Artur Banaszewski

Artur Banaszewski is a Researcher at the Department of History, European University Institute (EUI). His work centers on 20th-century intellectual history, focusing on the decline of orthodox Marxism through the lens of Zygmunt Bauman and Leszek Kołakowski during the Cold War era (1953-1981).

• Supervision: Thesis supervised by Nicolas Guilhot and second reader Monika Baar.
• Research Themes: Includes global intellectual history, history of socialism/communism, and Cold War political thought in Central/Eastern Europe.

Recent Research Output: Published a 2025 article on Leszek Kołakowski's ideological transition from Marxist humanism to Cold War liberalism.