Anna M. Cienciala

Professor of History and Russian and Eastern European Studies, University of Kansas, Ret. (Ph. D. Indiana 1962; M.A. McGill, 1955; B.A. Liverpool, 1952), in: East Central Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries; Poland from the partitions to the present, Communist nations; her specialization is in European diplomatic history, 1914-45. Prof. Cienciala has published 2 books, edited 3, and published around 50 academic articles in U.S., Polish, and German historical journals. Born in Poland, educated in Poland, France, England, and the U.S., she taught at the University of Ottawa and the University of Toronto before coming to the University of Kansas in 1965.

Her major English language publications are "The Munich Crisis of 1938: Plans and Strategy in Warsaw in the Context of the Western Appeasement of Germany," in Lukas and Goldstein, eds., The Munich Crisis, 1938: Prelude to World War II (1999); Poland and the Western Powers 1938-39 (1968); From Versailles to Locarno (1984); Keys to Polish Foreign Policy 1919-25 (1984) "Detective Work: Researching Soviet World War II Policy on Poland in Russian Archives (Moscow 1994)," Cahiers du Monde Russe, 40, Nos. 1-2 (1999): 251- 269. Current research interest: "Poland in British, American and Soviet Policy in World War II, 1939-1945". Prof. Cienciala has received awards from the NEH, Fulbright, IREX, ACLS, and the Hall Center at KU. She is a member of professional associations in Poland, the U.K., and the U.S.

In June 2000, Prof. Cienciala was honored for her scholarly publications on Polish History by the History Institute of Gdansk University and the City of Gdansk. Also, as a member of the Board of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America, she was awarded the Cross of Merit of the Republic of Poland by the President of Poland. Prof. Cienciala retired from teaching in June 2002, but remains active in research and public speaking. She is the editor of an English-language selection of Katyn Documents, to be published by Yale University Press in 2005 or 2006.

From: Resume (2005)


Anna Maria Cienciala

Historian, educator

Born Nov. 8, 1929, Gdansk, Poland; came to U.S., 1965; daughter of Andrzej and Wanda (Waissmann).

Education: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), University of Liverpool (United Kingdom), 1952; Master of Arts (M.A.), McGill University, Montreal (Canada), 1955; Ph.D., Indiana University, Bloomington, 1962.

Career: lecturer, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1960-61, University of Toronto (Canada), 1961-65; prof., University of Kansas, Lawrence, 1965 -.

Author: Poland and the Western Powers 1938-1939, 1968; co-author (with T. Komarnicki), From Versailles to Locarno, Keys to Polish Foreign Policy, 1919-1925, 1984; editor, Polska polityka pograniczna w latach 1926-39. Na podstawie tekstow ministra Jozefa Becka opracowala..., 1990.

Member of: editorial boards, The Polish Review, and Niepodleglosc; Cultural Advisory Committee, A. Jurzykowski Foundation.

Honors: scholarship, British Government, 1948-52; fellowships, Ford Foundation, 1958-60, International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX), 1979-80, 1993-94; grants, American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), 1975, 1980. 1984, National Endowment for Humanities (NEH), 1993; Pilsudski Institute of America Prize, New York City, 1968; J. Lojek Prize, Warsaw (Poland), 1990; corresponding member, Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences (Poland), 1991.

Languages: Polish, English, French, Russian, German.

Hobbies: photography.

Home: 3045 Steven Dr., Lawrence, KS 66049.

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996