Marek Suszko
Senior Lecturer
Modern European History
E-mail: msuszko@luc.edu
Office: Crown Center 525
Phone:773.508.2216
Research Interests:
- Modern Poland
- Modern Eastern Europe
- History of Nationalism
- History of Communism
Courses Taught:
- HIST 300C: History of European Nationalism
- HIST 316: History of Poland
- HIST 325: Eastern Europe in the XX Century
- HIST 325A: Eastern Europe, 1920- Present
- HIST 325B: History of European Communism
- HIST 337: Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union
Loyola Service:
- Award-winning teacher and has been the recipient of the Master Teacher Award at Loyola University Chicago, 2010
- The Outstanding Faculty of the Year Award at Purdue University NorthCentral, 2004
- Faculty reviewer and judge for the Undergraduate Student FORUM, an annual competition of papers on Central and Eastern Europe
Service Outside Loyola:
- Dr. Suszko is currently completing his book, tentatively entitled Building a Socialist Nation: Stalinist Poland 1945 – 1956.
Education:
- Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago, 2004
- Teachers’ College in Zielona Góra, Poland, 1996