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Agnes Malmgren is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Lund University's Centre for Languages and Literature (SOL) within the Faculty of Humanities and Theology, specializing in Central and Eastern European Studies with particular expertise in Polish cultural history and memory studies.
She earned her PhD in Cultural History of Eastern and Central Europe, with her doctoral dissertation investigating mnemonic processes in the former socialist model town of Nowa Huta, Poland. Her academic background includes extensive teaching experience in European Studies and coordination of the Bachelor Program in European Studies with a Humanistic Profile.
Dr. Malmgren's research focuses on the intersection of memory, identity, and political resistance in Central and Eastern Europe. Her work examines how historical memory informs contemporary social movements, particularly in Polish contexts, with special attention to industrial heritage sites and their transformation in post-socialist societies. She explores themes of solidarity, collective memory, and oppositional practices across generations.
Her recent publications demonstrate an evolution from historical analysis of post-socialist memory toward contemporary applications in current political struggles, with her 2024 article on 'Grandmother Memories' representing the cutting edge of her research on intergenerational solidarity in oppositional movements.
As an active member of the academic community, she has participated in numerous conferences and workshops, including recent presentations on memory in care practices and solidarity among marginalized groups in Poland. She also serves as an education manager at Kansli HT, focusing on undergraduate education issues across the humanities and theology faculties.
Her research is conducted within Lund University's multidisciplinary Centre for Languages and Literature, which supports her interdisciplinary approach bridging historical analysis, cultural studies, and political science to understand memory practices in Central and Eastern Europe.
