Monika Szewczyk
Biography
Monika Szewczyk is a PhD candidate at the Doctoral School of Social Sciences at Jagiellonian University and member of the Polish Oral History Association (POHA). She is an associate of the Centre of Migration Research and currently is a doctoral researcher at two research projects “Unequal citizenship and transnational mobilisation of Polish, Czech, and Ukrainian Roma in the face of war in Ukraine” and “Transnational life of Polish Roma - migration, family, and ethnic borders in a changing European Union”. She is conducting the project “Dynamics of migration of the Carpathian Roma to the Western and Northern Lands: A Pilot Study” at the Jagiellonian University. Monika is dedicated to preserving Roma culture, traditions, and oral transmissions, including the Romani language as a carrier of the intangible cultural heritage of the Roma and has implemented numerous national and international projects on Roma issues. Her research interests encompass Roma migration, issues of national and ethnic minorities, and the role of oral history in identity politics.