Welcome

I am a historian and political scholar exploring how ideologies take root, transform, and persist during times of upheaval. My research focuses on the interplay between structural forces and individual agency, with particular attention to mid-level actors in fascist and communist East Central Europe.

I teach at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University.

While my primary area of expertise is the Holocaust and its aftermath, I have also written on political religions and the role of emotions in belonging. My works have appeared in journals including Nations & Nationalism, Contemporary European History, Holocaust Studies: Journal of Culture and History and East European Politics & Societies. I have a forthcoming paper in the Journal of Genocide Research.

My most recent book, Christian Nationalism, Nation-Building, and the Making of the Holocaust in Slovakia was just published with Oxford University Press.

I have served as either a principal researcher or senior team member in projects financed by all major national and European grant schemes. I am currently a senior scholar in Beyond Security, the largest EU-funded research project in Czechia.