Kamil Kijek

Kamil Kijek is the Deputy Manager for General and Financial Affairs at the Department of Judaic Studies, University of Wrocław. He holds a sociology degree from the University of Wrocław and a doctorate in history from the Polish Academy of Sciences. His research focuses on 19th-20th century Jewish history in Central/Eastern Europe, interwar Jewish youth radicalization, and Holocaust dynamics. He has held fellowships at institutions including the Center for Jewish History (NY), US Holocaust Memorial Museum, and Leibnitz Institute in Munich. Current projects include leading a Holocaust-related research grant (Rothschild Hanadiv, 2023-2025) and participation in ERC-funded migration studies. His work challenges methodological gaps in Holocaust historiography and explores Polish-Jewish relations in post-war contexts.

Education: BA Sociology (University of Wrocław), PhD (Polish Academy of Sciences). Additional studies at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv University, Haifa University, and University College London.

Research Interests:

• Zionist movements in interwar Poland
• Jewish communities in Palestine/Eretz Israel
• Communist Poland's impact on Jewish identity
• Historical memory of pogroms
• Ethnic violence mechanisms
• Jewish youth political socialization

Key Awards: 2018 Rector's Award for Holocaust Studies, 2019 Saul Kagan Fellowship, 2022 Gerda Henkel Fellowship.

Grants & Leadership: Led National Science Center's 'Last Polish Shtetl' grant (2019-2021), co-directed 'Beethoven' collective memory project (2016-2019), and currently leads Rothschild grant on interethnic relations/Holocaust connections.

Professional Contributions: Curated exhibits for Museum of the History of Polish Jews, reviewed for Polin Studies in Polish Jewry, and contributed to European Holocaust research networks.