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Noted Library of Congress scholar John E. Haynes
to speak on American family imprisoned as spies by former
Communist Government of Poland at CCSU’s Milewski Lecture,
December 6; public invited
NEW BRITAIN –
November 30, 2007 – Library of Congress Political Historian
John E. Haynes, a leading international specialist on the
Communist Party in the U.S., will deliver the Annual
Milewski Lecture in Polish Studies at Central Connecticut
State University on Thursday, December 6. His lecture is
titled “The ‘Fieldist Conspiracy’: The Bizarre Saga of an
American Family Imprisoned as CIA Spies by the Communist
Government of Poland.”
The program
begins at 7:00 p.m. in Founders Hall in the Davidson Hall
administration building on Stanley Street. The event is
open to the public at no charge, and free parking is
available in campus parking lots.
According to Dr.
M.B. Biskupski, holder of the Stanisłaus A. Blejwas Endowed
Chair of Polish and Polish American Studies at CCSU: “Dr.
Haynes is the author or co-author of ten books, including
“Early Cold War Spies” (Cambridge University Press), “The
Soviet World of American Communism” (Yale University Press),
“The American Communist Movement” (Twayne Publications), and
“Venona: Soviet Espionage in America” (Yale University
Press), as well as many essays principally dealing with
Soviet espionage in the U.S. and the activities of the
American Communist Party. He is perhaps the leading
international specialist on the Communist Party in the U.S.
during the Cold War. In his lecture at CCSU, he will
discuss a little known but fascinating story of
international intrigue.”
Haynes, who
received his Ph.D. in 1978 from the University of Minnesota,
is also a member of the editorial board of the journal
“American Communist History,” on-line editor of the
historical discussion list on American communism, H-HOAC,
and a member of the Advisory Board of The International
Newsletter of Communist Studies and the German-language
“Jahrbuch für Historische Kommunismusforschung” [Yearbook
for Historical Communism Research]. He was the Library of
Congress’s historical representative to the Incomka Project
(International Committee for the Computerization of the
Comintern Archive).
In addition to his historical activies, Dr. Haynes has
served as the Assistant Commissioner for Tax Policy in the
Revenue Department of the State of Minnesota and aide to two
Minnesota governors and a U.S. Senator and a U.S.
Representative from Minnesota.
Further information is available by contacting CCSU’s Polish
Studies Program at 860 832-3010 or by e-mailing
jacquesm@ccsu.edu.
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