Greetings, and welcome to my site! I am a historian of modern Eastern Europe with research specialisations in the history of modern architecture, urban studies, and Holocaust and genocide studies. My work seeks to further our understanding of how architects and other urban dwellers have imagined and mobilised spatial strategies to resist totalitarianism and survive war and genocide. My pedagogy focuses on the dual mastery of historical perspective and hard skills in order to enable students to become critical thinkers and problem-solvers in our digital world. Please feel free to contact me with research questions, invitations to collaborate, or any other good tidings!
A Brief Curriculum Vitae
Current Position:
Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of History, Maynooth University
PhD, Brown University
Department of History (2024)
MA, Brown University
Department of History (2018)
MA, New York University
Department of Russian & Slavic Studies (2016)
BA, New York University
Department of Russian & Slavic Studies (2015)
Recent/Forthcoming Publications:
Monograph: Beyond Building: The Jewish Architects Who Resisted History (under peer review)
Articles:
"Building through the flames: Polish-Jewish architects and their networks, 1937–1945," Studia Rossica Posnaniensia 49, no. 1 (2024)
"No Song for Birds in Flight: The Life and Afterlife of Suicide in the Warsaw Ghetto," Slavic Review 82, no. 3 (2024)
Hear About My Work:
The Role of Auschwitz in Holocaust Narratives, conference held in Toronto, Canada, 5 May, 2025