University / institution contact details
Position: Head of the One-Year Program
Paideia – The European Institute for Jewish Studies in Sweden
Box 5053
102 42 Stockholm
Sweden
https://paideia-eu.org/
Teaches (T) and/or researches (R) in:
2. History of the Jewish People: TR
Modern: TR
Regional and National (i.e. in North Africa, Greece, Eastern Europe, Germany, Middle East, Spain, India, South America, United States, etc): TR
Local (e.g. the Jews of Canterbury, the Jews of Kovno, etc): TR
9. Contemporary Studies: TR
Holocaust Studies: TR
Jewish Education: TR
Description
Born in Cieszyn, Poland, Łukasz Górniok completed his studies of Political Science and History at Pedagogical University in Krakow, Poland, and Dalarna University College, Sweden. He was also a Krister Stendahl Fellow at Paideia (2008/09). He holds a doctorate in history from Umeå University with the dissertation entitled “Swedish Refugee Policymaking in Transition? Czechoslovak and Polish Jews in Sweden, 1968-1972”. In 2012, he received a grant for research at the Institute for the History of Polish Jewry and Israel-Poland Relations at Tel Aviv University. His area of research is modern Jewish history, cultural history, and religion. His articles appeared in the volume Jewish Migration in Modern Times: The Case of Eastern Europe, Routledge, 2019, and in the journal East European Jewish Affairs. He works as Head of the One-Year Jewish Studies Program and is also the Director of the Paideia Project-Incubator. Languages: Polish, English, Swedish.
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