Experience

University of Wroclaw

• Poland
• Higher Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Adjunct Professor

  • Oct 2020 - Present



GATEHOUSE ADVISORY PARTNERS LIMITED

• London, United Kingdom

• Policy risk consultant

  • Aug 2016 - Feb 2021

  Policy risk assessment provided to investors Policy risk assessment provided to investors



Faculty of History, University of Oxford

• Oxford, United Kingdom

• Member (non-stipendary)

  • Jul 2013 - Feb 2021



German Historical Institute in Warsaw

• Warsaw, Masovian District, Poland

• Visiting Fellow

  • Oct 2018 - Dec 2018



Imre Kertész Kolleg Jena

• Jena Area, Germany

• Fellow

  • Feb 2018 - Aug 2018



University of Oxford

• United Kingdom
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Associate

  • 2016 - Jan 2018

  HISTORY FACULTY, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD National Manager for the UK, EU Horizon 2020 Project COURAGE: Cultural Resistance to Communism in East-Central Europe May 2016 – present Responsible for directing research in the UK, France, and U.S.A. • Independently won €150,000 in EU funding (total consortium funding €2.5 million) for the research project. • Creating a unique and definitive database of international public and private archives, collections and libraries that provide pertinent information on anti-Communist resistance activities. • One of 12 Executive Board members responsible for oversight and setting the research agenda for the entire project. • Editor and contributor to chapters on Eastern European exiles who resisted Communism in the COURAGE publication (forthcoming in 2018). • UK coordinator for promotion of the project, including the organisation of an international exhibition and film festival on political and cultural dissent in East-Central Europe. Member of History Department July 2013 – present • DPhil supervision of students working on 20th-Century Polish history. • Member of Modern European History Research Committee. Show less



St Antony's College, University of Oxford

• University of Oxford

• Senior Research Fellow

  • Jul 2013 - Apr 2016

  Senior Research Fellow in Polish Studies, Director of Programme on Modern Poland July 2013 – April 2016 Responsible for establishing and directing Programme on Modern Poland, a centre of academic research on contemporary Polish history, politics, economics and society, in an international and domestic context. • Organised seminar series and guest lectures. Speakers included scholars, policy makers, diplomats, NGO leaders, business leaders, media experts and journalists. • Organized two international conferences, “Post-1945 Poland: Modernities, Transformations and Evolving Identities” (St Antony’s College, June 2015), and “Poland’s Peaceful Revolution: 25 Years After the Polish Roundtable Talks” (St Antony’s College, February 2014). • Established and maintained a network of Eastern European academics and policy makers, such as Head of the Office of President of the Republic of Poland, advisors to several East European cabinet members, current and former ambassadors to Britain and other member states, high ranking officials from the European Commission. • Delivered guest lectures and keynote speeches at international conferences to academic, specialised and general audiences on East European political developments. • Gave press, radio, and TV interviews (including Financial Times), and contributed articles to newspapers and magazines. • Contributed an analysis of contemporary Polish politics to Chatham House’s The World Today. • Served as a political risk consultant for Gatehouse Advisory Partners Limited. Show less



University of Notre Dame

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Professor of History

  • 2006 - 2013

  Assistant Professor of History August 2006 – June 2013 • Taught undergraduate and graduate courses on 20th Century East European History/politics, modern and contemporary nationalism, and the collapse of Communism and the socio-economic and political transformation of Eastern Europe. • Researched 20th-Century Poland and Eastern Europe, with a focus on nationalism, fascism, Communism and political Catholicism. Worked on post-1989 Polish politics, society, and de-communisation. Assistant Professor of History August 2006 – June 2013 • Taught undergraduate and graduate courses on 20th Century East European History/politics, modern and contemporary nationalism, and the collapse of Communism and the socio-economic and political transformation of Eastern Europe. • Researched 20th-Century Poland and Eastern Europe, with a focus on nationalism, fascism, Communism and political Catholicism. Worked on post-1989 Polish politics, society, and de-communisation.



Institut fur Wissenschaften vom Menschen

• Vienna, Austria

• Visiting fellow

  • 2005 - 2006

  Józef Tischner Junior Research Fellow July 2005 – June 2006 • Conducted post-doctoral research and contributed to seminars and conferences offered by the IWM Józef Tischner Junior Research Fellow July 2005 – June 2006 • Conducted post-doctoral research and contributed to seminars and conferences offered by the IWM



University of California, Berkeley

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visiting Lecturer

  • Jan 2005 - Jun 2005

  Visiting Lecturer January – June 2005 • Taught a lecture course on 20th Century Eastern Europe. Visiting Lecturer January – June 2005 • Taught a lecture course on 20th Century Eastern Europe.



Open Society Archive

• Budapest, Hungary

• Archivist

  • 1995 - 1997

  Archivist and curator of Polish collections August 1995 – July 1997 • Processed and made accessible archival holdings of the former Polish language desk of Radio Free Europe in Munich. • Processed, described and made accessible Polish Underground Publications collection. • Provided logistical and academic advice to researchers working on Polish collections. Archivist and curator of Polish collections August 1995 – July 1997 • Processed and made accessible archival holdings of the former Polish language desk of Radio Free Europe in Munich. • Processed, described and made accessible Polish Underground Publications collection. • Provided logistical and academic advice to researchers working on Polish collections.