Awards

Fulbright Award - 2023

Poland

About Joanna Niżyńska

Joanna Niżyńska is an associate professor of Polish literature and culture in the College of Arts and Sciences' Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures at IU Bloomington, who will be stationed in Warsaw at the Polish Institute of Advanced Studies. Her focus will be on developing her upcoming book, "The Polish-Jewish Memory in Postcommunist Poland and the Legacy of Communism Fifty Years After March 1968." Her work will illuminate the conditions of Polish-Jewish cultural memory in postcommunist Poland and call for a more nuanced vocabulary for future developments.