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dr hab. Justyna Kowalska-Leder


Cultural History Section
j.kowalska-leder@uw.edu.pl

Assistant Professor in the Cultural History Section and Head of the Holocaust Remembrance Research Team. Her main field of interests are history of Polish culture of 20th century, Polish memory of the Holocaust, Polish-Jewish relationships during World War II, personal documents and diaries.

Author of  books: „Nie wiem, jak ich mam cenić…” Strefa ambiwalencji w świadectwach Polaków i Żydów [‘I don’t know how to praise them…’ The area of ambivalence in the testimonies of the Poles and the Jews, 2019] and Doświadczenie Zagłady z perspektywy dziecka w polskiej literaturze dokumentu osobistego (2009), English translation: Their Childhood and the Holocaust. A Child’s Perspective in Polish Documentary and Autobiographical Literature (2015). Co-author of Obyczaje polskie. Wiek XX w krótkich hasłach [Polish Customs. The 20th Century in Short Entries, 2008], editor of Dziennik Reni Knoll [Renia Knoll’s Diary, 2012], co-author and co-editor of Ślady Holokaustu w imaginarium kultury polskiej [Traces of the Holocaust in the Polish Cultural Imaginary, 2017].

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