Aleksandra Kremer

Aleksandra Kremer is the Alfred Jurzykowski Professor of Polish Language and Literature at Harvard University. Her research and teaching focus on Polish literature and culture, with particular emphasis on modern poetry, sound studies, cultural history, Holocaust memory, migration, and translation.

• PhD in Literary Studies, University of Warsaw
• MPhil in European Literature, University of Cambridge
• BA/MA in Polish and English, University of Warsaw

Her scholarly work explores:

• Experimental poetry of the 1950s-60s and its material culture
• Sound recordings as primary sources for Polish poetry analysis
• Poetic responses to the Holocaust and WWII
• Intersections of media, performance, and literary history

Key awards:

• ASEEES Kulczycki Book Prize (2021) for The Sound of Modern Polish Poetry
• PIASA Waclaw Lednicki Award (Honorable Mention)

Research supported by:

• US Holocaust Memorial Museum (Leon and Edith Milman Fellowship)
• Harvard's Davis Center (Cogan Leave Program, O'Neill Grant)
• Polish National Science Centre (Preludium, Sonata grants)
• Cambridge and Warsaw institutions