LAURA KROMJÁK
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Short CV:
Laura Kromják earned her PhD in English and American Studies from the University of Graz, Austria, 2017; an MA in English Studies from the University of Pécs in 2013; an MA in Economic Diplomacy and an MA in English Language and Culture Teaching from the Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary in 2018. Her dissertation explored identity, memory politics and witness testimonies of Bosnian-Herzegovinian refugees in the United States. She is a Western Balkan area specialist and her fields of interest include reconciliation, diaspora politics, post-conflict economic reconstruction and EU enlargement. Her recent research has focused on economic relations between Hungary and Bosnia and Herzegovina and intergenerational trauma among refugee communities. She has held fellowships at the Saint Louis University, U.S.A. and at the University of Bayreuth, Germany. Alongside her scholarly pursuits, she has served as a European Representative to the Center for Bosnian Studies at the Fontbonne University, U.S.A.
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