Cultures of Memory

Sociologist and historian, directs the Center for Research on Social Memory at the Faculty of Sociology, University of Warsaw. She is the author of numerous books and articles on the social history and collective memory of Polish society in a comparative perspective. She is currently working on the memory of the neoliberal transformation after 1989 and on the transformation of cultural memory in the European and global context. Co-initiator of the "Appeal to the Rectors and Senates of Polish Universities to Research and Commemorate the History of the Ghetto Benches and Other Forms of Discrimination in the 1930s".

Professor at the Jagiellonian University. She works at the Institute of Sociology at the Jagiellonian University. She combines her research work with experience in working on gender equality programmes in Poland and abroad. Jagiellonian University representative in the InSPIREurope consortium (Horizon 2020) and in the Scholars at Risk Network, which promotes academic freedom and protection of persecuted members of the university community.
Winner of the Pro Arte Docendi Award, given to outstanding academic teachers at Jagiellonian University. Among the scholarships and internships abroad, the following are worth mentioning: Cambridge University, Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna, American Centre for Oriental Research in Amman, New School for Social Research in New York, Rutgers University, Bufflo University.

Doktor historii, pracowniczka Muzeum Narodowego w Lublinie, współpracowniczka Instytutu Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk. Zajmuje się historią społeczną okresu międzywojennego. Jest autorką książki "Przyjaciele, koledzy, wrogowie? Relacje pomiędzy polskimi, żydowskimi i ukraińskimi studentami Uniwersytetu Jana Kazimierza we Lwowie w okresie międzywojennym (1918-1939)" (wyd. 2019). Stypendystka i współpracowniczka Centrum Historii Miejskiej Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej we Lwowie.

Grażyna Kubica-Heller pracuje w Zakładzie Antropologii Społecznej Instytutu Socjologii Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego. Interesuje się historią antropologii, socjologią historyczną, historią mówioną i studiami nad pamięcią. Jest autorką wielu prac, m.in. artykułu: “The Survey of the Ghetto” in the Time of Anti-Semitism: Feliks Gross and his Unfinished Fieldwork on the Jewish Quarters of Krakow and Vilna, 1938-40 opublikowanego w "East European Politics and Societies".

Ur. w 1978 r., dr hab. nauk humanistycznych UJ 2017 r., profesor UJ 2021 r., Archiwariusz Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego i dyrektor Archiwum UJ od 2022 r.

Interesuje się historią dyplomacji polskiej i europejskiej I poł. XX wieku, biografistyką, historią nauki, w tym dziejami UJ oraz Uniwersytetu Stefana Batorego w Wilnie, wydawca źródeł.

Autor publikacji: Na przełomie pokoju i wojny. Francja w oczach polskiej opinii publicznej od wiosny 1938 roku do lata 1940 roku (Kraków 2012), Profesorowie Wydziału Prawa Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, t. II: 1780-2012, red. D. Malec (Kraków 2014), Wydział Prawa Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego w Krakowie w latach 1918-1939 (Kraków 2016), Wydział Prawa Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego w Krakowie w latach 1918-1939. Źródła (Kraków 2017), współautor pięciu tomów wydawnictwa Corpus Studiosorum Universitatis Iagellonicae 1850/51-1917/18: M-N, O-Q, R, S-Ś, T-Ż, red. K. Stopka (Kraków 2011-2015) oraz Kolekcja „Ex-librisów" Antoniego Ryszarda w Krakowie, red. D. Błońska (Kraków 2015).

Laureat nagrody Krakowska Książka Miesiąca. Stypendysta m.in. Fundacji z Brzezia Lanckorońskich, Fundacji Marii Zdziarskiej-Zaleskiej oraz Polonia Aid Foundation Trust.

A graduate of Theatre Studies at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, their interests lie in the intersections between theatre, performative arts, and memory studies. They are also intrigued by research on the forms of green memorials and the principles of Happy Cities. Their studies delve into the historical connections related to the processing of difficult legacies of historical sites significant to the Jewish community. A devotee of Michael Rothberg's multidirectional memory and Chantal Mouffe's agonistic memory derived from political and sociological premises. They collaborate with the Center for Memory Cultures Research at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow.

Dr. Frederek Musall is a distinguished scholar with extensive expertise in Jewish studies, Islamic studies, Arabic, Semitic studies, and comparative religion. He earned his Magister Artium in Jewish studies from the University of Jewish Studies in Heidelberg, complemented by studies in Islamic studies and Semitic languages at the Ruprecht Karls University in Heidelberg. Dr. Musall further enriched his academic journey with study visits to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

In 2005, Dr. Musall completed his doctoral studies in the department of Jewish philosophy and intellectual history at the University of Jewish Studies in Heidelberg. He continued to deepen his academic pursuits with a focus on comparative religion at the Ruprecht Karls University. In recognition of his scholarly contributions and dedication, Dr. Musall was appointed as a full professor of Jewish philosophy and intellectual history at the University of Jewish Studies in 2015.

From 2023 to 2023, Dr. Musall served as a Professor of Jewish Studies at the Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg, where he continued to inspire students and colleagues alike with his profound knowledge and insightful research. Throughout his career, Dr. Musall has been committed to advancing scholarly discourse in Jewish studies and fostering intercultural understanding through his academic pursuits and teaching endeavors. He is widely respected for his interdisciplinary approach and his ability to bridge diverse cultural and religious perspectives in his research and teaching.