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.

Selected publications:

Laura Kromják: Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Economic Prospects and Historical Background. Financial and Economic Review 2021/20-2. 148-169.

Laura Kromják, Ajlina Karamehić-Muratović (ed.): Remembrance and Forgiveness: Global and Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Genocide and Mass Violence, London: Routledge, 2020.

Laura Kromják, Ajlina Karamehić-Muratović: Posttraumatski rast i nivoi svjedočenja u djelu Esada Boškaila i Julije Lieblich Ranjen ovako više sam budan: pronaći značenje nakon proživljenog užasa [Posttraumatic Growth and Levels of Witnessing in Esad Boškailo and Julia Lieblich’s Wounded I Am More Awake: Finding Meaning After Terror], in: Fikret Bečirović, Muamer Džananović (ed.) Srebrenica 1995-2015: Evaluacija naslijeđa i dugoročnih posljedica genocida [Srebrenica 1995-2015: Evaluation of Heritage and Long-term Consequences of Genocide]. Sarajevo: Institute for Research of Crimes Against Humanity and International Law of the University of Sarajevo, 2016. 520-538.

HU 2021.11.12.