Marta Grzechnik
Biographic Data
| ID | 668797 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marta Grzechnik |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marta |
| FAMILY NAME | Grzechnik |
| SIGNATURE | GRZECHNIK M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Gdańsk |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0114-1847 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Gdynia 1920–1939
In 1923, construction of a new Polish seaport began in the small fishermen’s village of Gdynia. By 1926, the village transformed into a port town, and by 1939 it was the biggest and one of the most modern ports on the Baltic Sea, responsible for half of Poland’s foreign exchange. The construction, which was a great investment and considerable strain on the country’s modest resources, was accompanied by intensive enthusiastic propaganda. It was ca…
Ad Maiorem Poloniae Gloriam!’ Polish Inter-colonial Encounters in Africa in the Interwar Period
This paper discusses the Polish Maritime and Colonial League’s ambitions to acquire colonies in Africa for Poland in the interwar period, using two cases of expeditions to Africa organised by the League: 1928 expedition to Angola and M/S Poznań’s 1935 trade expedition to West Africa. These cases serve as examples of newcomers in the race for colonies who attempted to carve their share in Africa’s resources by cooperation with Africans and Europea…
The Missing Second World
This essay aims to place Poland in the field of postcolonial studies. Its point of departure is the problematic place of the so-called Second World within the field of postcolonial studies: as a region which is for the most part absent from it, but which can be considered both in terms of being a victim and perpetrator, or at least as complicit in the system of global colonialism. This comes from the region’s semi-peripheral position, which locks…
Love of Wide Open Waters. The Polish Maritime Programme according to the Baltic and Western Institutes in the Aftermath of the Second World War (1945–ca. 1950)
This article analyses the Polish maritime programme after the Second World War, as expressed in scholarship of two main Polish research institutions: the Baltic Institute and the Western Institute. Given the considerable border changes at the end of the war, which incorporated a long coastline and three major ports on the Baltic Sea (Danzig/Gdańsk, Stettin/Szczecin and Gdynia) into post-war Poland, the maritime programmes gained a new basis for o…
Recovering’ Territories
This article analyses the historical narrative about the territories annexed by Poland from Germany at the end of World War II. The so-called ‘Recovered Territories’ were reinterpreted as ‘ancient Slavonic lands’, which had been unlawfully seized by Germans and only now restored to their rightful owners. The aim was to establish authority over the acquired territories, integrate them with the rest of Poland and build a sense of identity with them…
Background Characters? The Nordic Region and European Colonialism
This article presents an overview of the literature regarding colonialism in the Nordic countries. Although the Nordic region is not commonly associated with colonialism, a critical look at its direct and indirect involvement in the process of European expansion has recently been developed in scholarship on the region. Direct involvement refers to the control of overseas territories (e.g. in India, modern day Ghana, and the Caribbean) and active …
Regional Histories and Historical Regions
Making Use of the Past
In this paper I analyze how the histories of the Baltic Sea region have been constructed and used in the post-Cold War period. After 1989, historians assumed the role of region-builders. Historical narratives were constructed based on a definition of the region as a place of networks, with the aim to break with the traditional historiography of the belligerent Baltic Sea region. This approach, which was most visible in the 1990s, was conditioned …
Ad Maiorem Poloniae Gloriam!’ Polish Inter-colonial Encounters in Africa in the Interwar Period
This paper discusses the Polish Maritime and Colonial League’s ambitions to acquire colonies in Africa for Poland in the interwar period, using two cases of expeditions to Africa organised by the League: 1928 expedition to Angola and M/S Poznań’s 1935 trade expedition to West Africa. These cases serve as examples of newcomers in the race for colonies who attempted to carve their share in Africa’s resources by cooperation with Africans and Europea…
Recovering’ Territories
This article analyses the historical narrative about the territories annexed by Poland from Germany at the end of World War II. The so-called ‘Recovered Territories’ were reinterpreted as ‘ancient Slavonic lands’, which had been unlawfully seized by Germans and only now restored to their rightful owners. The aim was to establish authority over the acquired territories, integrate them with the rest of Poland and build a sense of identity with them…
Background Characters? The Nordic Region and European Colonialism
This article presents an overview of the literature regarding colonialism in the Nordic countries. Although the Nordic region is not commonly associated with colonialism, a critical look at its direct and indirect involvement in the process of European expansion has recently been developed in scholarship on the region. Direct involvement refers to the control of overseas territories (e.g. in India, modern day Ghana, and the Caribbean) and active …
Regional Histories and Historical Regions
Making Use of the Past
In this paper I analyze how the histories of the Baltic Sea region have been constructed and used in the post-Cold War period. After 1989, historians assumed the role of region-builders. Historical narratives were constructed based on a definition of the region as a place of networks, with the aim to break with the traditional historiography of the belligerent Baltic Sea region. This approach, which was most visible in the 1990s, was conditioned …
Recovering’ Territories
This article analyses the historical narrative about the territories annexed by Poland from Germany at the end of World War II. The so-called ‘Recovered Territories’ were reinterpreted as ‘ancient Slavonic lands’, which had been unlawfully seized by Germans and only now restored to their rightful owners. The aim was to establish authority over the acquired territories, integrate them with the rest of Poland and build a sense of identity with them…
Background Characters? The Nordic Region and European Colonialism
This article presents an overview of the literature regarding colonialism in the Nordic countries. Although the Nordic region is not commonly associated with colonialism, a critical look at its direct and indirect involvement in the process of European expansion has recently been developed in scholarship on the region. Direct involvement refers to the control of overseas territories (e.g. in India, modern day Ghana, and the Caribbean) and active …
Love of Wide Open Waters. The Polish Maritime Programme according to the Baltic and Western Institutes in the Aftermath of the Second World War (1945–ca. 1950)
This article analyses the Polish maritime programme after the Second World War, as expressed in scholarship of two main Polish research institutions: the Baltic Institute and the Western Institute. Given the considerable border changes at the end of the war, which incorporated a long coastline and three major ports on the Baltic Sea (Danzig/Gdańsk, Stettin/Szczecin and Gdynia) into post-war Poland, the maritime programmes gained a new basis for o…
The Missing Second World
This essay aims to place Poland in the field of postcolonial studies. Its point of departure is the problematic place of the so-called Second World within the field of postcolonial studies: as a region which is for the most part absent from it, but which can be considered both in terms of being a victim and perpetrator, or at least as complicit in the system of global colonialism. This comes from the region’s semi-peripheral position, which locks…
Ad Maiorem Poloniae Gloriam!’ Polish Inter-colonial Encounters in Africa in the Interwar Period
This paper discusses the Polish Maritime and Colonial League’s ambitions to acquire colonies in Africa for Poland in the interwar period, using two cases of expeditions to Africa organised by the League: 1928 expedition to Angola and M/S Poznań’s 1935 trade expedition to West Africa. These cases serve as examples of newcomers in the race for colonies who attempted to carve their share in Africa’s resources by cooperation with Africans and Europea…
Gdynia 1920–1939
In 1923, construction of a new Polish seaport began in the small fishermen’s village of Gdynia. By 1926, the village transformed into a port town, and by 1939 it was the biggest and one of the most modern ports on the Baltic Sea, responsible for half of Poland’s foreign exchange. The construction, which was a great investment and considerable strain on the country’s modest resources, was accompanied by intensive enthusiastic propaganda. It was ca…
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