdeen and Enumclaw. These small towns thrived on timber industry (Pe Ell, Aberdeen), coal mining (Wilkeson) and farming (Enumclaw). In each location, Poles established a lodge of the Polish National Alliance, and in three of these communities,they successfully opened a Polish Hall. In addition, they contributed to founding a Roman Catholic chur…
Poles in Seattle 1890–2020: Toward a Conceptualization of the Immigrant Experience
This article provides an overview of Polish Americans in Seattle, Washington, its past and present. It lists the streams of Polish immigration and presents the main ethnic institutions. Each immigration stream infused the local ethnic community with new energy, and each contributed to the process of its reinvention. The achievements of Polish Americans in the Pacific Northwest are discussed in the context of the Polish diaspora in the United Stat…
Migration and Stereotypes in Performance and Culture
The volume Migration and Stereotypes in Performance and Culture was published in a book series, Contemporary Performance InterActions, that focuses on “theatre's performative InterActions with the politics of sex, race and class” (p. ii). While most migration studies are informed by social studies and/or history, this volume demonstrates how the various forms of performing arts can be successfully used to deal with and break the tensions triggere…
History (4 works) · Immigration (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Canadian Identity and History (2 works)