Sarah Cramsey's first book, Uprooting the Diaspora: Jewish Belonging and the "Ethnic Revolution" in Poland and Czechoslovakia, 1936-1946, has won the 2024 Kulczycki Book Prize in Polish Studies.
The Kulczycki Book Prize in Polish Studies (formerly the ASEEES Orbis Book Prize), established in 1996 and sponsored by the Kulczycki family (former owners of the Orbis Books Ltd. of London, England) is awarded annually for the best book in any discipline, on any aspect of Polish affairs, published in the previous calendar year. The Kulczycki Book Prize carries a cash award. The award is presented at the annual convention of the Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Affairs.
Cramsey was thrilled to receive this news. "I am humbled and excited to receive the Kulczycki Book Prize. The committee was filled with excellent scholars in Polish Studies and I'm quite pleased that my book, which focuses on Jewish belonging in central and eastern Europe, has found an audience beyond "Jewish Studies." I aimed to write a book that was meaningful for Jewish Studies, Holocaust Studies and the historical experience within central and eastern Europe. The Kulczycki Book Prize indicated that I succeeded in doing this." In April, Cramsey learned that her book was named a Finalist for the Ernst Fraenkel Prize, administed by the Wiener Library in London, for "the best book written on the Holocaust." These two honors, Cramsey reflected, "demonstrate how much Uprooting the Diasporaresonates across disciplines, geographies and contexts." LIAS Supplemental Funding supported the creation of this book's index. Cramsey is grateful for the Institute's support.
