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. Her interdisciplinary research is community-focused and regionally focused on the Western Balkans, with an emphasis on trauma research, memory politics and reconciliation in divided societies. Her research interests also include crisis migration and post-war family dynamics, especially the challenges facing elderly population both in Bosnia and Herzegovina and its diaspora. 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, Ajlina Karamehić-Muratović (ed.): Intergenerational Trauma in Refugee Communities, London: Routledge, 2024.
Laura Kromják, Ajlina Karamehić-Muratović: The Elephant in the Room: Experiences of Intergenerational Trauma in Second-Generation Bosnian Americans, in Laura Kromják, Ajlina Karamehić-Muratović (ed.): Intergenerational Trauma in Refugee Communities, London: Routledge, 2024.160-183.
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.
