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Beth Holmgren CV

Professor Emerita of Slavic and Eurasian Studies
Slavic & Eurasian Studies
Box 90259, Durham, NC 27708-0259
316 Languages Building, Durham, NC 27708
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Awards & Honors


Beth Holmgren Graduate Student Essay Prize

Scholarly Society https://slaviceurasian.duke.edu/news/aseees-graduate-student-essay-prize-named-honor-beth-holmgren · October 2021 More about this award

Waclaw Jedrzejewicz Award in Polish History

National Pilsudski Institute, New York · March 31, 2017

Warsaw is My Country: The Story of Krystyna Bierzynska

Scholarly Society Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation Grant · 2014

Oscar Halecki Prize

National Polish American Historical Association · 2014 Established in 1981, the Oskar Halecki Prize is given annually by the Polish American Historical Association. This Prize recognizes an important book or monograph on the Polish experience in the United States and commemorates Oskar Halecki (1891-1973), a Polish historian, writer, and social and Catholic activist. Dr. Halecki was a graduate of Jagiellonian University (1914), who also studied in Vienna and taught at Jagiellonian University, Warsaw University, Fordham University and Columbia University.

ASEEES Kulczycki Book Prize for Polish Studies (best book in any discipline, on any aspect of Polish affairs)

National Association for Slavic, East European, & Eurasian Studies · November 2013

Kulczycki Books Prize in Polish Studies

National Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies · 2013

Heldt Prize for Best Book in Women's Studies

National Association for Women in Slavic Studies · November 2012

Honorable Mention, Barnard Hewitt Award

National American Society for Theater Research · November 2012

Senior Scholar Award

National Southern Conference on Slavic Studies · April 2012

Outstanding Contribution to the Profession

National American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages · 2007

In the News


Published August 8, 2016
Sumathi Ramaswamy, Beth Holmgren on 'Humanities After Humanism'
Published May 27, 2016
Poland’s Battle Between Church and State
Published May 27, 2016
Beth Holmgren: Poland’s battle between theocracy and secular democracy
Published January 26, 2016
Beth Holmgren: Syrena songs
Published October 13, 2015
Commentary: Nobel winner a courageous maker of verbal documentaries
Published October 12, 2015
Nobel Winner a Courageous Maker of Documentaries
Published October 21, 2013
Slavic Studies Professor Wins Book Award