Progress reports

4-5 September 2023

Piotr Puchalski participated in the international conference 'Colonial Entanglements in Central and Eastern Europe before 1939′ organised by Institute of Polish Culture, University of Warsaw (IKP UW) in cooperation with Leibniz ScienceCampus ‘Eastern Europe – Global Area’ (EEGA), with the talk entitled ’The Postcolonial in Poland’s Entanglements in Africa in the Twentieth Century: A Historical Perspective’.

9 September – 8 October 2023

Piotr Puchalski carried out an academic internship at the University of Pretoria, which included research at the National Archives in Pretoria, the Department of Defence Archives, the Historical Papers at the University of Witwatersrand, the Polish-South African National Heritage Foundation, and the Polish Union of South Africa. He fulfilled some aims of the research project during the trip, but the funding came from the UKEN IDUB-03 Excellent Mobility.

1 October 2023

Michał Maciejewski was hired as the scholarship recipient in the grant and began research on the Polish attitudes towards Africans during World War II.

30 November – 3 December 2023

Piotr Puchalski participated in the ASEEES Convention in Philadelphia with the talk entitled 'The Unexpected Liaisons: Polish Officers and Diplomats in British Africa during World War II’.

14 December 2023

Piotr Puchalski participated in the Warsaw Centre for Global History Seminar with the talk 'Colonial Connections, Postcolonial Insecurities: Polish Officers in British West Africa after 1941′.

7 February 2024

Michał Maciejewski presented his PhD dissertation topic (’The Attitudes of the Polish State and Society towards the Second Italo-Abyssinian War 1935-1936′) at the Public Reporting Session of the UKEN Doctoral School.

11-25 February 2024

Piotr Puchalski travelled to Accra, Ghana, where he conducted archival research at the Public Records and Archives Department.

5-7 April 2024

Piotr Puchalski participated in the BASEES Annual Conference in Cambridge with the talk 'Colonial Transfers Poles in British Africa during World War II’.