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Dr Vaida Niksaite is a Wiener-Anspach Research Fellow at Wolfson College, University of Oxford, specializing in modern European history with expertise in Baltic countries, Poland, transatlantic migration, mass politics, culture, and regime change periods.
Her academic credentials include:
- PhD in History from Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), dissertation: "Dreaming and selling a nation: Lithuanian propaganda and crowdfunding, 1900–1923"
- MA in History (summa cum laude) from ULB
- MA in Translation from Vilnius University
- BA in History from Vilnius University
Niksaite's research centers on nation-building dynamics, currently examining Polish state formation and "selling" strategies, with future work targeting twentieth-century transatlantic return migration to Lithuania. Her interdisciplinary approach integrates cultural, political, and women's history within transnational frameworks.
Scientific recognition:
- Wiener-Anspach Research Fellowship
No documented student advisement or specific research grants are mentioned beyond her current fellowship. She actively contributes to academic networks as a member of Repine, co-organizing monthly seminars at Paris's School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS) focused on influence practices.
