Marta Cieślak

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UA Little Rock

Also affiliated: Poznań University of Economics and Business (2020)

Faculty Researcher

2 h-index 10 pubs 8 cited

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Marta Cieślak's research focuses on the intersection of national identity, historical experiences, and diasporic communities, particularly within the context of Polish history and its engagement with global power structures. Her work examines how external forces, such as Western European imperialism in Africa, influenced the redefinition of the Polish nation. Cieślak also investigates the experiences of Polish refugees in British colonial Africa during and after World War II, contributing to scholarship on displacement and identity formation under colonial rule.

Further research areas include the role of the "Polonia" (the Polish diaspora) in the struggle for Polish independence and the complexities of gender and sexuality within the Polish American community. Her publications explore themes of belonging, resistance, and the cultural adaptation of Polish émigrés and their descendants. Cieślak's scholarship has been recognized through a series of publications in academic journals and books, contributing to fields such as history, ethnic studies, and sociology. She has an h-index of 2, with a total of 10 publications and 8 citations.

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h-index: 2
Publications: 10
Citations: 8

Selected Publications

Jochen Lingelbach. On the Edge of Whiteness: Polish Refugees in British Colonial Africa during and after the Second World War. Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2023. xi + 306 pp. 15 Illustrations. Bibliography. Index. $27.95. Paper. ISBN: 978-1-78920-444-5. (2024)

African Studies Review DOI OpenAlex
Between State and Empire, Or How Western European Imperialism in Africa Redefined the Polish Nation (2022)

European History Quarterly 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
A Chip Shop in Poznań: My Unlikely Year in Poland (2022)

The Polish Review DOI OpenAlex
“‘For Your Freedom and Ours’: Polonia and the Struggle for Polish Independence,” special issue, <i>Rocznik Przemyski</i> 55, no. 3 (23) (2022)

Polish American Studies DOI OpenAlex