Ania Switzer
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Education
PhD in History, University of London, United Kingdom
MA in Modern European Jewish History, University of London, United Kingdom
MA in Sociology, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland
BA in Public Administration, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland
About
Ania Switzer is not employed as a Sessional Lecturer in the CENES Department for 2024 – 2025.
Ania Switzer was born in Upper Silesia, at that time in communist Poland. She received education at universities in Poland and United Kingdom. Ania worked at Jagiellonian University in Poland, Leo Baeck Institute London, UK, and the Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education at the University of Southern California, before moving to Vancouver in 2013. She has also worked as a translator and interpreter, mainly in the field of Jewish studies and Holocaust education.
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Research
In addition to interest in sociology, Ania has combined an interest in cultural anthropology with issues in contemporary Jewish history and nationalism in modern Eastern and Central Europe.