Jakub Gałęziowski

Dr. Jakub Gałęziowski, is a social and oral historian with a focus on Polish history of Second World War and its consequences. In 2021 he received a PhD in history from the University of Augsburg and the University of Warsaw for his dissertation about Polish children born of war (recently published as Niedpowiedziane Biografie. Polskie dzieci urodzone z powodu wojny, Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Krytyki Politycznej, 2022). His doctoral project was part of the Horizon 2020 MSC-ITN Programme: “Children Born of War – Past, Present and Future”. He is currently affiliated with the University of Warsaw (Faculty of Culture and Arts), where he teaches oral history and biographical methods. Author of numerous articles in these research fields as well as in social history. Co-founder of the Polish Oral History Association and its President (2022–2025), Council member of International Oral History Association (2023–2025). Editor of the “Wrocławski Rocznik Historii Mówionej”, a Polish academic journal devoted to oral history. Affiliated to The Children Born of War Project (Oslo) as Central and Eastern Europe specialist. Co-author of the Ethical Recommendations of the Polish Oral History Association; he runs trainings and workshops on recording, processing, and analysing interviews and ethical issues related to oral history.