Tadeusz Piotrowski (sociologist)
Tadeusz Piotrowski or Thaddeus Piotrowski (born 1940) is a Polish-American sociologist. He is a Professor of Sociology in the Social Science Division of the University of New Hampshire at Manchester in Manchester, New Hampshire, where he lives.[1]
Piotrowski's courses at the University of New Hampshire include the social history of the Holocaust and courses in anthropology.[2] Piotrowski is the author of several books on the subject of Poland's World War II history, with a special focus on Polish ethnic groups and minorities. Some of his chosen subjects include the Soviet invasion of Poland and the ethnic-cleansing by Ukrainian nationalists in Volhynia,[3][4] where he lived with his family under the Soviet and German occupations until 1943.[5][6] Piotrowski received several awards for promoting Polish history and culture in North America through his books[7][8] and for preserving the memory of the Polish struggle for independence.[9]
Education
- Ph.D. in sociology, University of Pennsylvania, 1973
- M.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1971
- B.A., St. Francis University, 1963
Selected books
- Vengeance of the Swallows: Memoir of a Polish Family's Ordeal Under Soviet Aggression, Ukrainian Ethnic Cleansing and Nazi Enslavement, and Their Emigration to America (1995), McFarland & Company, ISBN 978-0-7864-0001-0
- Poland's Holocaust (1998, 2006), McFarland, ISBN 978-0-7864-2913-4, ISBN 0-7864-0371-3
- Genocide and Rescue in Wolyn (2000, 2009), McFarland, ISBN 978-0-7864-4245-4, ISBN 0-7864-0773-5
- The Indian Heritage of New Hampshire and Northern New England (2002, 2009), McFarland, ISBN 0-7864-4252-2, ISBN 0-7864-1098-1
- The Polish Deportees of World War II (2004, 2008), McFarland, ISBN 978-0-7864-3258-5, ISBN 0-7864-1847-8.
Awards
- UNH Outstanding Associate Professor Award, the Faculty Scholar Award and a three-year Carpenter Professorship Award[1]
- The Cultural Achievement Award from the American Council for Polish Culture[1]
- The Literary Award of the Polish Sociocultural Centre of the Polish Library in London[1]
- The Gold Medal Award of the American Institute of Polish Culture in Florida[1]
- The Interpreter of Perennial Wisdom Award from the Monuments Conservancy of New York.[1]
- Certificate of Merit from the Warsaw-based Association of Combat Veterans and Former Political Prisoners of the Republic of Poland.[1]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 University of New Hampshire at Manchester: Faculty
- ↑ McFarland Publishing: About the Author
- ↑ McFarland Publishing, Poland’s Holocaust, description.
- ↑ The American Institute of Polish Culture, Miami, "Gold Medal Awards" 1987-2009
- ↑ The UNH News for Faculty and Staff: Campus Journal, "Higher Learning," Jan. 16, 2004.
- ↑ John Walters, "Eastern Europe and Western Indians". New Hampshire Public Radio, October 3, 2002
- ↑ University of New Hampshire at Manchester, Campus Connections: "Faculty News", February 2007 PDF (161 KB)
- ↑ Polish American Historical Association, "Personalia", Volume 64, Number 1, April 2007 PDF (1.08 MB)
- ↑ Polish American Historical Association, "Personalia", Volume 65, Number 2, October 2008 PDF (432 KB)
