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Natalia Nowakowska is Professor of European History at Somerville College, University of Oxford. She specializes in late medieval and early modern Central Europe, examining themes like dynastic legacies, Reformation transformations, and cultural memory through global history frameworks. Her work bridges disciplinary boundaries between political, religious, and conceptual history.
Research Focus: Nowakowska explores the intersection of medieval/modern and East/West divides in European history. Key interests include:
- Central Europe as a contested historical space
- Dynastic identity construction and cultural memory
- Reformation dynamics beyond confessional binaries
- Global approaches to pre-modern statecraft
Publication Trends: Her scholarship combines microhistorical analysis with macro-scale reinterpretations of European history. Recent books reassess Renaissance dynastic networks and challenge Western-centric Reformation narratives through Central European case studies.
Awards & Honors:
- George Blazyca Prize + Gerald Strauss Prize (2018)
- Kulczycki Prize + BASEES Women’s Forum Prize (co-winner)
- Zelnik Prize Honourable Mention
- Polish Studies Association First Book Prize
Projects & Advising: Nowakowska led a €1.4M European Research Council project (2013-2018) analyzing the Jagiellonian dynasty across 5+ countries, resulting in multi-authored volumes. She currently supervises doctoral research on Central European history and teaches undergraduate courses spanning 1400-1650 global transformations.
