Łukasz Górniok

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.