CREECA LECTURE: On Civilization’s Edge

As a resurgent Poland emerged at the end of World War I, an eclectic group of Polish border guards, state officials, military settlers, teachers, academics, urban planners, and health workers descended upon an eastern borderland province that was home to Ukrainians, Poles, and Jews. By tracing how these men and women recast imperial hierarchies of civilization, Kathryn Ciancia offers a new story of Polish nationalism that is both locally grounded and global in scope.