Keely Stauter-Halsted, PhD
Professor and Stefan and Lucy Hejna Family Chair in the History of Poland · University of Illinois Chicago
Quick answer: Keely Stauter-Halsted, PhD is Professor and Stefan and Lucy Hejna Family Chair in the History of Poland at University of Illinois Chicago. Keely Stauter-Halsted, PhD shows an active PhD hiring signal as of 2026-09-11.
⭐ For potential graduate students, she is currently accepting students wishing to specialize in modern East Central Europe, especially Poland, and who are able to conduct research in at least one East European language. She is particularly eager to train those interested in questions of human mobility, gender and sexuality, nationalism and imperial history, social historical questions, and in transn
Research interests
modern East-Central European history with a focus on Poland, Eastern Europe, Poland, The Polish diaspora, migration and refugee studies, comparative nationalism, post-imperial transitions, peasant mobilization, gender and sexuality, Jewish-Christian relations, impact of refugees and other migrants on modern state formation
Selected publications (since 2023)
“Negotiated Filtration: The Surprising Fate of Poland’s Postimperial Civil Servants,” Contemporary European History (January 2025): 1-18: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0960777324000432.
“Ravishers or Tradesmen? Understanding East European Jewish Traffickers at Home and Abroad, 1880s-1920s,” in Histories of Prostitution in Central and East-Central Europe, eds., Sonja Dolinsek and Magdalena Saryusz-Wolska, Palgrave Press (2023).
“Human Mobility and the Creation of a Transatlantic Polish Culture,” in Rethinking Modern Polish Identities: Transnational Encounters, ed., Agnieszka Pasieka and Paweł Rodak (Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 2023), 113-132.
Frequently asked questions
Is Keely Stauter-Halsted, PhD hiring PhD students at University of Illinois Chicago?
Yes. As of 2026-09-11, Keely Stauter-Halsted, PhD's faculty page shows a PhD hiring signal: For potential graduate students, she is currently accepting students wishing to specialize in modern East Central Europe, especially Poland, and who are able to conduct research in at least one East E.
What does Keely Stauter-Halsted, PhD research?
modern East-Central European history with a focus on Poland, Eastern Europe, Poland, The Polish diaspora, migration and refugee studies, comparative nationalism, post-imperial transitions, peasant mobilization, gender and sexuality, Jewish-Christian relations, impact of refugees and other migrants o
Data last updated: 2026-09-11 · Source: phd-match.com faculty database.
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