Biography
Associate Professor (dr hab., prof. UMK) at the Faculty of Humanities (Nicolaus Copernicus University, NCU) and a senior analyst at the Institute of Central Europe (Department of the Balkans). The recipient of numerous scholarships and grants from prestigious institutions, including the Kosciuszko Foundation in New York, the 2015 ASEEES Davis Travel Grant, the Polish Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Education and Culture in Croatia; and has conducted research at the University of Pittsburgh, George Washington University and the Humboldt University of Berlin as well as in the archives and libraries of Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Macedonia, and Croatia. She has also completed an internship at the European Parliament and a training stay at the Polish Embassy in Tirana (Albania). A head of The Laboratory for the Study of Collective Memory in Post-communist Europe (POSTCOMER), and the Polish Commission of Balkan Culture and History. Her research focuses on identity and historical narratives, nation-building and the politics of memory in the Western Balkans, Balkan diasporas, and the politics and culture of the Western Balkan states.