Elzbieta M Gozdziak
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Elżbieta M. Goździak, is reflecting on being thankful.... 🇺🇸 This past weekend we celebrated Thanksgiving in the United States. The US...
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Elzbieta M Gozdziak
Oct 304 min read
The Kafkaesque world of Polish academia
A new publication Recently, I and a colleague had an article published in Human Organization , the flagship journal of the Society for...
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Elzbieta M Gozdziak
Oct 262 min read
Hot off the presses. A new article published in Human Organization....
I have just published (witha collegue) a new article on Ukrainian children in Polish schools. The article appeared in Human...
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Elzbieta M Gozdziak
Oct 263 min read
The unappreciated solitude of analysis and writing
My social media feeds are full of colleagues and strangers making presentations at conferences and showcasing articles and books they...
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Elzbieta M Gozdziak
Oct 153 min read
Where are the migrants and asylum seekers in the current migration policy debate in Poland?
Photo by Wojtek Radwanski The humanitarian crisis The humanitarian crisis at the Polish-Belorussian border has been going on for some...
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Elzbieta M Gozdziak
Jan 43 min read
Reading transnationally .....
Those of you who follow me on this site or other social media know that for the past year I have been living and working transnationally,...
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Elzbieta M Gozdziak
Nov 9, 20231 min read
I have been quiet but .... busy
I just realized that I have not posted anything since September... This doesn't mean I have been idle; quite to the contrary. Writing My...
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Elzbieta M Gozdziak
Sep 3, 20233 min read
Reminiscing about the summer ... looking forward to fall
The dog days of summer are gone .... BTW Did you know that in Polish the dog days of summer are called "sezon ogórkowy" or "cucumber...
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Elzbieta M Gozdziak
May 6, 20232 min read
Lack of sensitivity or .... racism
I have written about racism, xenophobia, and islamophobia in Poland on these pages and elswhere previously. Sadly, I have to reurn to...
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Elzbieta M Gozdziak
Mar 2, 20232 min read
Red Noses staged in Poznań ... lack of awareness of racism?
I have recently seen Red Noses by Peter Barnes staged at the New Theatre (Teatr Nowy) in Poznań, Poland. The play takes place in 14th...
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Elzbieta M Gozdziak
Feb 28, 20231 min read
TransAtlantic life and research
My new four-year research project on migrant children in Polish schools means that I travel frequently between Poznań, Poland, the city...
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Elzbieta M Gozdziak
Dec 13, 20222 min read
Martial law anniversary ... coercion, compulsion, and forced emigration
On December 13th, 1981, martial law was declared in my native Poland. I remember that night as if it was yesterday... A young faculty...
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Elzbieta M Gozdziak
Oct 20, 20227 min read
Studying Korean culture at a distance: How an anthropologist survived the pandemic
COVID-19 brought field research to a screeching halt. Without fieldwork, the anthropologist in me felt like a fish out of water. I...
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Elzbieta M Gozdziak
Sep 19, 20227 min read
Hot off the presses ... A new book on Africans in Thailand
My colleague, Supang Chantavanich of Chulalongkorn University, and I have a new edited volume on African Migration to Thailand: Race,...
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Elzbieta M Gozdziak
Apr 19, 20223 min read
What's in a word?
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet," said Juliet to Romeo. As Juliet finds out, words...
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Elzbieta M Gozdziak
Feb 25, 20223 min read
Deserving and undeserving refugees ...
On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. Appearing on television from an undisclosed location, Ukraine's president, Volodymyr...
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Elzbieta M Gozdziak
Jan 13, 20224 min read
Working on soft money... not for the faint of heart
In 2021, I submitted three grant applications. I will not know the outcome of these competitions until the spring of 2022, but regardless...
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Elzbieta M Gozdziak
Jan 3, 20221 min read
New Year's Resolution ... more blog posts?
I blog in my head daily, so why aren't you seeing more blog posts on this page? I cannot use COVID as an excuse. I didn't blog too...
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Elzbieta M Gozdziak
Jan 2, 20224 min read
2021: My Journey in Books
Photo: Korean bookstore at Starfield Mall in Seoul (on my Bucket List!) I keep track of the books I read for pleasure on Goodreads. I...
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Elzbieta M Gozdziak
Mar 24, 20212 min read
International Migration. Quick Immersion.
I continue to stay busy during the pandemic. My new book will be published on April 1. Not an April Fool's joke! Here are a few...
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